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Janet

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>
> On 6/15/2018 6:20 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 7:26:42 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
> >> Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2018-06-13 11:13 PM, wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> The only decent supermarket spaghetti sauce I've encountered to ME
> >>>> that is any good is Newman's Own organic marinara. I'm not an
> >>>> organic nut by any means but his is really, really good.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Costco sells a pretty good one. I normally make my own buy sauteing
> >>> some finely chopped onion, garlic and red pepper, a pinch of hot
> >>> chili flakes in olive oil, some oregano and basil then adding a jar
> >>> of pasada. It is not a lot of work, bit the Costco stuff is a lot
> >>> easier.
> >>
> >> I probably should add a little chile flakes. ?Pasada? I'll have to
> >> look that up.
> >
> > You might get more hits spelling it "passata"
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> I had to look it up. "A thick paste made from strained tomatoes and
> used especially in Italian cooking." Hmmmm. Sounds a lot like tomato
> paste to me.

Passata is smooth raw, uncooked tomatoes passed through a sieve to
remove the skin and seeds.

Tomato paste is reduced by cooking it.

Janet UK