Spaghetti Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 or 6 small onions, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 Tbsp. Crisco
3 small cans tomato paste
1 qt. tomato puree
1 small can tomato sauce
2 lb. country ribs (optional)
salt
pepper
dash of baking soda
sweet basil
bay leaf
oregano

Preparation

Cut up onions and brown lightly in Crisco or oil.
Add chopped pepper and tomato paste; simmer about 5 minutes, stirring very often to keep from burning.
Add 2 cans water for each can of paste.
Add puree and sauce.
Bring to a boil and add a pinch of soda and rest of spices to taste.
If ribs are not used, I add some lightly fried ground beef for meat sauce.
Add meat balls (do not fry first) and cook at least 3 hours over low heat.
Serves 12.