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MontanaMama

(24,019 posts)
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:51 AM Aug 2023

Made a wonderful salsa verde yesterday...courtesy of DUer Hotler.

I’ve got a bumper crop of tomatillos, cilantro, Serrano and jalapeño peppers and posted about it the other day:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1864052

Hotler suggested a recipe: https://mexicanfoodjournal.com/salsa-verde/ I made the recipe yesterday and oh my gosh it’s so good. Highly recommend. My first batch came out quite hot…I made a second batch with no peppers and blended them and now it’s perfect. I should have seeded the Serrano peppers and will do that next time. Really flexible recipe, freezes well.

Thanks Hotler! 🌶️














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Made a wonderful salsa verde yesterday...courtesy of DUer Hotler. (Original Post) MontanaMama Aug 2023 OP
Nice! 2naSalit Aug 2023 #1
I've tried so many recipes over the years. MontanaMama Aug 2023 #2
Our growing season... 2naSalit Aug 2023 #4
I'm having trouble with my potted flowers. cilla4progress Aug 2023 #6
It's just been so hot. MontanaMama Aug 2023 #7
I've come to LOOOVVVE deadheading. cilla4progress Aug 2023 #8
I'll try to dead head better! MontanaMama Aug 2023 #10
I like to do it cilla4progress Aug 2023 #11
I'll bet Colt makes everything better! MontanaMama Aug 2023 #12
Awwww....! cilla4progress Aug 2023 #13
That's what I have been doing. 2naSalit Aug 2023 #9
What time is dinner? (nt) stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #3
Lovely way to spend the day! cilla4progress Aug 2023 #5
This is almost identical to what I made yesterday. GentryDixon Aug 2023 #14
I went to freeze this salsa yesterday MontanaMama Aug 2023 #15

2naSalit

(92,669 posts)
1. Nice!
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:58 AM
Aug 2023

I'll get some of those at the farmers' market this week and try making one of these, I love homemade salsa.

MontanaMama

(24,019 posts)
2. I've tried so many recipes over the years.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:59 AM
Aug 2023

This one is just excellent. I could never grow tomatillos before. Summers are longer an hotter now, so….

2naSalit

(92,669 posts)
4. Our growing season...
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:17 AM
Aug 2023

Has definitely changed and is very unpredictable now. Everything can be grow just fine and then a heat wave comes through and burns the shit out of everything. Or it just starts off too hot and dry for everything and it all gets a rough start and produces less than hoped.

cilla4progress

(25,901 posts)
6. I'm having trouble with my potted flowers.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 12:00 PM
Aug 2023

They need so much watering and tending, and the only varieties I seem to be able to keep alive are geraniums, petunias and lobelia! Not a bad selection, all in all.

MontanaMama

(24,019 posts)
7. It's just been so hot.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 12:04 PM
Aug 2023

I find I have to water pots and containers at least every day and some even twice a day. I’m terrible at dead heading and that comes home to roost by this time in the summer.

cilla4progress

(25,901 posts)
8. I've come to LOOOVVVE deadheading.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 12:17 PM
Aug 2023

Finally found something I'm good at! 🤣

Honestly, I find it very meditative, and the rewards (new blooms) are so vast!!

MontanaMama

(24,019 posts)
12. I'll bet Colt makes everything better!
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 02:30 PM
Aug 2023

I'm about to head to the garden to tear out the peas that are done producing. It's pouring rain but since Maybee is coming to "help" with her frisbee in tow, I'm sure it will all go much faster with her than without her. Yay for dogs!

GentryDixon

(3,010 posts)
14. This is almost identical to what I made yesterday.
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 02:38 PM
Aug 2023

My sister is headed back to her home in So. Lake Tahoe in a few days so I wanted to send her home with a batch. 😍🌶️

MontanaMama

(24,019 posts)
15. I went to freeze this salsa yesterday
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 03:04 PM
Aug 2023

and figured that I wouldn't have enough room in the freezer so I canned 7 quarts in a water bath. The color ended up identical to what it looked like prior to canning - I was relieved. How nice that you'd send your sister home with homemade salsa!!

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