spaghetti tonight

It's spaghetti tonight at the cottage, the weather is pleasantly rainy and cold, we just got home from a road trip, and comfort food seems in order. Yes, i use a jar of pre-made sauce, and i'm not ashamed of that. I've found a good, inexpensive brand that we like and i keep it on hand. I brown some ground beef, about a pound usually, and add onion, garlic, celery, and carrots. Most days when i make spaghetti i also splash in some wine, tonight it'll be chianti. In the cottage 'spaghetti' really means 'linguini' because for some reason my husband and i compromised on it ages ago during a pasta asile spat at the store and ever since i have gotten linguini and called it spaghetti. I find the trick to adding any kind of alchohol to anything is to put it in early enough in the game to let it cook for a while with the lid off, otherwise you end up with a sour taste instead of the lovely richness that a good wine or nice beer can lend. as a plus it makes your house smell WONDERFULL as mine does now.