Salsa

[eyeguy 54]

Batch # 1 done.

[CaptainMusky]

Do you poke em? That's an impressive batch!!!

[pushbutton]

Almost made my first batch this weekend. Got side tracked and boiled about 30 maters from the garden down into 6 twelve oz jars of homemade ketchup. Mrs P was not too happy....lol.

[eyeguy 54]

lol. 18 pints in the canner and 5 went in the fridge.

[BLACKJACK]

You can't just throw that picture out there without adding the recipe you used!!!!!

Actually looking for a different salsa recipe, my wife makes salsa, its good, but too runny. Would like to show her how its done!!!

Kind of bummed though, planted about 12 tomato plants this spring, not getting lots of tomatoes for canning, plenty to eat, but not the five gallon buckets full like I'm used to, I blame it on the cool summer...

[eyeguy 54]

this batch

15 pounds tomatoes

6 cup green pepper

6 cup onion

3 cup celery

8 jalapenos

7 clove garlic

1 T chili powder

1 T cumin

1 T oregano

2 T salt

2 T cayenne powder

4 T brown sugar

4 12 oz can tomato paste

I put the tomatoes in blender and zap them

Cut up vegies, dice the garlic.

Saute all the vegies and then add to the cooking tomatoes

cook about an hour then can.

probably about 4 on a 1 to 10 heat scale.

a little runny but just like I like it. cook a little longer to make a bit thicker.

[hockeybc69]

Personally, I have used this recipe and the tomato paste is way too high for my likes.

Thats ALOTTA tomato paste.

Just my experience.

[the squirrel]

I notice you don't use any vinegar in that recipe is it safe to use a water bath with the peppers? How long in the water bath?

[eyeguy 54]

Personally, I have used this recipe and the tomato paste is way too high for my likes.

Thats ALOTTA tomato paste.

Just my experience.

then dont use as much

[eyeguy 54]

I notice you don't use any vinegar in that recipe is it safe to use a water bath with the peppers? How long in the water bath?

same thing for 30 years so it's safe. bring to a boil, turn off, let sit overnight.

[eyeguy 54]

2nd batch 10 pounds tomatoes. same veggies. salt brown sugar and chilie powder. and 2 TSP liquid smoke. (hockey stuff)

17 pints

[JeremyCampbell]

Il have to give you some of my wife's salsa verde she cooks up. She uses tomatillos in it.

Had the family over for a week from out of state recently and they didn't leave one drop for us when they left.

She tells me to tell you she's got another batch coming and sending some your way on Sunday.

As I'm writing this shes looking over my shoulder,checking my spelling.

[eyeguy 54]

heehee

[hockeybc69]

We need to have a salsa eating contest EG.

Not whose is better.... Lets just EAT!!!

I got a text from jetman yesterday..... somehow a jar of my extra hot salsa made its way to International Falls..... And I was texted this... "Your salsa sucks!"

[eyeguy 54]

LOL ! I can't eat fire ! !

[hockeybc69]

I didnt send the fire batch to him.... Just the extra hot one. It only had 7 habaneros in the batch.

Super tame stuff.

[eyeguy 54]

Weird that some can eat fire and some like me can't. medium heat is plenty for me. just a wimp

[JeremyCampbell]

Il be watching the Packers this Friday with my Nacho cheese Doritos and da hot salsa.mmm mmm

FIRE HOT! OH YEAH!!

[BLACKJACK]

Thanks eyeguy.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Actually looking for a different salsa recipe, my wife makes salsa, its good, but too runny. Would like to show her how its done!!!

Same here. However a few years ago my missus changed things up a bit and the results are pretty darn wonderful.

When she's cooking everything in the big pot she scoops out a bunch of the juice on top and sets aside. Come canning time the salsa is good and chunky and she cans that. Then, takes all the scooped out juice and boils that down a bit and cans that seperately. IT"S FREAKING WONDERFUL BLOODY MARY MIX!!!!!! It's also a nice and kind of spicy pepper sauce for cooking other stuff.

[BLACKJACK]

Somebody else recommended that too, take a colander and stick it in the top of the cooked salsa, dip off some of that juice. I don't do Bloody Mary's but I'll bet that juice would be good in other cooked dishes like a hot dish.

[Dark Cloud]

When I can salsa I use a slotted spoon to load it in the jars. When I get down to a thin soupy mixture, I just can that and use it as a soup base. Or poach some fish in it and serve over rice. Or add it to a meat sauce for over pasta...