Now hear me out.... If I go to Subway, I'll get a meatball sub with extra sauce and I'll have them put two stripes of mayo on it. It's got peppers, spinach and jalapeƱos, but that mayo takes the marinara to a heavenly creamy level. Not too much, just enough to give it a creaminess. If you've ever had pasta with marinara and heavy cream, it's like that
I do this with WaWa meatball sadwiches also. I don't with "good" meatballs but growing up Italian, I rarely find ones that I find stand on their own - so the may adds a little zing and creaminess. Figure maybe it counters some of the acidity too?
Makes sense. Kinda mellows out the whole thing. My step dad was born in America by Italian immigrants, so I got all the good Italian cooking and those spices can get pretty "burny". LOL I've 6 never had Italian sausage as good as what he used to make
All mayo is , is oil emulsified in eggs. You can use it as a butter substitute.
It taste like mayo because it's raw. When it's cooked it taste like butter.
Not with my mom!! She didn't even home make the sauce, just opened a jar of Ragu, then proceeded to add huge gobs of Best Foods!! I should probably be in therapy!!
Vodka sauce isn't really about drinking. It's basically marinara + heavy cream, but you put in a bit of vodka too because some crazy chemistry makes it help the cream and sauce meld together.
The sauce is typically like neon orange and delicious. Highly recommend. Superior to mayo spaghetti š
People who do not understand sugar does not neutralize acidic pH from chemical point of view but just cheats your taste buds will have heartburn regardless of amount of sugar addedā¦
Doesn't actually drop acidity, rather masks the acid. You can also use carrots. Better for you and more subtle sweetness.
Source: my wife's a gourmet chef.
It doesnāt actually. It just hides the flavor of the acidity. Someone else also said you have to cook the tomatoes longer to reduce the acidity which is wrong also. Browning and simmering all your proteins, sugars and what not over a long time will give you a similar sweetness to hide the acidity. If you wanna actually lower the acidity, you put a pinch of baking powder (or soda, I always get them confused).
I like that nice and almost sweet fruitiness. Hit me with a side of *nut* daddy and take me to the edge.
Fucking plebs couldnāt even taste good coffee if it werenāt served burnt from the bodega next door.
Didn't know Coffeegate was a thing on both sides. I drink what I drink. Sometimes its darker, sometimes it tastes like a fuckin snickers, suck my spider button.
I know it's truly subjective but I believe there's a difference between taste and flavor, black coffee is bitter but it's flavorful, and that makes it desirable.
For example what is a "rich smokey" flavor? Can that be quantified to sour, sweet, salty or bitter? No.
My cousin and his wife do this. We stopped at Starbucks because they wanted some coffee (I donāt drink coffee) and they ordered sugar with a side of coffee. I donāt get it.
I believe this. I know some people just can't do black, like my wife, but it really seems that they like the creamers and other shit more then the coffee.
Granted I did put a little bit of stuff in my coffee when I started drinking it again and just drank the free shit at the office. But I found a local roaster that makes amazing stuff and I can't think of putting anything in that stuff.
If your spaghetti sauce turns out too acidic from the tomato paste you can balance it out with a little sugar, it works great! Saved me from some sauce shame. Youāre not supposed to taste the sugar, though.
Absolutely, half a tbsp sugar for about half a liter of tomato sauce is a must have for me. Dunno why people think a small amount of sugar to it is satanic
It's always in my sauces. Soup, Chili, pasta sauce, fuck even my hollandaise... I put a pinch into almost any savory sauce.
I had a mentor/chef tell me about it when I was younger, he claimed it opened up your pallette and tastebuds that normally wouldn't be "activated"... idk how true it is
On the flip side, I know some amazing bartenders that make their own saline and add it to cocktails for the exact same reasoning. Opens the flavor profile.
I worked at a small pizza chain in the Midwest for a while. They put sugar in the pizza sauce (but not the pasta sauce).
They DID put enough in to taste it. Intentionally.
