My husband and I are big fans of pasta with tomato sauce (especially with hot Italian sausage!), and we have it for dinner often. I rarely have the time to wait for fresh tomatoes to cook down in the sauce, 
so I almost always use canned tomatoes
You remember how as a kid you’d mix baking soda with vinegar, and the result would be 
a big bubbly mess that you called a volcano? The same principles apply here, and the baking soda will react with the acid in your tomatoes. Just add a couple teaspoons of baking soda
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Hey there,
I was making speghetti and meatballs, and the recipe I used required 2 cans of whole tomatoes. My sauce was not tasting right at all! I tried your tip and it worked like a charm!! Thanks!! You saved my sauce. Whew!
P.S. Though I wonder how unhealthy it is eating baking soda :-S
JS, so glad to hear that this easy tip helped you out! Baking soda is an ingredient used in many recipes and is perfectly safe to eat. Some argue it even has health benefits, but as with anything, it’s only effective in moderation
This tip was on point!!! Thank you so much, I am so glad I came across this information.
Once the baking soda reacts with the vinegar in the tomatoes the byproduct is salt, so it’s safe to use but you may ,and should, add salt after tasting the almost finished product.
Thanks for sharing that tidbit of info with us, Metqa!