Salsa update:
Mine—the milder one, turned out fine. I cooked the new maters, added another ziplock bag of frozen corn and half a bag of cooked black beans and finished filling the bowl up with the new maters. It was ok, so I kept adding the old mixture until I had it all in. Tasty! Ended up with half a dishpan full, made 7 quarts.
Hubbies—there’s no hope. I added more than half a pan of cooked tomatoes—my big blue enamel steamer bottom pan. It is still miserable. That’s alright. I’m going to can it anyway. I figure one quart jar of that in a big pot of chile is going to be jsut about right! Got 7 quarts and 4 pints out of that one.
He came in awhile ago and said—I want you to pickle me some okra this year.
I’m gonna pickle him!
The salsa with the corn and beans sounds delicious. I think you have figured out just the right use for the hotter batch ... good thinking on your part. When you pickle the hubby, watch the salt. You know what happened last year. (ducking)
I've got to start putting up figs tomorrow. Was checking one of the trees this morning and got full just eating them fresh. Not looking forward to the itching though. Jeans, long sleeves and gloves are not going to be comfortable in the 100+ temps we've been having, 113 with the heat index. ;(