u/Thick-Marzipan-9176

Between adding ingredients and simmering, I spend 3+ hours on my sauce. Any less and the family complains that the sauce hasn't come together completely.

I got something that entered my yard and ate the stem on a plant. Don't think it's Deer ( they don't entered the small fenced of yard.). I live in an area with lots of wild life. Raccoon or squirrel is my guess, but we also have possum, armadillo and ground hog. It doesn't touch my peppers, just the tomatoes.