Corn Chips and Some Salsa

I absolutely love salsa, particularly fresh salsa. That is, there are very few canned or jarred salsa that I actually enjoy. There are many canned salsas that are tolerable, but fresh salsa has always been the way to got. The wierd thing about fresh salsa is that there are very few big chains that make it. So whenever we move to a new region, I begin a fairly exhaustive search for quality fresh goodness to eat on my corn chips. When I lived in Arcata it was Casa Lindra. The stuff is made locally and is positively addictive. I was completely heartbroken to find that CL hasn't made it this far east. Eventually I settled on a brand the Safeway we frequent always carried. It wasn't bad, but it was no Casa Lindra. We made due.

A couple of months ago Nellbot and I went on a road trip with some friends of friends in an RV. Somebody brought Mexican food and they had some canned salsa that blew my mind! I was pretty sceptical at first: Not only was it canned, it was in a pretty ghetto-looking package. But there were corn chips and salsa sitting in front of me, what was I to do? Eat a whole jar of the stuff, that's what. Herdez is a brand which is some sort of subsidiary of Hormel. I don't know if the stuff just gets imported from Mehheeco or if it's made to look that way, but you can see by the packaging that it looks like some sort of off-brand, grocery outlet-type food. You know, like Campbell's Gazpacho and the like. Check it out.We had the red salsa, in the middle there. Now we can't get enough of the stuff. We bought two jars of it on Monday. We ate one jar promptly after getting back from the Over-Wal-Mart. The next day we polished off the second jar. Wednesday, Nellbot broke her fish, Gillagain's tank and so had to go back to the Wal-Mart of DOOOOM (seriously, the thing is friggin' enormous!). I told her to pick up some more salsa as I scratched my arm in anticipation.

She came back with 2 giant bags of corn chips and six jars of salsa. We're down to 3 jars today. I ate one for breakfast. Anyway, if anybody out there likes salsa, give this stuff a shot. You should be able to find some with little trouble in your local grocery store since it's distributed by Hormel. Bon apetit!!!