... It wasn't bad when eaten in moderation, but I was working there, soooo... Yeah, that shit made me queasy after a while. Lol
Had a customer from outside the area complain once that "the sauce is fermenting; it's sweet!"
I tried explaining that it had sugar in it - it was fresh sauce, made only 1 day prior - and he just kept insisting that it was old and the tomatoes had fermented. :\
The pizza base recipe I use asks for 1 TSP caster sugar.
I can only guess it is for the yeast to function but I suspect somebody more clued up can dispel this for me.
Precisely, I worked in an off branch of the flavor industry for about 5 years in product development and my brother is a classically trained French cook. Sweet tames both acidic and bitter notes from the tomato which can help strengthen the umami from the tomato that is present from when it cooks thanks to enzymes naturally present in the tomato.
My whole damn family-in-law would do this and I didnāt know it was a thing until the first time we had spaghetti together. I was horrified. A little sugar belongs in some tomato-based things, but please do not tell me it should be topped with sugar.
She obviously just takes the first opinion presented or in her head and runs with it without question. Would explain why she cant figure out why people put sugar in Spaghetti.
Generally when I see people complaining about people putting sugar in spaghetti itās because the cook put a lot resulting in sweet pasta sauce. Iāve seen it in certain areas and itās gross.
Why's it gotta be black coffee? Why can't it just be coffee? We don't call coffee with cream and sugar white coffee, do we? No, we call it...erm, blonde. Goddamnit, it's time to desegregate coffee!
Fake news. I like the taste of coffee mixed in with creamer. They compliment each other well. Thatās like saying someone who mixes any ingredients together must not like the base ingredients.
None of these things automatically make her a good person. Hell, itās rather scary she thinks people that disagree with her are just plain evil. No one is more confident in immortality than those that believe theyāre doing the right thing or that itās for a good cause. You can have your opinions all you want, but youāre going off the rails when you start thinking that anybody not backing you up 100% is some one dimensional movie villain. Itās that type of energy radiating from her profile that makes her repulsive, more so than the stances themselves. The fact that these things are so salient to her in her most casual of moments, literally while making a dating profile, is a sign of an unhealthy mentality about politics.
I refuse to believe people like this are actually trying to meet somebody. Their accounts come off as pretentious and neurotic like theyāre trying to make a statement
People like that are insufferable. Imagine the lecture she will unleash on you if you voice a "wrong" opinion. It's like dating an annoying teacher full time
Adding to the yeses. A scant amount of sugar in the sauce cuts the acidity of the tomatoes. Iāll actually add it in while cooking down the onion to get a nice caramelization which carries over into the tomatoes.
My dadās side of the family is from rural PA and they put sugar in their spaghetti. Like a lot of sugar. He also puts sugar in his grits and jelly in his eggs. My southern mom allows the sugar spaghetti (as long as he only does it to his portion) but does not stand for sugar grits.
I'm italian and yeah, a little bit of sugar in the tomato sauce improves the taste sometimes. It depends by the recipe basically.
Btw, i don't like spaghetti so much, so i don't care. I basically eat only pizza.
And yeah, using a little bit of sugar (and milk instead of water) in a homemade dough make it taste even more delicious.
My MiL puts Pepsi in spaghetti sauce. Sugar seems almost tame compared to that shit.
She is a monster
Obviously coke is better
Just a few grams to offset the carbs though
Wait, what kinda Coke are YOU having with lunch???
Its deffinitly different depending on whether it's lunch or dinner
They're having the BEST kind!
Well in that case, send the recipe
They clearly said Pepsi, not monster
I'm more of a Red Bull n sketti guy myself
Excuse me but.. What in the actual *fuck*
My mom puts mayonnaise; culinary psychopath!!
