Food and Drink What Salsas are you guys running - Page 5

What salsas are you animals eating?

I live in buttfuck nowhere and the salsa selection out here is fucking criminal. Especially given the Latino population out here. Regardless, the little Mexican grocery store I was using had to close down. So ultimately I’m looking for a good salsa I can order online.

I bought some dried peppers I intend to make some of my own, but it will be a couple weeks before I can get a look at it and I’m sure it will take my dumbass several batches before I can get it right.

What do you got?
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Originally Posted by srvy:

I make nachos with this and melted shredded cheese. Sooooo good. I know it's unhealthy but it's a great lunch.
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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
I get the Mateo's salsa from Costco.

Three years ago, I had my family taste test virtually every salsa in the Walmart isle.

Homemade is best of course, but we found Mateo’s to be very very good. It’s nice to have a big box source when you need it.

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My friend Mr. Doggity is the biggest foodie I know. He says this is his favorite in KC:
https://www.facebook.com/silvas.foods.kc/
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Originally Posted by RubberSponge:
nothing complicated

tomato
onion
serrano
cilantro
lime
salt
pepper
dash of oil

occasionally garlic

throw it an a blender and done. sometimes blacken the tomatoes

similar to my Hispanic wife's recipe plus some ingredients. Beats any store salsa.. doesn't hurt we get the freshest produce either
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Perfection. We make our own as well.
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This is also good if you can find it:

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Originally Posted by gblowfish:
My friend Mr. Doggity is the biggest foodie I know. He says this is his favorite in KC:
https://www.facebook.com/silvas.foods.kc/

I have seen this at my Sunfresh and wondered about it. Next trip I will try it out.
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Originally Posted by Groves:
Three years ago, I had my family taste test virtually every salsa in the Walmart isle.

Homemade is best of course, but we found Mateo’s to be very very good. It’s nice to have a big box source when you need it.

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I did this with my department at work, we basically had a "blind" salsa tasting and did a ranked score. It was great!
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Originally Posted by srvy:
Yes, I remember you said once Scott City just a brain fart. Whats wrong with Hays and Colby or Garden City would think they would try to get one still a bit of a drive though.

For whatever reason they don't get them. I don't rightly know why. Garden City especially would support one.

Originally Posted by srvy:
The Mexicans seem to love it as they load up on Herdez in the market. I think they put the heat in the food and the sauce is just a condiment but could be wrong.

I am far from qualified to talk about it but I think there are different regions of food from mexico. Some outfits will have fairly bland stuff and expect the salsa to carry the spice load, others will have heartily seasoned food and milder fresher salsas. I'm sure there are a ton of other differences but those are the main differences my uncultured ass sees.

Originally Posted by lewdog:
No locals make/sell salsa there if there’s plenty of Mexicans in your town?

Most of them just feed their families. There was a local gal that ran a little grocery store that she sold food out of. It was fucking to die for. Sadly the owner sold the building she was renting. So I'm out. Her salsa was pretty fucking hot but my god it was good.

Hopefully she finds a new place.

Originally Posted by cabletech94:
Homemade bud!! I make enough in July-August to last the entire year. You got a farmers market near you Bueh?

Plan on going down that road once fieldwork slows down. No farmers market. :-)

Originally Posted by SuperChief:
Arriba! Fire Roasted Southwestern Garlic & Cilantro Salsa - Medium
Margaritas Amigos Restaurant Style Salsa - Medium

Those are two of the better store bought options I've found. I've been through a lot of types/varieties. Same wtih Bloody Mary bases.

Dillons in Garden used to Carry Arriba. I like the chipotle stuff. I didn't find it last time I was down there.

Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk:
Do you realize the you live 30 minutes away from this:

https://www.elzarapegc.com/order-salsa

I'm in Topeka now and we buy it by the case whenever we go back home.

I haven't. My wife ate there with some teachers and said the food wasn't great so I never went down that road. I probably should give it a try.

Originally Posted by Mennonite:
This is also good if you can find it:

I used to get that when I worked at Cabela’s it was good.
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I tried renfrows ghost pepper nacho cheese dip and the taste is great! Not too bad of a price at $4.99. Nice suggestion
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Rather than trying to order salsa that you may or may not like, why not buy like 9 Roma tomatoes, a couple of jalapeno peppers, a red onion, a stalk of cilantro and a lime, then make your own to taste?

I realize that Pico de Gallo isn't for everyone but IMO, it's way better than nearly all store bought salsa in a jar. Plus, it's cheap to make so if you mess it up, you're only out a few bucks and it's easy to try again.

If jalapeno's aren't hot or spicy enough, try serrano or habanero's.

Thats exactly where I'm at, just can't do salsa in a jar anymore unless its a last ditch option... would rather make my own, or at worst pony up for some fresh pack stuff
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I'm loving this herdez guacamole salsa. But I use it more as a sauce I guess for tacos and stuff. Pretty damn good and has a little spice to it. Their brand of regular salsa sucks ass though
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Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Scott City. Other side of the state.

Produce out here is hit or miss I’m not a big pico guy due to the cilantro thing (Baby Lee knows the science better than I do. I’ll defer to his explanation), but it’s on my to do list to make my own salsa after harvest calms down.

Fiance hates cilantro. Says it tastes like dish soap.
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Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Fiance hates cilantro. Says it tastes like dish soap.

I think it’s a genetic thing. Baby Lee explained it all one time.
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Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Produce out here is hit or miss I’m not a big pico guy due to the cilantro thing (Baby Lee knows the science better than I do. I’ll defer to his explanation), but it’s on my to do list to make my own salsa after harvest calms down.

Yeah, I get that. Some people just don't like cilantro so when you make it yourself, don't add it. :-)

Obviously, it's very different out here because in addition to all of the brands mentioned in this thread that are available at any grocery store, we have Mexican markets everywhere that make their own fresh salsas every day and for less than the typical jar of salsa.

With that said, I rarely find a Pico de Gallo that suits my taste. Some have cilantro, some don't, some use white onions, some use red onions and some even add celery(!) so I found that the only way I'm truly happy is making my own. Generally speaking, I'll involve my kids because they enjoy the process and eating fresh salsa a few hours after we make it.

However, the biggest advantage that we have here is that most of the Mexican markets also make fresh chips everyday and I gotta tell ya, there's nothing better than fresh tortilla chips.

There's just no way to get around it: They're a million times better than pre-packaged, regardless of the store bought brand.
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