Do you like spaghetti bolognese?

[tarannau]

It hardly takes any time to make a sauce though. I can understand it if there's only a corner shop with some watery Happy Shopper tomatoes, but in London there's choice aplenty. For me it's a bottle of (portuguese) tomato polpa from the cupboard, some herb leaves from the plants, possibly some bacon lardons and parmesan from the fridge and that's it. Nowt more toit than that. Equally with lardons always in the fridge and eggs nearby, carbonara or equivalent can be done in minutes too.

 

[Biddlybee]

Fuck that OU.. I take time over my ragu... but that seems like a right palaver, and thai fish sauce in a bolognese?

I have quite a horde of Mr. Grossman's sauces from when they were cheap at Tesco and have been known to eat them as a dip straight out of the jar mixed with tahini. I just chuck 'em on pasta or rice so the Bolognese was the one sauce that I didn't like- as a fish-eating vegan - definitely needs carnivorous ingredients to work with.

So, not a vegan then

453 grams of mince

LOL that's very precise

To all these people who says they always make their own sauces and would never buy one: do you never think 'I just can't be arsed'?

If I can't be arsed I don't have spag bol. Don't mind pesto in jar, but prefer home made ragu.

 

[Ae589]

453 grams of mince

Yes, it's the final 3 grams that really brings the flavour out, dahling.


Like everyone who isn't a dole-scrounging time-rich pretentious urban75 food-nazi, I use jars with fresh veg when hurried, and enjoy making from scratch for a languid weekend lunch.

SOMETIMES I USE CATHEDRAL CITY INSTEAD OF FRESH PARMESAN.

 

[Shirl]

I don't like spaghetti bolognese anyway but now I've heard that people put milk in it.

You dirty bastards

 

[Maggot]

If I can't be arsed I don't have spag bol. Don't mind pesto in jar, but prefer home made ragu.

I wasn't talking about spag bol, i was talking about pasta sauces in general.

 

[Lo Siento.]

To all these people who says they always make their own sauces and would never buy one: do you never think 'I just can't be arsed'?

yeah. If my effort levels are so low that I can´t be arsed making a simple sauce for pasta, they´re usually too low to arsed boiling stuff, draining stuff etc etc. as well. So that´s the point at which I reach for a takeaway menu or have a sandwich instead.

 

[moose]

SOMETIMES I USE CATHEDRAL CITY INSTEAD OF FRESH PARMESAN.

I'm sorry, you'll have to be taken out and shot.



There's only a window of around 3 weeks in July when the tomatoes I can get hold of are anywhere near good enough to make my own sauce, which is why I'm happy to use the better quality bought ones, to which I'll add porcini, olives, capers, chilli, wine, herbs or whatever as I fancy at the time to make a tea that can be on the table 15 minutes after I get in from work.

I'm actually far more picky about the quality of the pasta than the sauce.

 

[quimcunx]

I don't put any sort of cheese in or on spag bol.

It's not needed. Pointless addition.

 

[Ae589]

I'm sorry, you'll have to be taken out and shot.

*ziplocks moose in cathedral city packet*

 

[fractionMan]

I prefer cheddar on spag boll. Cos it's traditional.

 

[Cid]

this is the way to do it:
PART I - THE MEATSAUCE







Caramelized onions

1 star anise
510 gr onions
25 ml extra virgin olive oil

<snip>

6. Once the pasta is cooked, drain, and rinse it thoroughly. Return to the pot to warm through. (Since the ragù is not going to be mixed with the pasta, it needs to be rinsed to prevent it becoming starchy and sticking together.) Add a generous knob of butter (about 50g per 400g of pasta) and coat with olive oil and the reserved oil from the final frying of the compote. To serve, wind portions of pasta around a carving fork and lay them horizontally in wide, shallow bowls. Top with the Bolognese sauce and finish with a grating of Parmesan.

it'll take you three days, at most

I did this (some slight variations, but mostly the same) once and it was brilliant. Takes a while, but worth it if you have a lot of time on your hands.

 

[mentalchik]

Next - should people that use jars of curry sauce be killed ?

 

[Geri]

I'm going to have it for tea tomorrow - made with Ragu.

 

[mentalchik]

I'm going to have it for tea tomorrow - made with Ragu.

Oh Geri you know it will make the baby jesus cry don't you ?

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Next - should people that use jars of curry sauce be killed ?

It would be a kindness if they were planning to eat the result.

 

[TitanSound]

I love it.

It's one of my fave things to cook when I have company. Very sociable dish to cook also. You can prepare and let it simmer for ages while having a good catch up and a few drinks.

 

[mentalchik]

It would be a kindness if they were planning to eat the result.

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

Next - should people that use jars of curry sauce be killed ?

I like jars of curry sauce
I also like making my own but the kids like chicken tikka masala

 

[mentalchik]

I like jars of curry sauce

So do i.....hence me being a little bit sarcastic !

 

[Xanadu]

I can be a bit of a food snob sometimes, but I'd quite happily eat pasta made with a Lloyd Grosman sauce. The extra 30-odd minutes I save is worth it.

 

[Maggot]

I can be a bit of a food snob sometimes, but I'd quite happily eat pasta made with a Lloyd Grosman sauce. The extra 30-odd minutes I save is worth it.

Would you ever use a curry sauce?

 

[quimcunx]

Puttanesca is supposedly named thusly because it was popular with prostitutes who had little time to prepare food between clients, and this was quick.

Or possibly just because it conveniently covers any strong fishy smells that may be lingering.

 

[Xanadu]

Would you ever use a curry sauce?

No - better off going to the take-away. I live nearby Tayyabs.

I do use Patak's Tandoori paste, as does my mum.

 

[scifisam]

Right, that's my dinner sorted for Thursday then - spag bol. It would be tomorrow, but that'll be egg and chips. Wonder what meal urban will cause me to have on Friday?

 

[Orang Utan]

i got invited round for bolognese and wine tonight. just as i set off i got asked to stop off at the chip shop. there was no wine too.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

there was no wine too.

Now that's pretty bad.

 

[Orang Utan]

there was thai weed

 

[Maggot]

No - better off going to the take-away. I live nearby Tayyabs.

I do use Patak's Tandoori paste, as does my mum.

I'm the same, would never use curry sauce, but paste is fine. I'm surprised your mum uses paste though, I thought she'd be a purist.

 

[Xanadu]

My mum is far from a purist!

 

[blairsh]

i got invited round for bolognese and wine tonight. just as i set off i got asked to stop off at the chip shop. there was no wine too.

there was thai weed

sounds delightful