Gabby's

[Sweet Pea]

Originally Posted by The Mrs

This reminds me of the one and only time I ever made homemade salsa...

My sister and I had the bright idea to do this ourselves, although neither of us have done much canning. Actually I had NEVER done any canning, but have watched others do it. She had some experience with it, and was going to teach me how.

On the first batch of jars that were put in the boiling pot of water, one broke. So when the time was up, we took all the other jars out, and I did what every other non-canning person would do....I dumped the contents of the boiling pot of water in the sink.

Yes, it clogged up. And yes, I immediately reached my hand in to unclog the drain. No, I wasn't thinking about 'boiling hot' water.

Although my hand was in there long enough to unclog the drain, amazingly it didn't burn...but I'm positive it was from all the 'Jesus!', 'Jesus!', 'Jesus!'s I uttered.

The lesson was not a total wash...I learned how NOT to can...and my sister learned how to react in dire consequences.

Oh Mrs.. that is too funny. I don't "can" my salsa. In fact, it is more like pico de gallo that salsa. But is sure is good and not a calorie in it! :-) In fact, I personally use cucumbers rather than chips for dipping. Now, dear hubby has to have chips.

Just chop about 10 - 12 Roma tomatoes, 2 - 4 cloves of garlic, one (or half of one) jalapeno pepper, onion, 1 anaheim pepper, cilantro and lime juice. I make ours kind of chunky - that's how we like it. I just got a Pampered Chef food chopper and love it - that's what I used to chop everything up. He will truly be appreciative when he gets home from work.

[Margies3]

Originally Posted by Sweet Pea

Oh Mrs.. that is too funny. I don't "can" my salsa. In fact, it is more like pico de gallo that salsa. But is sure is good and not a calorie in it! :-) In fact, I personally use cucumbers rather than chips for dipping. Now, dear hubby has to have chips.

Just chop about 10 - 12 Roma tomatoes, 2 - 4 cloves of garlic, one (or half of one) jalapeno pepper, onion, 1 anaheim pepper, cilantro and lime juice. I make ours kind of chunky - that's how we like it. I just got a Pampered Chef food chopper and love it - that's what I used to chop everything up. He will truly be appreciative when he gets home from work.

Sweet Pea,
that sounds really good. I have a question tho. What's an anaheim pepper??

I love my Pampered Chef food chopper!!! Want to hear a trick I learned regarding it? If it begins to get a little dull, just chop up a bunch of ice cubes. For some reason, that sharpens the blades again. I've tried it and it really does work.

I think you've talked me into going to the kitchen now and getting some chips and salsa for lunch. I do like the idea of using cucumbers tho!! Unfortunately we don't have any right now. But Justin will like that too. He LOVES cucumbers!!

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