flowerbug
Garden Master
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As much as I love spaghetti, I will never ever do this again!...
yes, we don't cook down the sauce we make and will add tomato paste to it to thicken instead. we also do not grow the meatier kinds of tomatoes that have less juice as we really like the flavor of the ones that do have more juice. so we compromise and amend the sauce if we want it to be thicker. most of the time we are using the canned tomatoes we put up we are using them in dishes which do not need thickening like soups and macaroni and tomatoes which soaks up the juice or goulash or ...
i see no need to prove anything by taking that much time and energy for what you notice as fairly bland, but we also cook even on the bland side at times and don't mind that as we can still taste the good tomato flavor we do like. that doesn't mean we also won't cook other things with spices, celery, onions and garlic.