Spaghetti sauce: Would this work?

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I need to link to my own post from a while ago:

Food you still cook the way your parent made it. (or don't)

Gaaah, I can’t help it. This story is slightly off-topic, but since spaghetti keeps coming up I just have to tell it. This story was told years ago by a very good friend of my grandfather at my grandparent’s 50th wedding anniversary party. "When my daughter was young, my wife had this special family spaghetti sauce recipe she always used. Being Italian, this recipe took a lot of time and care. In fact, it took 3 days to make, stewing and simmering on the stove. One day, our daughter was over …