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Chop all of the celery, including the leaves from the innermost section.
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Slice the mushrooms into fairly thin slices about 1/8 of an inch wide.
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Chop the onion, bell pepper, Serrano pepper, and garlic into small pieces.
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Put all of the chopped items in a bowl.
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Add the olive oil to a large pot.
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Heat the oil on medium heat.
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Add all of the chopped items to the pot and let cook for about 10 minutes.
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Stir about every 3 minutes.
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In the bowl that the chopped items were in, add the cut tomatoes and squish them up a bit with your hands.
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After the chopped items have cooked for about 10 minutes, add the cut tomatoes to the pot.
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Stir all of the ingredients.
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Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water to the pot.
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Add the worcestershire sauce, parsley, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper to the pot.
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Stir all of the ingredients and allow them to simmer.
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In a skillet, cook the ground meat on medium heat.
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Continue cooking until the meat is browned.
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Drain meat if necessary.
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Then add the meat to the sauce and stir.
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Add the bay leaves as well.
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Stir and let simmer for at least 3 hours.
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Continue to stir every 30 minutes or so.
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After simmering for 3 hours or more, the sauce will reduce, thicken, and the ingredients will blend together nicely.
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Remove the bay leaves before serving.
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Serve over any type of pasta.
