This will be short and sweet.
First, a little history. When I was in elementary school, my mom and a bunch of other moms were in charge of a huge spaghetti supper at the school. Our good friend Dupre owned a restaurant in Irmo at the time and he let them use the place during the day, while the restaurant was closed, to mix up all their sauce. My memory (be warned...this is a kid's memory) was of buckets and buckets, like sheetrock mud buckets, just lined up everywhere. They were making the sauce en masse, of course. One lady's task was to add x-number of cups of Worchestershire sauce to each bucket. She went into the kitchen, grabbed several bottles of that yummy black nectar and set out to get the job done.
At about bucket # 20, someone looked at what she was doing. She had grabbed a yummy black nectar, but a different one than intended. Yes friends, she was adding soy sauce to the spaghetti sauce. As you can imagine, all the moms went bonkers, there were some meltdowns and I'm pretty sure some emphatic "dammits" and "shits." But, finally the chaos subsided and someone, I'm going to assume it was the level headed Dottie Webber (my mom), who said something like "Hey, it's done. Keep adding soy to the rest of the sauce so it's consistent."
Well, you know what? That spaghetti supper at Dutch Fork Elementary back in the early 70's was a resounding success. In fact, up until that time, I wasn't such a spaghetti fan. But I became one that night. I think it was the soy sauce. No, I know it was. Soy sauce is one of the most precious liquids on Earth, if you ask me.
So, here's the message I wanted to impart to you all this evening. When you have those quicky weeknight suppers of spaghetti sauce from a jar <<oh don't act like you don't use it from time to time!>> add some soy sauce and little garlic powder. It elevates jarred sauce tremendously. In fact, my little diner dove into hers this evening and said,
Do I feel guilty about using a jarred sauce now and then? Not with a compliment like that from the most important person on the planet!
First, a little history. When I was in elementary school, my mom and a bunch of other moms were in charge of a huge spaghetti supper at the school. Our good friend Dupre owned a restaurant in Irmo at the time and he let them use the place during the day, while the restaurant was closed, to mix up all their sauce. My memory (be warned...this is a kid's memory) was of buckets and buckets, like sheetrock mud buckets, just lined up everywhere. They were making the sauce en masse, of course. One lady's task was to add x-number of cups of Worchestershire sauce to each bucket. She went into the kitchen, grabbed several bottles of that yummy black nectar and set out to get the job done.
At about bucket # 20, someone looked at what she was doing. She had grabbed a yummy black nectar, but a different one than intended. Yes friends, she was adding soy sauce to the spaghetti sauce. As you can imagine, all the moms went bonkers, there were some meltdowns and I'm pretty sure some emphatic "dammits" and "shits." But, finally the chaos subsided and someone, I'm going to assume it was the level headed Dottie Webber (my mom), who said something like "Hey, it's done. Keep adding soy to the rest of the sauce so it's consistent."
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Well, you know what? That spaghetti supper at Dutch Fork Elementary back in the early 70's was a resounding success. In fact, up until that time, I wasn't such a spaghetti fan. But I became one that night. I think it was the soy sauce. No, I know it was. Soy sauce is one of the most precious liquids on Earth, if you ask me.
So, here's the message I wanted to impart to you all this evening. When you have those quicky weeknight suppers of spaghetti sauce from a jar <<oh don't act like you don't use it from time to time!>> add some soy sauce and little garlic powder. It elevates jarred sauce tremendously. In fact, my little diner dove into hers this evening and said,
"Mommy, did you make this yourself?" <<Okay, I told her yes.>> Her response? "I love it! Thank you so much!"
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