A Surfeit of Sauce
Why is there so much sauce?
I have to bring something to a potluck tomorrow. A co-worker is going off to school and we are throwing him a party. So I've never actually been to a potluck before. “What the hell do I bring,” I pondered. I decided on meatballs stuffed with mozzarella (which I've never cooked). I print out the recipe and head off to the market. I found everything easily, save for the sauce.
There had to be at least 20 brands of sauce—that's not including different “flavors.” I did what any twenty something male in my predicament would do. I called my mom. She recommended Francesco Rinaldi. Now, here is my conundrum. I had previously settled on “Patsy's” brand sauce. It was the most expensive, at $7.99, and had a more natural color (the others were a little to red for belief). The Francesco Rinaldi was only $1.50. Now my mind starts going crazy over this. How can one sauce cost $7.99 and the other only $1.50? I held each jar up to the light for further inspection, testing their color and viscosity. I even attempted to smell the sauce through the jar (yup, I'm an idiot).
Ultimately, Patsy's was more natural with less ingredient's than the Rinaldi. Being that I'm in the middle of making a movie (i.e. broke) I ended up buying the Francesco Rinaldi. It's OK. A little sweet, however—must be the high fructose corn syrup.
I've come to the conclusion that there should only be two brands of everything:
1.The Good Stuff
2.The Cheap Stuff
If not everything, than definitely jarred things. Wouldn't society be a much smoother machine?
I have to bring something to a potluck tomorrow. A co-worker is going off to school and we are throwing him a party. So I've never actually been to a potluck before. “What the hell do I bring,” I pondered. I decided on meatballs stuffed with mozzarella (which I've never cooked). I print out the recipe and head off to the market. I found everything easily, save for the sauce.
There had to be at least 20 brands of sauce—that's not including different “flavors.” I did what any twenty something male in my predicament would do. I called my mom. She recommended Francesco Rinaldi. Now, here is my conundrum. I had previously settled on “Patsy's” brand sauce. It was the most expensive, at $7.99, and had a more natural color (the others were a little to red for belief). The Francesco Rinaldi was only $1.50. Now my mind starts going crazy over this. How can one sauce cost $7.99 and the other only $1.50? I held each jar up to the light for further inspection, testing their color and viscosity. I even attempted to smell the sauce through the jar (yup, I'm an idiot).
Ultimately, Patsy's was more natural with less ingredient's than the Rinaldi. Being that I'm in the middle of making a movie (i.e. broke) I ended up buying the Francesco Rinaldi. It's OK. A little sweet, however—must be the high fructose corn syrup.
I've come to the conclusion that there should only be two brands of everything:
1.The Good Stuff
2.The Cheap Stuff
If not everything, than definitely jarred things. Wouldn't society be a much smoother machine?
posted by Patrick K. at 12:15 AM
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