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Old July 25th 08, 05:43 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Sherry
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On Jul 24, 10:26*am, "Jofirey" wrote:
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message

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Jofirey wrote:
So its time to make salsa fresca.


For a more complex flavor, toast the tomatoes, peppers, onion, and
garlic (unpeeled) in a dry skillet until nice and charred. Pulse in
food processor until it's chunky. Season with salt.
For the raw salsa, use the same ingredients but add cilantro and,
depending on the sweetness of the tomatoes, perhaps a squeeze of
lime juice.


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I hadn't thought of the lime in relation to the tomatoes. *And home
grown tomatoes can tend to be sweet.

I'll try the toasted veggies in a week or so. *I think I'd like that
better than a totally raw salsa.

I have five tomato plants and they are running me ragged. *Loaded with
tomatoes and growing like crazy. *I try to stay on top of pruning the
best/worst ones back to the fruit will get larger and so they won't
escape their garden any more than they already have.

The new plant for me (so far) is a 'celebrity. *Lovely red meaty
fruit. *The 'early girl' isn't as tasty but is trying to set records
for being prolific.

Jo


Just play around with your salsa. You can't really screw it up.I've
tried lime, lemon juice, garlic, cilantro, etc. etc. I
guess we're "Wonderbread" kind of folks, because we ended up liking
best the simple tomatos, peppers, onion, a little
lime juice and a little sugar, and process it in a canner.
We like fresh salsa too, and use cilantro & lime juice & garlic in
that.
"Celebrity" has been a favorite around here for years, even with
commercial growers. It's about the only plant that the commercial
greenhouses carry to sell to customers. Grape tomatoes are the new
trend for
salads.
Some years when we didn't want to bother with a garden, we still
planted a "salsa garden" --just tomatoes, onion, peppers and garlic.
We didn't even do that this year! DH was too busy dividing beehives
and messing with the bees this spring to plant a garden. I miss it!
OT: Has *anyone* got good peaches? I can NOT find a good peach, and
this is the right time for local ones. It's my fave fruit. The ones I
have bought have no flavor at all! None! Not sour, not sweet,
just....nothing. I guess I'll take the ones on the counter and cut
them up and put them in a cobbler where they belong, and see what that
does.

Sherry
 




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