A review of my blog indicates I've been canning salsa for at least 12 years. I started my blog in 2006, and I have a post about salsa making that year, but I know I was doing it long before I was blogging. I had ordered a booklet from the University of New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service about canning salsa the first summer I lived here, which was 1992. I've tried several different recipes over the years until I settled on Salsa #5, which is the best canned salsa I have ever tasted. I came upon that recipe in 2010. Looking back, I bought a half bushel of tomatoes from Ann Ruhlig in 2010 for $12. I just spent $20 to buy that amount from Goetz Farm, which has been my tomato supplier since Ann doesn't do it anymore. In 2013 I made 24 pints of salsa from a half bushel of tomatoes....in 2015 33 pints from a half bushel....same in 2016. I didn't can salsa last year, I'm not sure why. I must have forgot. But it has been a long winter without any; I've had to buy store bought salsa, which pales in comparison to mine.
This year, it looks like I got 31 pints out of a half bushel. It was a 2 day affair; my friends Patty and Ellen helped me with the tomatoes yesterday. I sliced the peppers and onions in the food processor. I started canning when I got home from church and the grocery store about 1:30 and I just finished. Note to self: never plan anything exotic for dinner on a canning day. I was going to make a special Sunday dinner but I have no energy left for it. Oh well.....Jane is too busy to come over for dinner and Eddie and his girlfriend are home for a few days but they are out and about so it looks like sausage on the grill and potato salad for us. Time to kick back and take it easy!
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