On Friday, February 1, 2019 at 10:41:01 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-02-01 10:22 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, February 1, 2019 at 10:04:21 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2019-02-01 6:26 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>> On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 4:32:39 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You never know when a troop of seamen are going to show up for dinner.
> >>>> Most recipes designed for families call for only a couple spoonfuls of
> >>>> tomato paste.
> >>>
> >>> We use more than 8 oz for a batch of spaghetti sauce. We've got a couple
> >>> gallons of it waiting to be frozen, which is a task for tomorrow.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Paste or sauce? Tomato paste is most often sold in 5.5 oz cans.
> >
> > Both. 6 28-oz cans of tomato sauce, 1 12-ounce can of tomato paste,
> > 1 6-ounce can of tomato paste, a bottle of wine, and some other stuff.
>
>
> Okay... you are talking about preparing a lot of pasta sauce in advance.
> I usually make about a quart at a time, enough for one meal for two and
> enough leftovers for a second meal.

It freezes so beautifully and the amount of effort for 2 gallons
compared to 1 quart is not much more, we don't see any reason not
to go big. Then we have umpteen meals where all we have to do is
cook pasta.

Cindy Hamilton