For your consideration…
January 18th, 2008
One of the reasons I think that many are connecting to Malcolm Gladwell is that he skillfully asks the questions and frames conversations in a manner that hits the “yeah, I was just wondering that” button. Check him out if you have a moment at gladwell.com - the New Yorker articles in particular contain a wealth of interesting subjects, and his blog is currently examining the Major League Baseball steriod “crisis” from an interesting angle.
By the way, I think I am coming to grips, slowly, with the term “blog”. It’s taken me time, but it is quick and easy to say, for all of its “log”-like phonetics. I don’t think I’m ready to be friends just yet, but I think I can be in the same room and not feel awkward, which is a “win” for all of us.
Since this has become, at this point in the post, an official franchise of Zack Hensley’s “random rantings” initiative, I just want to take a moment and register my frustration with the sheer number of spaghetti sauces that are out there to choose from. I remember the days when it was just “Ragu” vs. “Prego”. Now, if I want Orange Cajun Habenero Beef Spaghetti Sauce, there’s a few options to choose from on the shelves of your local supermarket. I’m ready to find the perfect sauce, or at least the five best options, and lock in for the rest of my life; I don’t particularly want to spend thousands of dollars burning through all the options until I find my perfect match. What’s a pasta guy to do?
So I’d like to launch the National Spaghetti Sauce Taste Test Challenge. I need recommendations - and I’m not a Ragu or Prego guy. Hit me with your best sauce. I need your help. Thanks in advance.
David
p.s. I’m not looking for recipes - I’m looking for good, store bought, spaghetti sauce in a jar.
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12 Comments Add your own
1. randy bohlender | January 18th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
“….now you’re bloggin’.”
ha
2. John Paul Fullerton | January 18th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
http://www.rateitall.com/t-129-pasta-sauce.aspx
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0813/is_10_30/ai_111356942
3. Brian | January 18th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Dude…that was easy!
http://patsys-products.stores.yahoo.net/aboutoursauce.html
4. Kristine | January 18th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
The best pasta sauce I have ever had is rosa sauce. And I mean I love pasta and well if you can find it in a store I’d get it. I mean its heart attack in a sauce so eat in moderation, but so delicious.
5. Tim Brownlee | January 19th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
you could always put in an advertisement and any spaghetti sauce that is interested can do an interview with you and you can go on a couple of dates… get to know each other… and then make a decision… don’t worry these kind of commitments take time…:P
btw… I tried Ragu Robusto… wasn’t too fond of it… my personal choices are always the meaty sauces…
6. anita h | January 19th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
seriously - heinz in a can. 4 cheese or meat. but you have to spice ‘em all up a bit. and it’s usually the cheapest.
7. Aaron | January 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
try emril’s sauce, His is pretty good
8. David | January 20th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
I’m liking Emeril’s sauces so far - especially the vodka cream sauce. These other suggestions, and links to review sites, are so, so great. Keep ‘em coming!
Anita - are you telling me that the Hensley household is claiming “Heinz in a can” as the superior sauce? Say it ain’t so!
9. Zack Hensley | January 21st, 2008 at 6:27 am
yeah we aren’t so pretentious as some…
10. Tim Brownlee | January 21st, 2008 at 8:50 am
sometimes you get more than what you pay for… but those are few and far between…
11. John Paul Fullerton | January 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 am
http://www.milazzousa.com/pasta-sauce-testimonials.php
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12464&whichpage=2
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12. Thanks for reading my mai&hellip | January 28th, 2008 at 2:58 am
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