RE: What Can You Buy For $10.00 in Your Market Friday?
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I got myself a nice artisinal jar of marinara sauce the other day. When you're making a simple pasta and sauce you'll need some high quality ingredients. I wasn't disappointed at all.
The generics seem to put in so much sugar and salt these days it's very noticeable. Always strive for the best ingredients when possible, your senses will thank you each and every time.
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That is awesome! I actually go to a farmers market where the tomato man will sell me for less than half price all his leftover tomatoes from the Friday and Saturdays market. He is not there on Sunday.
I make my marinara from that and some will get meat, some not, but will get my fresh clams that we get at the Shore. I love seafood pasta. I have to agree that the generics use too much sugar and salt and preservatives!! Holy Moly!!
I make batches of the marinara and jar some and freeze others. We are so spoiled though. We have never bought premade sauce ever, I have never even eaten it. Not that it is a bad thing, but my mom never bought it and so, I never thought of it as an option.
No premade sauce ever? You're a lucky one. You have all the great connections too, fresh made is the best type. I do it once in awhile if I get a great deal on a lot of tomatoes and the press gets a nice workout 🙂
Never, but just like anything else that is second nature, it didn't seem strange, it just was. We do make our own pasta, not always, but on special occasions. I wish it was always. But only so many hours in a day. My brothers even know how to make their own, so their wives have made it their job.:))
Check out your farmer's markets. They like to find a home for unsold/damaged produce. They don't travel well. Great for salsa too!