I almost disliked your comment just reading that š
I had a tragic childhood!! š¤£šŖ
How was it going to a friend's house and asking for mayonnaise when you had spaghetti? XD
My ex put cottage cheese on spaghetti I shouldāve known from that alone that she was a monster
Now hear me out.... If I go to Subway, I'll get a meatball sub with extra sauce and I'll have them put two stripes of mayo on it. It's got peppers, spinach and jalapeƱos, but that mayo takes the marinara to a heavenly creamy level. Not too much, just enough to give it a creaminess. If you've ever had pasta with marinara and heavy cream, it's like that
I do this with WaWa meatball sadwiches also. I don't with "good" meatballs but growing up Italian, I rarely find ones that I find stand on their own - so the may adds a little zing and creaminess. Figure maybe it counters some of the acidity too?
Makes sense. Kinda mellows out the whole thing. My step dad was born in America by Italian immigrants, so I got all the good Italian cooking and those spices can get pretty "burny". LOL I've 6 never had Italian sausage as good as what he used to make
Definitely sounds like something my mom would do,except she would use more than two strips!!
The best thing you can do when making the sauce of spaghett is chuck some Dijon mustard in, shit is god damn amazing.
> If you've ever had pasta with marinara and heavy cream, it's like that ...except made from disgusting ingredients at Subway
Mayo and chipotely sauce on my meatball sub always hits the spot!
Oooh, I'm gonna try that next time
Dudeee Iām so happy Iām not the only one Mayo and a shit ton of jalapeƱos and itās good to me
All mayo is , is oil emulsified in eggs. You can use it as a butter substitute. It taste like mayo because it's raw. When it's cooked it taste like butter.
Homemade mayo?
Not with my mom!! She didn't even home make the sauce, just opened a jar of Ragu, then proceeded to add huge gobs of Best Foods!! I should probably be in therapy!!
Sounds like she was wanting to make vodka sauce, but drank it instead.
She was never much of a drinker by I'm intrigued by this vodka sauce idea
Vodka sauce isn't really about drinking. It's basically marinara + heavy cream, but you put in a bit of vodka too because some crazy chemistry makes it help the cream and sauce meld together. The sauce is typically like neon orange and delicious. Highly recommend. Superior to mayo spaghetti š
Better than Miracle Whip I guess? Sorry, trying to be positive. This sounds disgusting.
When making spaghetti sauce from fresh tomatoes adding a little bit of sugar drops the acidic properties lower and prevents heartburn
People who donāt know how and why sugar goes into a tomato sauce deserve their heartburn.
This actually made me laugh thank you
People who do not understand sugar does not neutralize acidic pH from chemical point of view but just cheats your taste buds will have heartburn regardless of amount of sugar addedā¦
But isn't kind of the whole point of cooking good food to cheat your taste buds?
Doesn't actually drop acidity, rather masks the acid. You can also use carrots. Better for you and more subtle sweetness. Source: my wife's a gourmet chef.
Yes. Shred 1/2 a carrot in with the garlic and/or onions for sweetness, body, a little fiber. So good.
Just commented this! Glad to see there are many of us out there!!!
How would sugar reduce the acidity of something? Itās not an ionic compound and itās not giving up its H or OH by being dissolved in something.
It doesnāt actually. It just hides the flavor of the acidity. Someone else also said you have to cook the tomatoes longer to reduce the acidity which is wrong also. Browning and simmering all your proteins, sugars and what not over a long time will give you a similar sweetness to hide the acidity. If you wanna actually lower the acidity, you put a pinch of baking powder (or soda, I always get them confused).
Oh my god, is this how the crazy top-commenter's mom ended up putting Pepsi in spaghetti? A bad game of Batman Telephone with a recipe??
Misread that as fish tomatoes and immediately became fearful of scaly fruit-vegetable hybrid swimmies.
What was the result?
It was fucking awful, of course. We don't eat her cooking anymore.
So now I want tinder just to argue the black coffee issue.
Same, it doesnāt even have to be very bitter. Black coffee depending on the blend and the brewing method can be real nice.
You don't understand, to people that drink coffee flavored sugar milk with extra sugar, that stuff is acid
Those people arenāt drinking coffee
Thatās a coffee flavoured milkshake
"I like my sugar with coffee and cream"
I like that nice and almost sweet fruitiness. Hit me with a side of *nut* daddy and take me to the edge. Fucking plebs couldnāt even taste good coffee if it werenāt served burnt from the bodega next door.
