To what extent is your "ancestry" part of your family's diet?

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28. Costco Rao's is my favorite base. I add oregano, basil, garlic powder and onion powder.

I'm always throwing other stuff in with the above, to try. Cumin, Berbere. or whatever. Most times, I go with the stuff in the title line. When I add Berbere or curry, it's more like Indian spaghetti (if there is such a thing).


Then there was my grandmother. In September, she would buy bushels of tomatoes, boil them, add basil and garlic and can it for winter. There would be four large pots boiling in the kitchen.


Sunday mornings -- Grandpa would break out a large, wooden square, take out flour, eggs and water. Mix that and then run the dough through a spaghetti machine. Drape the pasta over a long dowel and let it dry for a couple of hours. Muller's egg noodles is the closest to that.