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Retrollect Disc of The Week: Fresh Italian Sauce

Retrollect Disc of The Week

Disc Title: Fresh Italian Sauce

Disc URL: http://my.rtr.lc/a73e38

Created By: Mess9411

This week, we’re featuring the disc, Fresh Italian Sauce. This disc really shows off how well Retrollect can be used to share an entire experience. It’s always tricky to show off an activity with a single picture, of course, and this disc proves the point. Turning tomatoes into fresh Italian spaghetti sauce has never looked so fun!

Created by user Mess9411, Fresh Italian Sauce features eight rich and beautiful images showcasing all the necessary steps of turning fresh tomatoes into fresh tomato sauce for your pasta or pizza. In this disc’s case, however, they used their new sauce on some pasta.

It all starts with six cases of tomatoes—still in the boxes that they had been packed in. Next step? All the tomatoes are unboxed and cleaned on the kitchen table with the whole family there to help, naturally. Now it’s time to stew those tomatoes. I can’t be sure of exactly what extra ingredients Mess9411 has added to the tomato stew at this point, but there definitely are a number of fresh items like green chives, onions, and other spices mixed in.

After stewing for an appropriate amount of time (pro tip: finding a recipe right now might be a good idea if you’re actually interested in making fresh Italian sauce), the whole batch of now-stewed tomatoes is dumped into a tomato strainer. After running the tomatoes through the strainer, you’re left with two products: the fresh sauce that you’re actually after and a lot of tomato innards and skins that you’ll probably want to toss.

When your tomato strainer’s collection bucket is filled with an ample amount of fresh tomato sauce, it’s canning time. (I’ve never made fresh tomato sauce myself, but I’m pretty sure that if I did, canning time would be the highlight of the entire process.) Once you have all your sauce canned, you’ll want to start refrigerating some, passing some out to friends, family and neighbors, and saving at least one whole can for tonight’s pasta that you’ll undoubtedly be enjoying later.

Have you recently shared an experience on Retrollect that you’d like profiled as a Retrollect Disc of The Week? Just get Retrollect, share an experience, and email us a link to your disc: [email protected]

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Our Second Contest Has Ended. What's Next?

Our Best Tweeted Disc Contest has sadly come to an end. Thanks to all of you who submitted discs. Stay tuned to see if you won some cool Retrollect swag by following us on Twitter (@Retrollect). Good luck!

We'll soon be launching another contest. Stay tuned for details!

Best Tweeted Disc Contest

More and more great Retrollect discs continue to come pouring in and so we’re having another contest! Why not win some awesome Retrollect swag for creating and sharing your discs on Twitter!

Prizes

One lucky winner: Retrollect hoodie and T-shirt

Nine lucky winners: Retrollect T-shirt

30 winners will receive Retrollect stickers and other fun prizes

How to Enter

If you haven’t already done so, install Retrollect on your Apple iPhone or Android device

Create a Retrollect disc and share your disc on Twitter

Don't forget to include “@Retrollect” in your tweet

Follow us on Twitter (@Retrollect) — That's where we'll be announcing the winners

Contest End Date

Sunday, July 31st at Midnight (12am) PST

Who Will Win?

Maybe you! The winners will be selected randomly from among all the Retrollect discs that are tweeted between now and July 31st. Hint: This means that you can enter as many times as you'd like during this period of time (provided, of course, that you're creating a complete disc and that you tweet it out after making it).

We’ll be announcing the winners on Twitter, so make sure to follow us and check back often!

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We’re ecstatic to see that Retrollect has been gaining wide international exposure and adoption lately. Consequently, we’re searching for country representatives to help promote Retrollect and ensure its continued growth.

If you’d like to have a direct impact on growing Retrollect internationally (and earn some amazing swag and other prizes along the way), email greg[at]borderstylo.com today to get started!

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Retrollect Best Disc Contest Winners!

We're excited to announce that the first Retrollect "Best Disc" Contest has officially ended. Our thanks go out to everyone who submitted their discs.

The entire Retrollect team has poured through all the entries, has selected the top winners, and wishes to congratulate all the winners listed below:

1st place:

@James_EBBY http://my.rtr.lc/0d9d73

2nd – 5th place:

@nessaheartsyuu http://my.rtr.lc/c796cc

@JorisVoets http://my.rtr.lc/49136f

@lilmisspastries http://my.rtr.lc/7995ca

@ElizabethEv http://my.rtr.lc/4e7e17

6th – 10th place:

@JoshuaZehner http://my.rtr.lc/713a3b

@FrankGruber http://my.rtr.lc/6e6269

@verucasmyhero http://my.rtr.lc/3229f9

@npbradshaw http://my.rtr.lc/369ea5

@JorisVoets http://my.rtr.lc/c25998

Remember: this is only the first of many contests to come soon. Check back often for details about upcoming contests, drawings, and other fun surprises!

And, of course, don't forget to follow and "like" us on Twitter and Facebook.