does anyone make their own salsa?
 

either canned or fresh? i have been going through the seed catalogs and i was just wondering.....what do you use?

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Yes. I use onion's, tomatoe's, a small amount of garlic powder or salt,(real garlic taste bitter to me) Peppers of your choice( I use jalopeno and poblano(roast these for a brief period), cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper(reduce if you used garlic salt instead of powder) and a small amount of olive oil. I have never tried to can any of it. I just like it fresh. I don't like the ones that look like ketchup. Good Luck. Capt Brad.

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PS. I also used tomatillo's one year I got them to grow. I've tried to grow them ever since with only marginal success. Maybe the Texas boy's could help you with that. Good Luck. Capt Brad.

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My wife makes it every year. beats any salsa i have ever had. i couldnt start to tell you how she makes it. she's asleep now.

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My sister's recipe for easy salsa:

1 lg. can diced tomatoes (28 oz)
1 jalapeno pepper
15 fresh cilantro leaves
1 med-sm onion chopped
3-4 chopped green onions
1 clove garlic minced
½ tsp. cumin
½ - 1 tsp. salt
½ - 1 tsp. pepper

Romans 8:28

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Is there any other type?
If you just want a small amount take
4 to 5 fresh tomatoe's
FRESH (lol) Garlic or out of a jar if you must about a clove
1 med. onion
4-5 jalapeno peppers more if you want.
Lime juice
Place all in a blender and blend to your fav. thickness.
Rick

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Anyone ever had green salsa??
1 large can tomatillo's (28oz)
2-3 jalepeno's ( one Jalepeno' and one Habernaro is good if you like hot!)
4 green onions
1 bunch fresh cilantro
1/2 tsp garlic powder ( more or less to taste )
1 tsp onion powder ( more or less, to taste )
2 TBSP crushed red pepper
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cumin
Blend tomatillo's and spices in blender, add cilantro, peppers, and onions, blend to desired cosistency.
1/2 to 1 tsp of Xanthan gum can be used as a thickener.

Wife loves this stuff, I cant make it fast enuff for her!
Might add a splash of lime juice if you like, as I recall the original recipe called for it but I havent used it.
Just my uneducated opinion!
Terry

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I think the salsa is tough to can. I make a salsa that is very similar to the ones above and it is wonderful when fresh. However I canned it and it was pretty bland when opened later. Maybe it would be better to freeze it, anyone else tried this?

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Hey Hip,what time you serving up? I'll bring the chips and SOME beer!

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Hip,
I was thinking the same thing. Just keeping it kind of bland for the board.
Mattito, how long do you cook it before you can it? I use as fresh ing. as I can. I grow most of it my self. The thickness is up to you. I simmer my sauce for a couple of hrs. I also boil my fars before canning the sauce. Then I go with the recomended time for canning and I cant think what that is right now but will look it up.
Later in the year when I open one up its as fresh as the day I caned it and its hot.
Take care
Rick

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OH MY!!
Hip that one sounds like pure fire sauce! BUT my wife likes it hot, I read her the recipe and she said she wanted it so i printed it and will be testing it out.

Just my uneducated opinion!
Terry

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Maybe, I'm boiling it too long when I actually perform the canning process. I usually go a little overboard with the tomato products as they are known for having problems with certain bacterial species. Sorry I worked in a darn cannery (QC dept) for a little too long. Maybe I will have to try one of the above mentioned recipes and try it again this year. My crops are in the ground how about you guys?

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Did you say your crops are in the ground? Whoa, I forgot how early spring comes down there. Wow. No, we don't have anything in the ground. It's still frozen VERY SOLID. Several feet of snow on the ground, and local roads are still mostly covered with a solid sheet of ice. It did warm up to above freezing today, though.:)

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Annie...how do you guys grow tomaters up there??This is a great..all garden grown recipe.Tomatoes-I use better boys and early girls.peppers-bannana,afew bell,sereono(sp)and a few habaneros.Onions(texas sweet),garlic(not that salt crap,either)and fresh cilantro.I also add salt and vinager.We usally can about a hundred pints asummer...lot of work but well worth it.The trick is don't pulverize your tomatoes in the processor and don't overcook.We use a 12 qt stock pot to cook it in.The habeneros really give it a afterbite!!

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Sounds like a good recipe. I don't know about everybody else up here, but we've always grown our veggies in a little greenhouse (we moved and don't have a greenhouse yet, maybe someday). We'd start heating it up with a propane heater in March. We grew tomatoes, green peppers, and several kinds of hot peppers like habaneros and some little bitty, thin red ones that I can't remember the name of. We had great crops of tomatoes; we grew 4 or 5 different types every year. I used to order seeds from Thompson and Morgan. I started everything in the greenhouse, but then moved all my flowers outside in June.
We never did can any tomatoes, maybe if we get another greenhouse we'll do that, we love salse.

Annie

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my mom used to can salsa every year. if it came out too thin after cooking, she would pour off some of the extra juice and can that too. a pint of salsa juice really spiced up the chilli! <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>