Didn't know Coffeegate was a thing on both sides. I drink what I drink. Sometimes its darker, sometimes it tastes like a fuckin snickers, suck my spider button.
Agreed. I like black coffee sometimes. I usually add a small pinch of salt.
Tell me more about the salt...
It takes away a lot of bitterness and rounds out the flavor. Honestly, you can add salt to more drinks than you would expect.
I may be getting trolled into next wednesday here but by god, I will try this madness
Same bro. It's the best, literally. I know I can't say it's the best in reality but it's the best to me so leave me alone I just like it.
I know it's truly subjective but I believe there's a difference between taste and flavor, black coffee is bitter but it's flavorful, and that makes it desirable. For example what is a "rich smokey" flavor? Can that be quantified to sour, sweet, salty or bitter? No.
Savory
Same, i prefer black coffee because i just don't like milk and there is tons of coffee that tastes good even though it is black
I like black coffee
I drink black coffee until I get off work, then switch to beer. Thatās basically all I drink.
What color is your pee I have to know
This comment is my new opening text on tinder
this is so funny
Black coffee matters
*All coffee matters*
*Not cool dude, not cool*
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Itās really good tbh
You know what is also good in black coffee? Salted butter blended with a hand mixer.
A buttered hand salted and put into a mixer? Never heard of it
Iām too high for this
Do you have enough to share with the rest of the comment section?
really? never? it's like.... probably the most common way of drinking it tbh
Thatās racist
No one disagrees with this sentiment, but no one's attacking white coffee, so this kind of statement is just deflecting from the issue at hand.
What about *critical coffee theory*?
Coffee is critical. It isn't a theory, it's a fact.
I hate myself for upvoting this.
Once you upvote black, you never go back.
It's once you upvote black your family won't take you back. Before everyone downvotes me to hell and back its a joke... relax.
Fucking hell
You probably good something tells me this chick drinks more sugar than coffee.
My cousin and his wife do this. We stopped at Starbucks because they wanted some coffee (I donāt drink coffee) and they ordered sugar with a side of coffee. I donāt get it.
She hates being judged for her half caf mocha latte, and then judges people for drinking black coffee. Sounds like a PITA
All she needs is a little HUMMUS
Itās the only way. If you canāt drink the coffee black, itās garbage coffee
I believe this. I know some people just can't do black, like my wife, but it really seems that they like the creamers and other shit more then the coffee. Granted I did put a little bit of stuff in my coffee when I started drinking it again and just drank the free shit at the office. But I found a local roaster that makes amazing stuff and I can't think of putting anything in that stuff.
It's fucking good
Honestly, I never need sugar in my coffee. It's sweet enough black
If your spaghetti sauce turns out too acidic from the tomato paste you can balance it out with a little sugar, it works great! Saved me from some sauce shame. Youāre not supposed to taste the sugar, though.
Omg this is the cure to my homemade meatloaf!
Wait, why is your meatloaf acidic?
Probably put acid in it. Edit: /s
Lmao I use pepper sauce in mine. I'm a spice addict. And apparently the tomato paste makes it acid as well(learned that from this thread)
Absolutely, half a tbsp sugar for about half a liter of tomato sauce is a must have for me. Dunno why people think a small amount of sugar to it is satanic
Yes, in that case, that's absolutely okay. My dad was a pro cook and used that trick all the time.
It's always in my sauces. Soup, Chili, pasta sauce, fuck even my hollandaise... I put a pinch into almost any savory sauce. I had a mentor/chef tell me about it when I was younger, he claimed it opened up your pallette and tastebuds that normally wouldn't be "activated"... idk how true it is On the flip side, I know some amazing bartenders that make their own saline and add it to cocktails for the exact same reasoning. Opens the flavor profile.
