Lighten up..and..that Spaghetti recipe

Ya know, my blogs have almost gotten too heavy for even ME to read!

I just re-read the one from yesterday and cried like a baby. (thank you "E" for the earphones because it IS 4 a.m. and I used them.)  By the way,,,,if you own a Mac, there are two holes in which you put your earphones.  Be sure to get them in the right hole,,,,,or you WILL wake up the whole family at 4 a.m. and they WILL be mad at you....
anywhoo

I will give you a Mom update before I re post my Spaghetti recipe (the one that I promised I would post a while back)

Comfort food,,,

First Mom....

Okay,,,,,I have never seen a fighter like my mom.  Even the nurses are just baffled.

I went there at 7:30 yesterday morning.  She had 104 fever, very little breath left in her sweet, precious 98 lb. body.  Her doctor came in,,,,said it would be today (meaning yesterday),,,,nurses came in, said it would probably be any minute.  Hospice came in,,,,yep,,,,any minute now...."Do you have any family members you'd like to call to be with you?"  Ya know, I really sort of wanted to be by myself for some reason.  But ended up calling Sister, and my two brothers.  Sister came and we just sat there, and sat there, and sat there. Until 12:00.

Decided we would follow my mom's own favorite quote "a watched pot never boils" (idn't that the truth by the way)

and went home.

Now...  If you've ever stayed at the hospital with someone you realize how utterly exhausting it is.

I mean seriously folks.  I felt like I had been hit by an 18 wheeler.

So, back to J's house to take a 2 hour nap.

Went back up to the hospital with Sister at 4 yesterday and whadda ya know? She's stable.  Go figure.  Mrs. Independent.  Has to do everything on her terms.  Ya know?  she just ain't quite ready!

So..anyway...here's that Spaghetti recipe!! (my mom's btw)
I blogged about this right at a year ago and let me just tell ya folks. YUMMERS.

It is fool proof, guaranteed to make Mr. Wonderful kiss your feet, as well as everyone else in the fam. Just plain ole spaghetti. Well if you wanna get really ITalian it's bolognese sauce but we folks here at the Boggs' house just call it "Spaghetti". (since we're not Italian) They come a runnin when momma has "spaghetti" on the stove.

Start with these simple items:

2 lbs. ground chuck

1 large can whole tomatoes

1 large can crushed tomatoes (be careful not to buy that stuff with all the spices in it.)

1 can of large tomato sauce

2 cans of large tomato paste

2 packages of McCormick's (I guess) I couldn't fine Lowry's but Lowry's is what I usually use (that is where I cheat) but it's worth it.

1 tablespoon fresh oregano

1 tablespoon sea salt

secret ingredient (we'll get to that in a bit)

Brown the ground beef really well adding the oregano and the sea salt

Add the McCormicks packages and 1 can of water. Mixed that up really well

Then add all the other cans of stuff. Cook forever, I mean like all day, bring it to a boil (don't let it splatter on you cause you'll never forget that one), take it down to a simmer and let it go ...like 4 hours or so. DO NOT forget to stir frequently and COVER. This is not a "let it go on it's on" kinda dish.

Don't forget a really good glass of vino or two, or three, heck, why not the whole bottle???? while you're cookin 

The Secret Ingredient -----can anyone guess yet????? shuuu don't tell!

There it is!!! One HEaping tablespoon of Nestles chocolate - makes is yummerlicious - put this in about 1 1/2 hour before serving. Remember, don't burn it...have I said that enough yet? I'm only saying that because I can't tell you how many times I've burned my "spaghetti"

Remember....cover the darn thing cause it WILL splatter and it WILL hurt (and make a mess in your kitchen.) period

While simmering you can do these other things:

Like grate fresh - yes, fresh, not that packaged stuff, not that stuff in a can but FRESH Parmesan cheese.

And make some garlic bread. I use a cheese slicer for the Plugra butter and lots of really good fresh smashed garlic

Make those noodles - I use only angle hair pasta. and yes, I drain them and rinse them. Too bad all you chefs out there that say don't do it. I'm rebelling.

There ya have it. Why did my pic have to be so blurred????? So sorry. oh, boy is it GOooooooooood!

By the way, the left overs are even better (especially if you freeze the sauce) oh be still my heart!

have a FABULOUS Wed. y'all

xo

kb