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~~~Salsa~~~
Aug 28, 2007 | 10:08 PM PST
Tags: salsa , peppers , onion , cilantro

Well, the salsa has been made.  I used a recipe from Randy Cobb.  I didn't make as big of a batch as the recipe called for, I just did 1/4.  I didn't chop the peppers and onion by hand, we used the food processor to make a smoother salsa and to cut down on the work load.  I have never used Cilantro before and it seems that it is a crucial ingredient in salsa.  It really smells funny, kind of like crayons, or some such thing.  Anyway, it makes the salsa....well, salsaey :).   It seemed like we put ALOT of hot peppers in it, 4 cups worth.  But I really didn't want too mild of a salsa.  My husband helped...thankyou darling.  All together it made 8 pints.  I did taste a little of what was left in the pan, it tasted great and I think it will have a good amount of heat to it.  Time will tell how it tastes after it sits for awhile.  I want all of the flavors to meld together.  Tomorrow morning its Pickles!  All of the cucumbers are soaking in the salt water until the morning.  Any extra pickling solution will go over boiled eggs and be put up in the fridge.

Salsa boiling....

This isn't a very good picture, maybe I can get a better one tomorrow.

~~~Peppers~~~
Aug 26, 2007 | 12:50 PM PST
Tags: Sweet Bell Peppers , Hot Peppers , Purple Bell Pepper , Anaheim Chili Pepper , Mild jalapeno , Hungarian Wax Pepper , Red Cherry Pepper , Cheyenne Pepper , Jalapeno , Salsa

Last evening I went out into the garden with the scissors and a big bowl, to collect the peppers that were ready.  There were more than I thought there would be!  We want to make some salsa tonight.  So we cleaned and seeded all of the peppers and we will chop and measure when we put the salsa together tonight.  I am glad I planted so many pepper plants this spring.  Now we are thinking maybe we should have more than that next year.

Here is a picture of all we collected.  Green Sweet Bells, Purple/Red Sweet Bells, Anaheim Chili, Mild jalapeno, Hungarian Wax, Red Cherry, Cheyenne and Hot jalapeno.

Here they are all deseeded and ready for salsa making.