Summer Notes- August 20th- What's Cooking???? Rainy, damp and cooler than it has been.

 Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce .

I also got my hair cut.  Short but still with some curl.  Cut with a razor as, I learned, curly hair shouldn't be cut with scissors.  Also should never be washed with hot water. 

It looks nice and oddly enough...does not look like I got my hair cut.  Looks like "always".  Amazing...... I go again in October.

I have the items pictured up top on the stove top--- simmering.. Marcella Hazan's Famous Red Sauce. 28 ounce can of tomatoes, one onion (cut in half),  whole stick of butter, bit of salt, bit of sugar....let it simmer for 45 minutes.  Break up any large pieces of tomato.   I always add a bit of sugar to red sauce.  The stick of butter is an interest choice.

I also have a New York Italian Woman's recipe for Gravy.  That takes longer and has a variety of meat and meatballs in it.  So so delicious.  Sunday Gravy. I made this once for a house full of German Visitors... they loved it. Hated the ten year old boys playing soccer- they said it 'wasn't soccer". It wasn't.

I was always meant to be Italian....in other lives I was, I think....this one- Bohemian with a side of Austrian.  I never mastered stretching strudel dough...my grandmother tried to teach me but I didn't have the knuckles for it back then...possibly I do now.  I might return to baking a loaf of bread every week. Or Once a month.  Or never. My Grandmother made the BEST Seeded Rye. Loved that bread.

I might have someone coming by to see the yard and let me know if they want to weed my garden beds. The gal cutting my hair knew someone.  Time will tell.  Would be nice as they look like Hell right now.

Rained quite a bit...everything is wet.. lots of tree cutting yesterday--one street over...Quiet this morning.

My timer when off....giving the sauce another 5 minutes with the onion halves turned over....I had wanted to buy a package of spaghetti but one of the boxes of pasta will do... I have quite a few shapes in the cupboard.   Son says he will give it a try.  Looks exactly like the picture up top.