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source: mastodon
date: 2023-07-05 00:26:52.34 +00
title: "Mastodon post from July 5, 2023, 110658637813634723"
post_uri: https://mastodon.social/users/gravely/statuses/110658637813634723
post_id: 110658637813634723
tags:
  - mastodon
---
my go to red sauce for two starts with the oil: a half cup, a quarter cup, and an eighth cup, to extract garlic, basil, and pepper, to fry the tomatoes, and to finish with butter and cheese, respectively


![the half with a head of garlic, large pinches of red pepper flakes, and soon (missing), four full stalks of basil in a small sauce pan](./110658636300701267.jpeg)

![the quarter, w/pepper flakes, for the tomatoes](./110658637444171992.jpeg)

![the eighth to finish, missing: eight chiffonaded basil leaves, salt to taste](./110658637068850878.jpeg)