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 Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/26/25 10:19 PM
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I guess it's really a thing? Never have done it. Don't see me trying it either. My adopted Italian family did this unfortunately grandma is no longer with us.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/26/25 10:32 PM
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Chinese resturants put sugar on noodles and rice. It's terrible.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/26/25 10:35 PM
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/26/25 11:34 PM
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My mother's recipe called for it. There was no sweet taste at all.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/27/25 01:19 AM
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I haven't gone through the whole thread but: tomato's have enough sugar.
I'm a Type 1 diabetic. I got to be careful how I make my sauce.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Westside.]
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02/27/25 01:24 AM
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Spaghetti is the most vile putrid thing the Italians ever invented My wife mastered spaghetti when we first got married and had kids so it’s an easy out. For this reason I second your comment.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
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02/27/25 01:32 AM
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Spaghetti is the most vile putrid thing the Italians ever invented My wife mastered spaghetti when we first got married and had kids so it’s an easy out. For this reason I second your comment. I love spaghetti.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: avid_basser]
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02/27/25 01:36 AM
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I guess it's really a thing? Never have done it. Don't see me trying it either. It's an old Italian Grandma trick I learned from my buddy Jesse's Memaw. The sugar cuts the tomato acidity and allows for longer simmer times without turning the acid harsh. Correct, I have my mothers and grandmothers sauce recipe's and both call for a little sugar. I've tried making it without it and its real acidic. Doesn't take much, just a table spoon or two depending on how much sauce your making.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: tmd11111]
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02/27/25 01:56 AM
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I guess it's really a thing? Never have done it. Don't see me trying it either. It's an old Italian Grandma trick I learned from my buddy Jesse's Memaw. The sugar cuts the tomato acidity and allows for longer simmer times without turning the acid harsh. Correct, I have my mothers and grandmothers sauce recipe's and both call for a little sugar. I've tried making it without it and it’s real acidic. Doesn't take much, just a table spoon or two depending on how much sauce your making. Your yankee side is showing.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Douglas J]
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02/27/25 03:21 AM
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Adding to sugar to Sugo is an American thing.
Any authentic Italian recipe would never include adding sugar. So you do understand there’s a difference between Italian food and Italian-American food right? The ONLY REAL Italian food is cooked by Italians, using Italian produced ingredients, in the Italian regional style in Italy. You could cook the simplest Italian dish like pasta aglio e olio in America and it would taste like garbage to a native Italian. The olive oil is not the same, the garlic is not the same, the [censored] Parmigiano Reggiano certainly won’t be the same. Equating the two styles is pointless
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Scagnetti]
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02/27/25 03:26 AM
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Adding to sugar to Sugo is an American thing.
Any authentic Italian recipe would never include adding sugar. So you do understand there’s a difference between Italian food and Italian-American food right? The ONLY REAL Italian food is cooked by Italians, using Italian produced ingredients, in the Italian regional style in Italy. You could cook the simplest Italian dish like pasta aglio e olio in America and it would taste like garbage to a native Italian. The olive oil is not the same, the garlic is not the same, the [censored] Parmigiano Reggiano certainly won’t be the same. Equating the two styles is pointless I don’t know, I’ve been to Italy a handful of times, taste about the same as any descent Italian food that you find in most bigger us cities, you could certainly make something nearly identical at home.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/27/25 01:44 PM
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I have a niece that invited us over for enchiladas. She used Wolf brand chili in it. 
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/27/25 01:49 PM
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Considering you are pouring it on a freaking pile of carbs i don't think health should be a consideration. It's like eating a donut and worrying about the milk you drink with it.....
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
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02/27/25 01:50 PM
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That fake Parmesan cheese stuff probably has some msg or some mystery sugar in it. None of that stuff in this house. Locatelli brand pecorino romano only aged 2 years at least. Grated fresh.
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Re: Sugar in spaghetti?
[Re: Jaredk]
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02/27/25 02:55 PM
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I guess it's really a thing? Never have done it. Don't see me trying it either. I’ve usually thrown in a pinch. It works with the tomatoes Have none of you ever seen 'The Godfather'? The scene where all the guys are holed up and Clemenza is showing Michael how to make sauce. He dumps probably a half cup of sugar into the pot. He also adds red wine. .
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