Spaghetti Sauce

This is a test of my video.  We are having Spaghetti tonight. It is Caleb’s (JC) favorite.  Started with a pound of hamburger, added 1 package of homemade spaghetti sauce (homegrown tomatoes from last year) and a can of Hunt’s spaghetti sauce.  I do this because Beth thinks my homemade is a little spicy and the kids don’t like that it is “chunky”.  The Hunt’s kind of tones it down.  I also added some pre-made meatballs that I got at Sam’s and was in the freezer.

Normally, I make the sauce in the morning and let it simmer in the crockpot all day.  Because I forgot to take out the frozen ingredients last night, I had to let it thaw out and cook tonight.  It still got to simmer it for almost an hour.

Please note, gentle readers, that I don’t recommend using canned sauce if it has high fructose corn syrup.  Hunt’s unfortunately does, but it was in the cabinet, so it was used.  I’m not only grumpy, but cheap.

I heard a radio ad the other day that the corn producers association is trying to lobby the FDA to rename HFCS to corn sugar.  Normally, I am supportive of our farmers, but can’t go along with them this time.  HFCS is a fine example of science at work, but it’s a cheat.