oh you got that right! I bet we all can share some real horror stories!!!!

I also love red sauces, in fact. I have a red sauce consist of all veges pasta, and the result is great! And also, I do have a soup consist of tomato also. Do you have any recipe for tomato based soup MamaM? Hope we could share our recipe.

do you add whole or crushed tomatoes to your soups when you make them? have you ever added a can of tomato sauce?

I love homemade chicken soup with whole tomatoes that I break up with my hands (Italians have a habit of doing that) in it - or veggie soup - or beef soup - I just love tomatoes!

Yeah, I do add whole tomatoes but i don't break them up in my hand. I use blender to break them down into pieces.

We've used our hands for generations - most kitchens had a wooden spoon, a dinner fork, a dessert spoon and your hands - that was it - and we made great dishes - and that is how we baked too! Our measuring cups were a regular tea cup or mug. You cooked and baked by look and feel.