First Batch of Salsa in 2010

Things have been rather busy around 368 McClain these past few days. Let's get you caught up on the salsa story. Last Saturday's blog featured getting ready to make the first salsa batch of 2010. A week later we're just getting around to posting the pictures!

It wasn't a huge batch, only twenty pints all together but it's still TWENTY pints (which works out to about twenty weeks of salsa as I typically eat a jar a week). When cooking up the first eight pints we added 1/4 cup of finely chopped cilantro. The second eight we played it straight. The third batch we had more fixings than tomatoes (bell peppers, banana peppers, onions, and jalapenos) and so ran the four pints with half the tomatoes but the full complement of fixings and added a half tbsp of basil. Ever tried Italian salsa? That's kind of what the basil batch tastes like. It might make a very interesting pizza topping...

The raw materials of Batch A in the pot and on the stove.

The salsa kitchen with resident chili chopper and Cocker Salsa Cops.

Quality Control

Karen canning the salsa

Lord willing we're going to eke out another salsa session before the vines go bad and the weather goes cool. It's going to be close...it'd sure be nice to get another 20 pints put away.

Stay tuned to the blog. I hope to get everything caught up here over the next few days.