7-pepper salsa aka BB Salsa

About a month ago Marx foods was giving away some dried peppers to anyone who would utilize them (and blog about it!) so I jumped on it, and by the time was got back from vacation I had a little package of peppers waiting for me



A work friend makes the most insanely good salsa, utilizing 5 types of peppers. I figured I would use her "recipe" (a handful of this, some of that) to try and recreate her fabulous salsa.

My 1st step was to go buy disposable rubber gloves. I wear contacts, and given this warning, I figured it was worth my time


I had never heard of ghost peppers before, but apparently they are the hottest pepper in the world (according to both Marx foods AND wikipedia). Now, sometime in the past 8 or so years I have developed a deep fondness of spice, but the hottest in the world? Yes, I would be wearing gloves




Of course if you want spice, you use habaneros too


I'm not a huge fan of "chipotle" in general... I guess I think it's over used, and I only like smokiness on occasion, but I figured I should use one of every pepper I had, so in it went



with a tad of garlic


and some water


In the meantime I deseeded and deveined my other peppers (I like spice, but I am still a gringa, so the seeds had to go)







The dried peppers all came back from the dead and got their color back



All the peppers went into the blender we got for our wedding. It's so very pretty and so under utilized (don't forget to deseed and devein the reconstituted peppers too)



Add two tomatoes, quartered


The juice of 3 limes



And a good forkfull of jalepenos in brine


Puree that bad boy!


Mmmm. Bubbles


Food art


The grand finale!


If you decide to make this, seriously limit yourself to about 1/4c at a time, otherwise your butt WILL burn (hence the name, BB Salsa)


Ingredients:


1 dried habanero
1 dried ghost pepper
1 dried chiptle pepper
2 anaheim chiles
5 jalapeno chiles
5 serrano chiles
2 slicer tomatoes
1/4 c. brined jalepenos
The juice of 3 limes
Ample salt
1 1/2 cups of water
3 cloves garlic

Place dried chiles in water with 2 gloves of crushed garlic, and one whole clove garlic. Boil until soft

Deseed and devein your 3 varietes of fresh chiles, and coarsely chop
Quarter your tomatoes

Throw everything in the blender

Blend until smooth, about 15 seconds

Enjoy, 1/4c a day. Apply to chips, eggs, soups, tacos, chili, anything you desire!

Two very entertaining stop action music videos

A little more rock and roll

Snowmageddon

Okay, so everyone called the big "blizzard" of '09 (aka, Today) the "#snowmageddon".

I'm now on Twitter, if that's something you're into, and everyone is tagging their snowmageddon related posts. It's ridiculous, super micromedia (will you remember that term in a week? doubtful) but it gave me a great excuse to go out and shoot. This is a goal of mine on weekends that I have no editing and no shooting to do. If I am actually productive and keep up with my work it should be a good way for me to go out and challenge myself to find new perspective.

I still think my pictures look like "my pictures" no matter what I shoot (we'll call that my POV), but at least I'm trying. I'm not even mad that there is snow on the ground (and I got to leave work early) because I love having been able to go out and do something for myself.




Kyle, sporting his Deadwood inspired mustache










Creepster Christmas decor outside in nearly March (I seriously Don't judge them, aside from the creepiness, it has been WAY too cold to bring in any type of decoration)






This little guy was so confused. He apologized for thinking he got in my picture (prior to me taking this picture) wasn't wearing the boots he had in his hand and had a great big coat on that wasn't zipped up. I hope you're okay little buddy.


I was totally amazed at how different the neighborhood was on the north side of Lowry versus the south. We seem to have many more trees and well up-kept houses. I have no idea why this would be, as we have industry all but 2 blocks south of us too.






For Noah (he likes Trucks)























Additionally, it turns out waking up at 5am does not help my fine tuning. All of these pictures were taking at a 560 iso. What the hell is wrong with me?

Sneakpeak: Snowmageddon snow walk '09

8am discussion at work

Pete: Love like candy is boring. May love be like lemonade, both sweet and sour, so we are able to enjoy it
Me: Add a little savory for good measure, but beware of bitterness, as it can linger.


Conclusion: Love should be like the perfect meal, a balance of all tastes on the tongue.

I love food and love correlations. There are so many. Maybe I'll start a series

Yesterday's post

If you read my blog post yesterday, and care at all about the fact that one of America's biggest corporations is supporting your homosexual friends (or you) let them know! It took me 15 seconds.


Courtesy of Frank notes (another blog my Mom hooked me on)

How do you get millions of americans to switch their allegiance??

Coke or Pepsi?

For me I'd naturally choose Diet Pepsi, preferably with some type of whiskey to spice it up, without caring much if it Diet Coke was a fizzy cola flavored alternative. But now, Pepsi is my #1 choice (if i have the option).

Way to go Pepsico!! I'm proud of your new Obama inspired campaign (even if I don't understand it at times... what does LOVETC mean? Does me not knowing mean I'm old... or naive? Kyle, my Mom and I couldn't figure it out) as well as your support of PFLAG.

You have my vote. Oh, and you paid the Apples in Stereo for rights to their song? Double points! Pepsi, here I come.

Oh yeah, and if you're a big asshole and don't like gay people and want to boycott Pepsi because they support "the gays", you can figure out how to do that for yourself. No link provided.

Meet Lucy, AGAIN!

My heart melted yesterday. Lucy decided that she finally likes this weird family of hers, and she let us play with her. ALL NIGHT! It was totally AWESOME!!!!

He's so cute with her next to him! I'm telling you, she'll be the next big thing to happen to food in America.


What a ham. Lucy's weary of this idea...



We took a self portrait! Note to self: remove pacifier before doing our next self portrait



Biggest goddamn meatloaf that has ever existed, created by John Sommers. Surprising? No.


Think she understands how this whole "solid food" thing works?


Just a drama queen being called out on his shit...



Boppy enjoying his family antics


Oh yeah, I got older. Seem to have forgotten to mention that. All of the Sommers' women age a year in February.


Facebook!!!


Timing is everything



I repeat, timing is everything



A good reminder it's still February, Damn it!