Preparing spaghetti sauce from scratch in Cadiz !

Worth a laugh or serves as an antidote for insomnia :-)

Settled in the share flat, I went to the market Carrefour with several fellow students . Good thing or I might still be there.

If you purchase fruit, you must bag it, place it on the scale first punching in the fruit's specific code, listed above each item. Then a price label is printed for you to put on the plastic bag. Forget to? The clerks will do it w/ much anoyance.

Wanting to conserve funds, I took spaghetti with me, thinking I'd simply purchase sauce & have it several days. Not so fast. You have to make the sauce from scratch! Again, good thing my fellow young students were with me.

A young student from Sweden, Erin, who honestly looks 12, but is 24, suggested a tomato puree item. Then Martinez from Norway found me the creme to put into it. Creme in spaghetti sauce? Clearly I'm no cook.

Today I prepared to make my sauce. First though I had to figure out how to turn the electric burners on. Look like a touch system. Yes & no. After much looking, touching etc. I went upstairs as the four in my flat were out. The Erin smiled and said we all have to be shown.

Great, back downstairs, I pour both items into a pan. My red sauce is now pink! I look for basil, oregano and rosemary. Hmm, what's Spanish for basil? Dictionary in hand one finds is albahaca. No problem, but there's no oregano and rosemary in this kitchen. I recall that Erin has some.

So with a pot of liquidy pink stuff, I ascend the stairs, two flights, again. Now keep in mind that to answer the door, Erin has to walk a mile from the kitchen. Twice now. Still no problem, with a smile she leads me to the spices.

Back in my flat, dinner is heating. I even managed to not lose any spaghetti while draining it without a collander.

Result? Not bad, a tad rich. Considerbly less cream next time. Oh and an hour later I can still taste the cream!

Now, if you actually made it this far, you've either shaken your head in amused disbelief or fallen asleep. Cheers!