That $40 jar of 'premium' pasta sauce was a total bust

Picked up this fancy jar at the local market last week. Tasted like sugary ketchup and barely covered two servings. Anyone else get burned by expensive jarred sauce?

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nora_walker5723d ago

My local co-op sells it for $38. I've bought it three times now. The secret is you gotta doctor it up with a little red wine and fresh basil. It's not meant to be a dump-and-serve sauce. The ingredients are legit - real olive oil, san marzano tomatoes, no corn syrup. Compare that to the $3 jar full of sugar and soybean oil. I get almost four servings out of it by bulking it up with some sauteed mushrooms and ground beef.

reese12423d ago

$38 for pasta sauce and you're adding ground beef and mushrooms to stretch it out. That's like buying a designer handbag and using it to carry your lunch to work. @nora_walker57 you're doing the Lord's work justifying that purchase though. I've been known to dump a can of crushed tomatoes into a $12 jar just to make myself feel better about the price tag.