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It's tomato sauce day 2011!

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The makings of our Tomato Sauce started off with a large box of fresh Roma's we picked up from the St. Paul Farmers market . I think we have finally gotten a quick process down for removing the skins because we finished in under an hour. (minus the time for the water to actually boil) I have had a few people including my sister in-law ask how to make sauce so I thought I would outline a basic one here that can tweaked and toyed with until it tastes like you want it to.   So with that being said here is how I got organized to start making sauce. A large stock pot of boiling water A pot of ice water A clean bowl for the composting skins or to toss in trash later (I’m not judging) A paring knife to score tomatoes and then cut out their tasteless core A couple empty casserole pans or large bowls or pots to hold peeled and cored tomatoes Metal strainer or Something Similar to scoop tomatoes out of boiling water A food processor Last but most important to me,