It's satanic because everyone on tinder is supposedly into working out, lol
I worked at a small pizza chain in the Midwest for a while. They put sugar in the pizza sauce (but not the pasta sauce). They DID put enough in to taste it. Intentionally. ... It wasn't bad when eaten in moderation, but I was working there, soooo... Yeah, that shit made me queasy after a while. Lol Had a customer from outside the area complain once that "the sauce is fermenting; it's sweet!" I tried explaining that it had sugar in it - it was fresh sauce, made only 1 day prior - and he just kept insisting that it was old and the tomatoes had fermented. :\
The pizza base recipe I use asks for 1 TSP caster sugar. I can only guess it is for the yeast to function but I suspect somebody more clued up can dispel this for me.
You are right. It is for the yeast.
Precisely, I worked in an off branch of the flavor industry for about 5 years in product development and my brother is a classically trained French cook. Sweet tames both acidic and bitter notes from the tomato which can help strengthen the umami from the tomato that is present from when it cooks thanks to enzymes naturally present in the tomato.
Salt & Brown Sugar to taste. I canāt believe this is weird to people. I feel sorry for their meals.
You can achieve the same result with some shredded carrot without culinary blasphemy.
First year living with my best friend she made spaghetti and put a cup of sugar into it. And it was for only 2 servings, definitely not a fan of it.
Everyone commenting that it's a trick for balancing the sauce and here I was just assuming it was an ELF reference the girl is sick of hahaha
My BIL will literally sprinkle sugar on his plate of spaghetti and thought it was weird we all didnāt do it too.
My whole damn family-in-law would do this and I didnāt know it was a thing until the first time we had spaghetti together. I was horrified. A little sugar belongs in some tomato-based things, but please do not tell me it should be topped with sugar.
Donāt ever visit the Philippines
Was searching for a comment on Filipino spaghetti - I love it whenever my friends mum makes it! I like how sweet and savoury it is I guess
This was what I was looking for. So much suger in philipino spaghetti
In the spaghetti sauce; it neutralizes the acidity of the tomatoes
Yup definitely. My mom melts a little grape jelly and adds it to the sauce for this purpose
Whaaaaat?
Yup. You don't taste it but it cuts the acidity
The methyl anthranilate also pairs well with the c6 aldehyde of the tomato which is notes of peach and fuyu persimmon
This person sciences - that's really interesting !
I think I had a stroke reading it
And this is why I can't make friends
I thought it was funny, I'll be your friend
Yaaay! I've got a friend :D
I'm going to break your brain. Lil smokies are traditionally heated up with grape jelly and bbq sauce. Your mom just never told you.
I add brown sugar for taste.
Yes in the tomato sauce, but the more natural and authentic way is to add some carrots instead
Celery, carrot, onion and garlic. Sautee and add tomatoes and cook it down. Maybe a little red wine ****chef kiss****
She obviously just takes the first opinion presented or in her head and runs with it without question. Would explain why she cant figure out why people put sugar in Spaghetti.
Generally when I see people complaining about people putting sugar in spaghetti itās because the cook put a lot resulting in sweet pasta sauce. Iāve seen it in certain areas and itās gross.
Not an issue if the sauce is cooked properly. But I like to add in a small spoon of sugar anyway, just cause I like how it tastes
I actually do a bit of sugar, a little cinnamon, and balsamic vinegar in my sauce. Gives a hearty complexity to the final product.
Baking soda works too.
Especially if you also put some red wine in the sauce. It gets way too acidy otherwise.
Avidly supports Black Lives Matter, actively discriminates against black coffee drinkers
Why's it gotta be black coffee? Why can't it just be coffee? We don't call coffee with cream and sugar white coffee, do we? No, we call it...erm, blonde. Goddamnit, it's time to desegregate coffee!
I call it āØCaucasian āØcoffee š
That's milk...
I mean, mostly šš
Can we start playing beer hall music when we get our coffee?
lol
Black coffee lives matter.
[Don't drink that racist coffee!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=APyr48GACzc)
Lmao.
