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7.21.2008

Tomato Salsa

and now Suzanne has something to say about food :: recipe :: savory

No, my tomatoes are not yet producing, but one of our local stores has a big tomato sale going on so I am canning salsa. Here is my current recipe.

4 C peeled, cored, chopped slicing tomatoes (5-6 tomatoes)
2 1/2 C seeded chopped chiles and peppers, any combination
(I used 1 long green chili, 4 fresh jalepenos and about 1 C canned jalepenos)
3/4 C chopped onion
4 cloves shopped garlic
2 C vinegar
1 t ground cumin
1 T oregano
1 T fresh cilantro
1 1/2 t salt

Combine and boil. Reduce to simmer and let simmer for 20 minutes. Pour into pint and half pint jars with 1/2 inch headspace. Water bath for 15 minutes. Makes 4 pints.

This recipe is from the 1996 Salsa Recipes for Canning pamphlet put together by Val Hillers and Richard Dougherty as a Pacific Northwest Extension Publication.

:: this post is included in the Carnival of Home Preserving

2 much appreciated comments:

Kate said...: And WHERE in all the posts I've been missing, is the picture of your darling Chickadee with her new dolly? We've been waiting and waiting!; September 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Suzanne said...: good point Kate -- I'll get on it today.; September 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM

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Here I chatter about books, parenting, election 2008, recipes, teaching college writing, and the adventures of getting settled in with our two freshly (Fall 06) adopted school-age children from Russia. This blog is chapter two; chapter one is posted at Jamie & Suzanne go to Russia. I live in the City of Subdued Excitement, Cascadia, Land of the Free.

I am the wife of a man I call My Gift from a Generous God. I am mama to two lovely children, Dandy and Chickadee that became ours in September 2006 in a court-room in Siberia. I am the daughter of two people whom I love and admire. One of them, my dad, is a new (Dec 06) paraplegic.

In my previous life (B.C. - before children), I was a college English teacher, specializing in composition and ESL composition.

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