Spaghetti, a favorite of many, tweaked to the liking of whoever makes it. Some people like it meatless, some people like it sauceless. Some people even put mushrooms in it (I do not). Me, though? I make it in the objectively most correct way, and I’m about to teach you how.

Spaghetti (from the Ancestors)

Ingredients:
2 lbs ground beef (or turkey, if you insist)
2 italian sausages, removed from the casings
Garlic (1 or 2 cloves/teaspoons)
Bell peppers (like half a cup)
Onions (like half a cup)
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste
Water
Salt
Pepper
Lawry’s seasoning salt
Italian seasoning
Oregano
Basil
Garlic powder
Onion powder 
2 lbs spaghetti noodles

Cooking Instructions:

1. Put your noodles in a pot to boil. Break them in half or don’t (I don’t care). Circle around the circumference of the pot twice with salt.
2. Brown your ground beef and Italian sausage meat on medium heat with bell peppers, onions, and garlic. Add however much you want, but stop when you think it’s enough. (I use the frozen bell peppers and onions, and they measure out to maybe half a cup. I also use garlic from a jar, and one teaspoon is equal to one clove, so 2 cloves should be fine.)
3. When the meat is fully cooked through, drain it in a strainer (RINSE the oil down the sink with boiling hot water). 
4. Put the meat back in the pot and add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste. You’ll need a spoon to get all of the tomato paste out of the can.
5. Fill the tomato sauce and diced tomato cans halfway with cold water and pour them into the pot. Fill the tomato paste can fully with cold water, stir the water around, and then pour it into the pot. 
6. Stir all the ingredients in the pot around. If you need more water, add more. 
7. Add salt, pepper, seasoning salt, Italian seasoning, oregano, basil, garlic powder, and onion powder to your sauce until you hear the ancestors whisper “enough, my child.” Mix thoroughly. (Tip: Essentially, all you’re doing is heating this stuff up. It’s actually fine to eat straight out of the can, so you can taste test it as you’re seasoning and add more when necessary.)
8. Pull a noodle from your pot of boiling water and taste it. If it’s done, drain them. If not, let them cook for longer and then drain them afterwards.
9. Add your drained noodles to the pot of sauce and mix, mix, mix. I hope you tasted your sauce beforehand like I suggested. 
10. Make some extra sausage, Texas toast, or garlic bread, and enjoy!

I know, it’s delicious. Straight outta my momma’s kitchen forreal. And Italian people, if you’re reading this (and I know you are), sorry. 

…actually, I’m not sorry at all. This spaghetti is delicious.

trinity jones