Before I move on from the topic of bolognese, let me share a couple more stories about it. The night after the burnt bolognese/ smokey pot/ back door kicking episode (i.e. last week), I returned home from another day at work to find Lupo cooking (!!) - despite the interim ban placed upon him! Gargggggggghhhhhhhh! So I asked what he was making and he told me spag bol! Again! Gargggggggggggghhhhhhhhh!
Anyway, I had a peek in the pot and it looked alright. He told me that he'd bought secret ingredients (salami and tomato paste - secret no more!) and that it was going to taste really good. So after we waited for the pasta to cook (which took awhile as Lupo decided to place the pasta in with the cold water and let it all boil at the same time!) we sat down for a nice casual meal in front of the TV. And, O, M, G! The spag bol was amaaaaaazing! It was very yummy! Better than the more recent Stephanie Alexander recipe one that I've been making recently. It was so good that I took a good portion of it to work the next day :-)
But was it always like this? No. Sadly, no. Missy reminded me today to tell the story about the mince and sauce. A short and simple story, but funny all the same!
So early on in our relationship, Lupo did kind of go on about his fantastic spag bol - one of his favourite dishes. [Watching Nausicaa as I'm writing this, the movie's kind of a bit too intense to try to multi-task.] So he makes me this signature dish of his one night and... Hmm. Ok. The bolognese cooking process included frying up some mince, adding a jar of Leggo's tomato sauce and voila! That was it! The pasta was (under)cooked and then served up with the mega chunky bits of mince in Leggo's sauce.
Omg, it was so gross. The meat so dry (and so chunky!) and the sauce so processed. Garrrggghhhh. And uncooked pasta.
What can I say? I glad Lupo can cook a mean spag bol these days - when the kitchen isn't under threat of being burnt down that is.
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