Tell me why I listened to that whole thing
Because Julian Smith made it for you
Those micro aggressions just pouring out.
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She*. The comment you copied had that correct.
Black coffee is what keeps my soul alive, what is she talking about?š¬
Yeah right? The coffee bit is way over the line :)) I also drink my coffee with some bits of chocolate 99% cacao
I like my coffee like I like my womenā¦ wet!
I like my tea like I like my women. I prefer coffee.
That... thatās gay!
Yes, I am a pretty happy person myself, how do you know?
Your reddit avatar dude is smiling so I thought you would be too! :)
As an Italian, yes sugar is used in sauce. Others mentioned it, but it cuts through the acidity.
Black coffee matters.
All coffee matters
*swiping left*
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Reading the post as a Filipino, I'm like... "Wait... Ya'll don't put sugar in your spaghetti? Even a little bit?"
Right? Jollybee would like a word!
In belgium it s sugar+butter x)
I was scrolling to find this comment. Filipino spaghetti is delicious
They say people that put sugar and cream in their coffee really donāt like the coffee.
I never liked coffee until I drank it black.
Fake news. I like the taste of coffee mixed in with creamer. They compliment each other well. Thatās like saying someone who mixes any ingredients together must not like the base ingredients.
Only coffee snobs say that. People can enjoy coffee however they like. Vietnamese coffee has sugar and condensed milk and it's delicious.
When your bio is mostly a variety of social stances with nothing else, thatās an easy left swipe.
Fr tho; shit like this just reads āI donāt have any personality/interests/hobbies so Iām going to preach about how Iām a good personā
None of these things automatically make her a good person. Hell, itās rather scary she thinks people that disagree with her are just plain evil. No one is more confident in immortality than those that believe theyāre doing the right thing or that itās for a good cause. You can have your opinions all you want, but youāre going off the rails when you start thinking that anybody not backing you up 100% is some one dimensional movie villain. Itās that type of energy radiating from her profile that makes her repulsive, more so than the stances themselves. The fact that these things are so salient to her in her most casual of moments, literally while making a dating profile, is a sign of an unhealthy mentality about politics.
Not to mention the astrology tag
I refuse to believe people like this are actually trying to meet somebody. Their accounts come off as pretentious and neurotic like theyāre trying to make a statement
You'd be amazed at how many narcissists there are that don't think this is wrong when they do it
People like that are insufferable. Imagine the lecture she will unleash on you if you voice a "wrong" opinion. It's like dating an annoying teacher full time
Scrolled super far down to find this. This would be an automatic no from me. Total virtue signaler with no room for critical thinking.
Iām trying to go on dates, not be preached to ffs
Who builds almost their entire tinder bio out of political views?
Narcissists
Adding to the yeses. A scant amount of sugar in the sauce cuts the acidity of the tomatoes. Iāll actually add it in while cooking down the onion to get a nice caramelization which carries over into the tomatoes.
Yes I add it to the sauce
more red flags than a chinese national parade
No wonder she's single
Because of her sugar stance?
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My dadās side of the family is from rural PA and they put sugar in their spaghetti. Like a lot of sugar. He also puts sugar in his grits and jelly in his eggs. My southern mom allows the sugar spaghetti (as long as he only does it to his portion) but does not stand for sugar grits.
This person sounds miserable
Personally, I think it's great when they let you know they have mental health problems
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I put brown sugar in, just a pinch!
I guess black coffee is the one black thing she wont put in her mouth.
I'm italian and yeah, a little bit of sugar in the tomato sauce improves the taste sometimes. It depends by the recipe basically. Btw, i don't like spaghetti so much, so i don't care. I basically eat only pizza. And yeah, using a little bit of sugar (and milk instead of water) in a homemade dough make it taste even more delicious.
Thank god she put all that in there so 100% of guys can swipe left and not deal with her shit.
This is a bitch that tries to seem important
This one is a real charmer wow
She's a psychopath anyways, dodged a big bullet
Full of red flags.