Saturday, August 28, 2010

Sa- sa- salsa

Today was a busy day, walk/run with oldest boy while he biked. Grocery shopping w/o the children- yes this is my weekly "me" time. And finally the making of salsa.
I've made salsa many times, but I've never made "canned salsa" my first attempt was on Thursday. I followed this recipe.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/foodsafety/components/handouts/CanningSalsa.pdf
I did the tomato/tomato paste recipe. I followed the recipe pretty much as is ;except for cutting it in half because of the amount of lemon juice and canning lids I had on hand. I've never used cumin in salsa before- it was delicious; it also IMO was NOT salsa. More like enchilada sauce, so Yay I just made 6 pints of homemade enchilada sauce. Today at the store I stocked up on lids, lemon juice, came home picked tomatoes and tried again. This time I omitted the cumin and added a bunch of cilantro. Sweet err spicy success! So I now have both a batch of homemade enchilada sauce and salsa in my cupboard. I love my garden.

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