> > Dave makes an amazing spaghetti sauce that,
> > aside from the usual ingredients, also
> > contains shredded carrots, sliced mushrooms,
> > and Scotch Bonnet hot peppers (the yellow
> > ones)...
>
> My spaghetti sauce, when I make it properly,
> has the sliced mushrooms (sometimes diced) and
> the yellow peppers. I have never tried the
> shredded carrots, but I have heard it
> recommended by a few people, and Amanda's
> mother used to include them. I never really
> noticed them (tastewise-- I could see them, of
> course) so I suppose that is a vote in favor of
> shredded carrots in spo sauce.

My wife never uses store-bought pasghetti sauce. She makes her own, and although she doesn't use shredded carrots, she always throws in either a few peeled whole carrots, or a bunch of those little pre-whittled baby carrots that you can buy in the store. She uses the carrots to sweeten the sauce, as an alternative to sugar.

The sauce is really good, and I like to eat the carrots too. Raw carrots are good, but cooked carrots rule.

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