“Ha usare u trubelli vecchio e fino, per fare squalare i pomidore”. You have to use an old and thin tablecloth so you drain the tomatoes. These tomatoes have been par-boiled so the skins break. Now they are draining after coming out of the boiling water. Next, they will be picked up all together in the tablecoth and dumped into the sauce machine.

Three sisters and a sister-in-law all work together on making “la sarsa”. This backyard tomato sauce making season is usually around the end of August until the end of September. That’s Sicilian for Sauce. In high Italian, it’s called “salsa di pomodoro”.