I have to agree with my friend, Sharon. Salsa is it’s own food group. I mean, other than a seaweed, flax, and kale smoothie, where else are you going to get such a great combination of flavors. (I’ll skip the Seaweed Smoothie, thanks.) Tomatoes, onions, peppers, garlic – all good stuff. Especially if I have some chips as my side dish! By the way, that is a molcajete on the left. The thing that looks like a rock, for those of you that were in on that discussion. Jimmy and Nancy Jobe met while living in Hereford. That’s Hereford, Texas. Not Hereford, England, although the two certainly have the best looking cattle in the world. Hereford Whiteface cattle. I think you’ve heard this from me before. Probably won’t be the last time you hear it from me either. They were high school sweethearts and have been married forty years! They both grew up tending gardens. Nancy’s parents were both teachers as was Jimmy’s mom. Jimmy’s dad worked for the Soil Conservation District. Working hard, learning, and playing in the dirt is in their blood. Currently living in Plano, Texas, Nancy – a chemist and quality engineer by profession, a pianist and volunteer music director at their church – and Jimmy – an IT professional, and Chairman of the Board of their church – brought along their gardening skills with them from The Panhandle after living many places, including Germany and France. By the pictures I’ve seen, they apparently grow lots of good veggies to sustain them with lots of the foods they love. Their garden is organic and about 18′ X 22′ of raised beds. They have had an abundance of tomatoes and peppers this year, ergo the salsa. This recipe includes the canning of the salsa. Canning is one way to make those great home-grown veggies last and last. Oh, and today just happens to be National Canning Day. I’ve done my part. This salsa is very simple and certainly worth it. Surpasses ALL salsa recipes of my past. And will be the only one in my future. Forever and ever. Amen. I didn’t tinker with the recipe much at all. I used a little more green chile, a couple more whole, with seeds, jalapenos, and that’s it. Why mess with it if it ain’t broke. I need to call my husband though. On his way home, we need […]
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