Carrots in spaghetti sauce

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14 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes - they add sweetness but don't overdo them
	6 (43%)
	No - nobody wants silly wabbit food
	1 (7%)
	Yes - and put them in whole
	0 (0%)
	No - if you don't know why not then you're just a loser
	0 (0%)
	Yes - but grate them so the whiners won't have anything to whine about
	4 (29%)
	No - when I want carrot juice I just drink carrot juice
	0 (0%)
	Yes - a pound or two of carrot per person will give your spaghetti with a great orange pasta primavera aura
	0 (0%)
	No - in Italy you would be bludgeoned for even suggesting this
	3 (21%)
	Yes - I've never done it but how could it hurt to try?
	0 (0%)
	No - and you should be banned from the cooking and baking group
	0 (0%)
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[HappyMe]

1. No.

Hell NO.

[surrealAmerican]

2. Do you mean instead of tomatoes?

I think that could work - spaghetti with carrot sauce. You'd have to be careful with the seasonings for that.

I don't like them in tomato sauce though.

[kurtzapril4]

4. theres an Armenian dish

That is shredded carrots (I use the big holes on a box grater), garlic, some grated black pepper. Cook til carrots are done, then add 3/4 cup heavy cream. Take off heat and mix. Put on top of spaghetti. It's really yummy.

[grasswire]

7. that sounds really interesting

do you know the Armenian name for it?

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Yes, especially if you're using canned tomatoes for the base.

I remove the carrot before serving the sauce. Never thought of grating it in!

[pinto]

5. I add a few to sauce routinely -

1. I always heve carrots on hand.
2. They add some sweet to the acidity of a tomato sauce.
3. They blend well with whatever meat is going into it, if any, - beef, pork or chicken.
4. They blend well with onions, celery, garlic and cole crops if you use them.
5. And they echo a dash of cinammon, somehow, which I add at times.

A sauce for fish is a different thing, though. I skip them then.

[grasswire]

6. Mario Batali says YES to carrot in tomato sauce

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/basic-tomato-sauce-recipe12/index.html

His basic tomato sauce has 1/2 medium carrot, grated.

Batali is probably the most authoritative Italian chef in this country today.

[grasswire]

8. maybe it's a regional thing

I just did a quick review of the recipes in the various Italian cookbooks that I have. Most of them do have a carrot. But some don't.

[hvn_nbr_2]

9. I do it sometimes but none of the "yes" responses fit

so I clicked "pass."

I tend to add various sorts of veggies to pasta sauce, including carrots. I like veggies. Besides, if the sauce has enough veggies, then pasta plus a salad makes a complete meal.

I also add unexpected veggies to chili. Most any veggies I have on hand that are getting toward the "use it before it goes bad" stage are likely to wind up in chili or pasta sauce, unless I make veggie soup.

[struggle4progress]

10. It was spaghetti sauce for a shelter meal: it couldn't boldly go where no sauce had gone before

I may try a bit of carrot next time --but this time I chickened out