Wegmans sells a 96 oz. can of whole, pealed, San Marzano tomatoes for about $10. Add some garlic, red pepper, oregano, a little thyme, some sugar, black pepper, some salt, a cup of really good olive oil, like Mr Papou’s, two cans of tomato paste, and lots of basil, and you have a huge amount of really, really good tomato sauce.
Before he died, my Italian father-in-law made sauce from his own tomatoes every year - it was a huge family production, and everyone went home with a dozen or more big jars to last the year.
We don’t have that anymore, and I’ve been wanting to try one on the stove with canned tomatoes. Thanks!