RECIPE: REC: Election Day Spaghetti

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dawnnys

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It's a big thing here in Syracuse, all the candidates (well, most) stop in a local church school (Our Lady of Pompei) to meet and greet the voters that want to get a great lunch or dinner. Everyone goes, but sniff, sniff, I usually miss it because I'm working at a poll far away from the school where it's held.

So here's my craving for the day. While not the official recipe that they use, I think it's pretty close:

1 lb spaghetti, cooked to package instructions

basil leaves, torn for garnish

And for the sauce:

2 lbs sausage of your choice

1 onion, finely chopped

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 fresh red chili, chopped

1/2 cup dry red wine or beef stock

1 14-ounce can Italian tomatoes, crushed

1 teaspoon dried oregano

sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

To make the sauce: Cut the sausage into shorter lengths. Slit the casing on each length and slip it off the sausage meat. Stir-fry the sausage meat with the onion in the heated oil and continue stirring to break up the sausage meat and pour off the fat as it is released. Stir the meat until it starts to color then stir in the garlic and chili. Pour in the wine or stock and continue stirring until the liquid is absorbed. Add the tomato and oregano.

Gently simmer for 20 minutes, stirring now and again. Check seasoning. To serve: Serve the sausage sauce with the cooked spaghetti and garnish with the torn basil leaves.

 
Agree... Vote! I had a colleague that grew up in the south, many years ago, she mentioned

that when she was little, her family really reinforced the importance about the ability to vote. She said that her parents would take all of the children to the voting stations wearing their sunday church clothes, complete with cleaned, shiny mary janes shoes. They would go to school a few minutes late, but learned the importance and pride of voting.

I did not grow up that way. My parents voted when I was in school, so I think I missed out on this teaching opportunity.

To this day, I think of my colleague on election day.

 
It's a slow day, but the ppl are nice. Candidates just delivered donuts too, so

that's always nice.

I used to like it when I went to elementary school and the "grown-ups" were in the hallways and there were BAKE SALES!! there. See, I was a foodie way back then ;o)

 
my voting place is the local elem school, and they have a bakesale too. I was trying to picture

red/white/blue spaghetti----just couldn't figure out what the blue might be! I see it's just a really nice sauce.

 
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