Spaghetti Sauce

Spaghetti is my favorite meal and has been since a kid. I think it was sealed to be my favorite the summer of 1990. A couple of days after my 10th birthday I had to have my appendix removed. Back then a patient with this procedure was required to stay in the hospital for about 4 days and they cut you open. I have an ugly 4 inch scar to prove it. One night while eating my mush and jello hospital food, I asked my mom what everyone at home was eating and she said Spaghetti. I have never wanted a food so much. My mom promised that when I was allowed to eat a regular diet again she would make it for me. And she did, and it is in my memory the best tasting food I've ever had.

Most of the people I've cooked for has never had my spaghetti. I don't make it for guests, because I believe that most everyone likes spaghetti a certain way. At least that's how I am. I don't order spaghetti at restaurants and I almost never like someone else's homemade kind. I like mine, it came from mother.

Spaghetti Sauce

1 lb hamburger

3 small cans tomato sauce

1 small can tomato paste

1-2 t dried basil

1-2 t dried garlic powder

1-2 t dried oregano

1 t sugar

salt and pepper

Brown the hamburger in a large sauce pan, season it with salt and pepper. Add your tomato sauce and paste. Then take one of the cans and fill it up with halfway to 3/4 of the way with water. Add spices. Stir all together and bring to a boil. Cover pan, and turn heat down to low and simmer. Stir occasionally and let simmer for 20 min.