A few years ago Pace Picante Sauce had a commercial where a bunch of Cowboys were sitting around the cook wagon eating salsa. They did not like the salsa they were eating because “ol cookie” provided salsa made in New York City. When they found out where it was from they hollered “get a rope ”. I loved that commercial because it says something about the west and how we feel about food and other things that are the west and in particular Texas. Now I do not profess to make the best Philly cheese steak or the best Chicago hot dog, or even the best…uh…what ever New York is famous for. But VERMONT !!? OMG! Get a bunch of ropes!! I get a catalog from a company in Vermont and I will admit that there is nothing better than Vermont Syrup But Salsa!!??? This catalog company had the nerve to say that they had the best Salsa in the world!! I was in bed when I read this and hollered so loud that it woke my wife up, caused the dogs to start fighting and my mother-in-law came out of her room with a butcher knife! Once I got everyone to settle down I explained to them why I hollered. They of course knew why I had hollered, being good citizens of the Texas. Both my wife and her mother are from Oklahoma ( yes I know I married outside if my race being a native Texan as I am ) but they are both good women and they are here now, right ? But I digress. This company actually said that ! They did not say it about that mamby-pamby mangoes, pineapple, load it with other fruits, stuff that people from all over the world makes. NO! they said it about the salsa we all know and love. The tomato, cilantro, onion, garlic, and what ever else you want to put in it. The true salsa, the elixir of life. Lordy, Lordy what is the world coming too. Now they say that imitation is the highest form of a praise, but they said it was the best in the world. Shame Shame on ya’ll. There are more Salsa recipes than there are Chinese in China. Everyone has a secrete ingredient that makes theirs the best and more than likely I would take offense to any of them saying that theirs is the best in the world and they are from Texas! I am still upset by this so I will pass on the recipe today.
Here endth the lesson
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