Tomato Sauce

8-10 thats insane!!! I thought DH was nuts last night when he told me 4-6 hours!

I said surely honey, I can stay home instead of going to work and make sauce all day long for you!

1 1/2 hours tops. Then i let it simmer till dinner. I would say 8-10 hours if your making 50 gallons

What do you girls add to it?

I did carrots the last time instead of the sugar, but DH didn't like it. He's not a vegetable eater, so he wasn't very happy to have it in the sauce.

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Posted by nifheim

if you want to eat fairly quickly 1-2 hours but if your insane like dh and i we cook it for 3-4 hours on the stove then transfer to a crock pot for a over night 8 hour slow cook.

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ooooo nice idea with the crock pot!! I always forget I have that thing!!!! I will have to try that idea!

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Posted by Karen9508

8-10 thats insane!!! I thought DH was nuts last night when he told me 4-6 hours!

I said surely honey, I can stay home instead of going to work and make sauce all day long for you!

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i know it is insane. A long time ago i wanted to make my own sauce so looked up recipes and EVERY recipe was saying 10 hours lol, i was like oh no forget that. I wonder if some ppl actually do it for that long

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Posted by Karen9508

What do you girls add to it?

I did carrots the last time instead of the sugar, but DH didn't like it. He's not a vegetable eater, so he wasn't very happy to have it in the sauce.

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dh also uses carrots instead of sugar, i like it better this way than when he did do it with sugar one time. Did heknow ahead of time you put carrots bc then it was just in his head. When i taste it with the carrots in it, i cant actually taste the carrots

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Karen9508

What do you girls add to it?

I did carrots the last time instead of the sugar, but DH didn't like it. He's not a vegetable eater, so he wasn't very happy to have it in the sauce.

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dh also uses carrots instead of sugar, i like it better this way than when he did do it with sugar one time. Did heknow ahead of time you put carrots bc then it was just in his head. When i taste it with the carrots in it, i cant actually taste the carrots

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Nah he just a pain and saw them and said it before he even tried it. I think I may have added too many carrots the last time cause I was on the phone and got carried away.
Im going to give my sauce making skills another try this weekend. This past weekend we had his moms sauce cause she made like 50 gallons of it, and it was good, but too watery for my taste, so I want to make my own to have.
Whether or not he's going to like, its that another story!

I put in a small chopped vidalia onion and about 6 oz of merlot to sweeten it. My Dh loves it. The poor thing has gained 50 pounds since he met me.

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Posted by Karen9508

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Karen9508

What do you girls add to it?

I did carrots the last time instead of the sugar, but DH didn't like it. He's not a vegetable eater, so he wasn't very happy to have it in the sauce.

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dh also uses carrots instead of sugar, i like it better this way than when he did do it with sugar one time. Did heknow ahead of time you put carrots bc then it was just in his head. When i taste it with the carrots in it, i cant actually taste the carrots

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Nah he just a pain and saw them and said it before he even tried it. I think I may have added too many carrots the last time cause I was on the phone and got carried away.
Im going to give my sauce making skills another try this weekend. This past weekend we had his moms sauce cause she made like 50 gallons of it, and it was good, but too watery for my taste, so I want to make my own to have.
Whether or not he's going to like, its that another story!

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yeah see thats exactly it, it was in his head and he wasnt going to like it even before he tried it. Lie to him that you put sugar in it but put carrots and watch that he wont even know lol

do you put any meat in your sauce for flavor. Dh cooks the sauce with pork and sausage, the pork also helps with the sweetness

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Karen9508

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by Karen9508

What do you girls add to it?

I did carrots the last time instead of the sugar, but DH didn't like it. He's not a vegetable eater, so he wasn't very happy to have it in the sauce.

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dh also uses carrots instead of sugar, i like it better this way than when he did do it with sugar one time. Did heknow ahead of time you put carrots bc then it was just in his head. When i taste it with the carrots in it, i cant actually taste the carrots

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Nah he just a pain and saw them and said it before he even tried it. I think I may have added too many carrots the last time cause I was on the phone and got carried away.
Im going to give my sauce making skills another try this weekend. This past weekend we had his moms sauce cause she made like 50 gallons of it, and it was good, but too watery for my taste, so I want to make my own to have.
Whether or not he's going to like, its that another story!

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yeah see thats exactly it, it was in his head and he wasnt going to like it even before he tried it. Lie to him that you put sugar in it but put carrots and watch that he wont even know lol

do you put any meat in your sauce for flavor. Dh cooks the sauce with pork and sausage, the pork also helps with the sweetness

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Yea I think I may shred the carrots this time around to hid them better. Maybe he won't notice them. He's a royal PIA when comes to eating...

Im going to add meat this time around. I'm not too sure when to add it in, but Im guessing about half way through cooking the sauce?

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Posted by Soon2BMrsD

when adding meat i suggest to season it and cook it in a fry pan untill browned DRAIN THE FAT... then when you start your sauce put the meat in.

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Yep def. do and its all yum