November 2008
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spaghetti sauce math
I spent an inordinate amount of time figuring out the following:
My ex-mother-in-law’s spaghetti sauce recipe calls for 36 oz. of tomato paste plus an equal amount of water. 72 ounces of tomato ‘sauce.’
Contadina tomato paste, my favorite, costs $1.79 for a 12 oz. can, and thus $5.37 to make a batch.
Contadina tomato puree consists of half tomato paste, half water...