(no subject)
Renae (rchurch@bobcat.peru.edu)
Tue, 01 Sep 1998 11:32:25 -0500
>Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:09:56 -0500
>From: Steve.Taylor@alltel.com
>Subject: [CH] Joys of summer
>
> Life's simple pleasures can be some of the best. I walk to the small
> garden plot in the back yard and pick three or four vine-ripened
tomatoes.
> Peruse the pepper plants to see what looks best for today's
harvest--maybe
> some cayennes, jalapenos, orange habaneros, or beautiful hot red cherry
> peppers. Pluck a sweet bell pepper or a few crunchy banana peppers.
Stop
> by the pot of herbs and pluck some cilantro or basil before heading
back in
> to the kitchen.
>
> I dice a medium yellow onion, dice the tomatoes and peppers, mince the
> herbs, squeeze in the juice of at least one lemon or a couple of limes,
> crush some fresh garlic cloves, salt the concoction well, and breathe
the
> spicy, citrusy vapors. While I rinse the cutting board, the vegetable
> juices in the bowl mingle with the fruit juice and salt (my wife says
this
> juice is the best part).
>
> The goal is a chile burn right at the edge of your tolerance, where
your
> nose runs and you feel a good warm spot deep inside you, but you can
still
> taste each element. Open a bag of tortilla chips or warm some flour or
> corn tortillas.
>
> We make this simple salsa as an appetizer often this time of year. And
> almost as often, it turns out to be the whole dinner because we can't
stop
> eating and burning and sniffing and tasting the hot, salty, lemony,
crunchy
> salsa until the last drop has been drained from the bowl with a
satisfied
> sigh....
>
> --steve
>
Whoa! - Some of us are reading this at work! I had to close my door.