Can the English Make Sauce as Good as Italians?

My son is saving my life. Needing his mom at home is the best thing to happen to my near social media burnout. So let’s take a break from my commentary on the world of posers vs authenticity and make spaghetti sauce!

Recently my family watched Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution together. It was so powerful a show that my 9 year old doesn’t want chicken nuggets anymore. (For now anyway!) Jaimie Oliver does a great job using social media to promote the show and the ongoing message,  BTW…but I digress. This show is also a great way to promote a cookbook!

I am reading “Jamie’s Dinners” where  he talks about simple tomato sauce. I love his recipes as they aren’t a list of ingredients and instructions. He tells a story whilst (thats English for ya) telling us how much and what to do with it. He uses a whole red chili pepper and whole, not crushed tomatoes. He says the seeds can be bitter , that to crush it up straight away (more UK lingo!) the sauce won’t be as sweet as it should be.

So  I am about to try this recipe. Then I’ll put it in the crockpot so its ready to eat later.

(Now time elapses 30 minutes. Yes , I am blogging from my kitchen. God, I thank thee for WIFI)

So far so good, now  I  gotta go, as I have to head to the Friends of Virginia Beach Animal Control celebration for the new city shelter. I voluntarily run their Twitter & Facebook accounts, its the most uplifting thing I have done in social media. The city has  Twitter & Facebook pages that I help run too, so its double exposure. This will keep me from ever deleting my Facebook account, for sure. Its too important.

Time to crush the tomatoes. Let’s see what this Brit’s recipe is made of…

PS, Don’t just keep it in the family! Share with us here your own tomato sauce tips?

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