I Can Salsa!

Yes, the pun is completely intended.

I decided to give canning salsa a go. My friend Sandra told me about a packet that you mix with your tomatoes that makes an excellent salsa, so away I went! I have to say the salsa mix is a bit spicier than I thought it would be, but it is very good. My family likes it.

 Here you can see how I'm using all my burners with the different phases. I think it's called par-boiling the tomatoes? Then I pureed them, as I like smooth salsa, and in the upper-left corner you can see the bottom half of my steam canner. I got a great deal on that on Amazon several years back. It takes way less time for the water to boil than a full pot, and steam is hotter than water. One of these days I might need to get a big pressure cooker so I can try canning other stuff!

 The end product. I check them periodically to make sure the seal is staying, since this is the first time I have canned all by myself.