Homemade or Bottled SPAGHETTI SAUCE, which do you do?

[AviatorTom]

Most of us would prefer homemade spaghetti sauce, but that takes a lot of preparation time and skill, that many of us don't have.

So, which do you use most often? Please vote in the poll below.

Bottled Sauce

Homemade Sauce

[WhiteSteve]

Ideally I go full “Nonna’s Sunday gravy”, but I’ll often cheat a little for time purposes, and I’ll use a plain bottled sauce as a base for it…. but it’s gotta be one of the fancier ones. Rao’s is good, I also like Victoria’s. Usually I’ll go with whichever one of those is on sale.

Then I’ll cook my own meats and whatnot.

Start with some fresh garlic and onion in olive oil

Cook the hot Italian sausage, sweet Italian sausage, and homemade braciole in the onion/garlic oil

Make homemade meatballs

Put it all together and simmer for many, many hours

Mangia! Mangia!😘🤌🇮🇹

[strateguy632]

i am too lazy, to clean the electric grater/puree so i grate tomato on a hand grater around same time! as that chore, and less effort. add various spices, a different blend mix each time basil or oregano with onion or garlic or both.

it sits in frij a few hours, and the flavor spread without cooking nor a pot to scrub!

i haven't bought a jar in several years.

[Amy10223]

Homemade is always best. I've always made my own, but have cheated and bought bottles to save time when I was working. Now, I have time and in fact, that is what is on my stove now, so coincidence! I am making it for the first time with Italian sausage.

[purplepoppy]

Doesn't take a lot of skill to render down tomatoes with a little oil and herbs but it does take a little patience. If you can make a very basic tomato sauce it's the basis of countless dishes.

[DizzyDesii]

Bottled but i intend to homemake some eventually

[MrTouchyFeely]

There's nothing quite like a homemade pasta sauce to really get my senses tingling. The way the warm, rich sauce clings to each strand of pasta, it's like a gentle massage for your taste buds. I can almost feel the smooth, velvety texture of the sauce against my lips as I imagine taking my first bite. Now, can you imagine how I'd feel if I were the one cooking it for you? The warmth of your skin beneath my touch, the soft murmurs of appreciation as we slurp those noodles together?

[loveslongnails]

C) Both, depends on timing!

I make up large batches of plain sauce, seasoned spaghetti sauce, and salsa during and after tomato season in our garden. I give some away, freeze the rest. Since I don't use preservatives, sometimes I'll use jar sauce if I don't have any of my own thawed. When I do, I prefer using Newman's Own because it's a good quality sauce, low-mid priced (I get it cheap at WalMart) and they donate their profits to charity.

[MiddleAgedClimbee]

75% of the time we buy a high-quality bottled sauce, like the one you have pictured. I purchased a different high-end brand that we have yet to try yesterday, I'm sure I will cook it sometime in the near future.

[NathanDavis]

most things... we've always done it from scratch, as much as possible

that's just how we cook in the family

[OlderAndWiser]

Bottled sauce only if I really want spaghetti sauce and don't have enough time for homemade.

[Anonymous]

i like when people or restaurants make homemade sauce but i don't have the patience to do it myself

[gorydetails]

I used jar sauce most often, but I do get a premium brand like Rao's.

[JayBones]

Covid ruined my taste buds. I get sick to my stomach with fake food. I can taste the poisonous chemicals.

[Alex-Snow]

I had an Italian grandma that taught me how to make homemade... way better!

[KostasKouvalis]

Homemade is always best, but I don't have a recipe

[AnusNdaPainus]

homemade.
Why else would I grow tomatoes for?

[driven159]

but i add some to it to make it mine you would think it was homemade it is thick can stand a fork in it

[fuddly]

I always get Barilla Arrabiata sauce

Even to make the sauce i probably start with tinned tomatoes and passata

[Ironco]

I do a bit of both. Start with a good jar of sauce and then doctor it up myself.

[mandyfire98]

This very question hurts my soul.

[AviatorTom]

@mandyfire98 I am so sorry...

[mandyfire98]

My Italian daddy would have a heart attack

[laly520]

homemade
always make it at home

[exitseven]

Not a fan of tomato sauce.

[douride2]

I make my own spaghetti sauce.

[msc545]

Homemade. The bottled stuff tastes pretty bad.

[whereismyjohnny]

Homemade.

[Abdulwahh]

Homemade.