How do you like your spaghetti?

[EmergencyIan]

For my Bolognese sauce I brown a pound and a half of ground beef (separately). In the pot, I add maybe 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and heat it on a low to medium flame. I add three to four cloves of freshly chopped garlic and stir it in. Make sure not to let it burn as it will burn quickly. Add a 28oz can of Redpack Crushed Tomatoes in thick puree followed by that can full of cold water. I then add Basil liberally, some Oregano and Parsley liberally, as well. Fresh ground Pepper and Salt to taste. Also, to cut the acidity of the tomatoes, I add about a teaspoon to teaspoon and a half of sugar (It won't make the sauce sweet...it just cuts the acidity) Last I add the browned and drained ground beef to the pot. I bring the sauce to a boil and then turn the flame to very low and let simmer for six to seven hours. Stir maybe once or twice and hour. The flame is so low that the sauce isn't going to burn, so if you take a nap or forget to stir the sauce for two or three hours, it's not going to be a big deal.

- Ian

[HardyGirl]

Ground beef, beans and rice were a staple in my house growing up too, Chris. Sometime it was chili, sometimes pork and beans, sometimes kidney or black beans.

I'm usually the one who makes spaghetti around here, so I brown hamburger and Tennessee Pride sausage, season it with Famous Dave's all-purpose meat seasoning, and then add my sauce. I usually try to get Classico's tomato and basil, and add plenty of garlic salt and oregano. Here lately we've been using the "pot-sized" pasta from Wal-Mart. Usually drop a heaping helping of mozzarella and parm on top.

My mom made Spaghetti in a very interesting way. She would make her homemade sauce with meat and...kidney beans! My dad got a taste for this in the army, and they would often serve it over white rice. So he asked my mom to make it, she did, he loved it, and it stuck. That's how we had spaghetti at my house growing up. You got to choose between white rice, or pasta!

Chris

[megomania]

Ground beef, beans and rice were a staple in my house growing up too, Chris. Sometime it was chili, sometimes pork and beans, sometimes kidney or black beans.

Pork and beans and white rice...could eat that every day!

-Chris

[toys2cool]

I eat mine with really thick sauce, lots of ground beef and a lot of cheese and onions