Salsa: the miracle food-product

[Cait M. R.]

Ah, the wonders of salsa. That reddish chip-sludge that so many people have eaten, little do they know of its many uses.

I can put this shit in ANYTHING and it makes it better. For example, try a salsa meatloaf sometimes. No, really. It is bright red all the way through and ridiculously delicious. I'm also well known among my friends and family for my awesome salsa-based hot pasta salad. Something that, though it is physically painful to stir, cannot be fucked up by even the worst cook on earth (i.e., me). I'll probably post a recipe sometime.

Oh, and I also mix this delicious pseudo-Mexican paste into macaroni and cheese. Not the box kind (though that is even made edible by salsa) but the oven kind. Fuck, I bet there's like, maybe 10 commonly-eaten foods that can't be improved with the addition of a half cup of goddamn salsa. And I bet they're all desserts or sandwiches.

Furthermore, there's usually a metric assload of salsa in my fridge at any given time. And if I can't find anything else to eat, you can be damn sure I can make a fucking awesome meal out of pasta and random shit we have in the cupboards.

Tl;dr, fucking salsa kicks ass.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

so no recipes?
what kind of salsa do you mean?

i mean there's salsa fresca, salsa verde, xni pec, black bean, corn, etc....

[Cait M. R.]

I mean chunky.

Yes, the American not-quite-salsa salsa.

Recipes will be coming soon. I don't have them now because I normally make my food without measuring at all. I just guess.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I mean chunky.

Yes, the American not-quite-salsa salsa.

Recipes will be coming soon. I don't have them now because I normally make my food without measuring at all. I just guess.

does this mean, from a jar?
you don't have to measure btw, a guess is just as good with stuff like this

[Cait M. R.]

I mean chunky.

Yes, the American not-quite-salsa salsa.

Recipes will be coming soon. I don't have them now because I normally make my food without measuring at all. I just guess.

does this mean, from a jar?
you don't have to measure btw, a guess is just as good with stuff like this

Worse. It means from a jar or, more often, a gigantic plastic container. Yes, I buy in bulk because I use it that much.

Well, as far as guessing, it's hard to do with this because I have an extremely hard time comparing amounts off-hand. When I next make my pasta salad I'll set all the ingredients aside beforehand and compare the sizes, so I don't get them confused and fuck it all up forever.

If you want to try guessing at it on your own, though... I'll get a rough list of ingredients in a little while here.

[LMNO]

I think he means, "not-salsa salsa".




You know, the goopy, almost-ketchup, mostly cornsyrup and faux jalepeno additive sodium supplement.

[East Coast Hustle]

to be fair, there ARE some pretty good commercially available salsas.

however, none of them say "Pace" or "Old El Paso" on the jar.

[LMNO]

Do any of them come in 5-gallon buckets?

[Cait M. R.]

I think she means, "not-salsa salsa".




You know, the goopy, almost-ketchup, mostly cornsyrup and faux jalepeno additive sodium supplement.

Fix'd

Not-salsa salsa yes. Almost ketchup? Nnnnno. (I cannot STAND ketchup. It leads to violent vomit spells.) I think you're thinking of that stuff with the consistency of thin spaghetti sauce. While this is in fact goopy, it's also full of gigantic veggie chunks.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My favorite jarred kind is the Herdez.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

<---- spoiled. doesn't like the stuff in jars (and has tried more than pace and old el paso, but not buckets)

[Salty]

FACT: Salsa is good in meatloaf.

[LMNO]

FACT: chopping up tomato, garlic, onion, serrano and cilantro with lime juice, tequila and salt is better than salsa.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

FACT: chopping up tomato, garlic, onion, serrano and cilantro with lime juice, tequila and salt is better than salsa.

!!!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

FACT: chopping up tomato, garlic, onion, serrano and cilantro with lime juice, tequila and salt is better than salsa.

!!!