Oh goodness, please don't even look in the basement on my account; I'm like half a country away if you're with the mid-atlantic crowd.

Thanks for the tips, though. It's usually my parents that end up making sauce, since they're the ones that grow tomatoes, and it usually comes out tasting pretty ok but just a touch too watery. I think it's an issue of patience. Maybe I'll see if I can see if I can steal some tomatoes and give it another shot myself.