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Ozark wrote:
I can't tell any difference in taste between purple and yellow tomatillos.

Garden PICO DE GALLO SALSA recipe:

It's not a recipe, it kinda depends on what you've got. I've found that you really need to hand-chop everything up fine with a knife. Food processers just don't do.

Six or seven big ripe garden tomatoes.
3 or 4 big garden onions.
Green onions if you got.
Lots of sweet peppers, you can't have too many sweet peppers and their juice.
A big bunch of tomatillos, if you got.
A big bunch of supermarket Cilantro, fresh. You can't have too much Cilantro, either.
Hot peppers to taste. When your nose runs, your forehead sweats, and you need a glass of ice water - it's right.
A couple of spoonfuls of lemon juice.
A couple of spoonfuls of sugar - BUT ONLY if you're using supermarket tomatoes and they're not sweet.
A good-size shot of red wine.
Seasoned salt, to taste.

Chop everything up together, put it in a closed container in the 'fridge, and it'll get even better in a few days as the flavors blend. It'll keep for a couple of weeks in the refrigerator, but it'll be gone long before that. I like to eat this as chips-and-dip with white corn tortilla chips.