[Sca-cooks] Gawdawful spaghetti sauce- OOP

[tom.vincent at yahoo.com]

'Gawdawful' is going to depend on which gawd, what it considers awful and/or what you consider awful, but here are my suggestions:
 
1.  Honey
2.  Balsamic vinegar (dark)
3.  Olives, black & sliced
4.  *Fresh* herbs
5.  Very finely (unrecognizable) chopped raisins
6.  Meat:  equal parts ground veal, pork and beef
7.  Parsley, sage, marjoram, chervil, rosemary, cumin, coriander.  I love 'em all, I use 'em all.
8.  Soy sauce
9.  Olive oil (or, if you're really want a great earthy flavor, walnut oil)
 
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Tom Vincent
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US Marines: Murdering toddlers to protect us from Saudi terrorists. 


----- Original Message ----
From: Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, June 2, 2006 10:04:57 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Gawdawful spaghetti sauce- OOP


Last night, I just made the worst spaghetti sauce I've ever made, and I'm looking for suggestions to improve it. The problem is, that I'm not allowed to use a lot of my usual ingredients, so it wound up pretty bland.
 
My usual includes mushrooms, onions, garlic, tomatoes and tomato sauce, and various Italian herbs- Oregano, Bay Leaves, Thyme, salt, pepper, etc, and red wine. Meat is usually variable, either ground beef or sausage. 
 
Due to household dietary restrictions (and groceries available) I had Italian hot sausage for the meat (WAY too much fennel ion it, which I hate), but no mushrooms, onions, or garlic, because of allergies or other unpleasant physical reactions on the part of my diners. Most green herbs are OK. 
 
Guys, I'm not kidding you. This was even worse than the time that availability required me to use Spam (shudder) for the meat. Even Mrs Dash didn't help.
 
Any suggestions?
 

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