It's raining salsa!!

What I've learned from receiving lots of salsa in the mail from generous vendors is that a single 125-lb woman cannot consume that much salsa without exploding. I'm certainly no Sonya Thomas. So, it's time to share with some of my favorite people at the local bike shop. I'll be spreading the salsa love around Birmingham and will post any relevant commentary here.

Coming up: A salsa from TEXAS, a state, er, I mean, COUNTRY, that produces more delicious salsa per capita than any other state, er, COUNTRY.

Salsa de Rosa - Extreme Heat

Texture: Small chunks of tomato, peppers and onions, with lots of pepper seeds, slightly juicy
Flavor: Say it with me: HAWWWWWWT!
Price: $7.49 for 32 oz
Where available: Order online
Refrigeration: Yes
Website:Yes
Spiciness: 9
Grade: A+



I received a sample pack of three Salsa de Rosa flavors in the mail today: Extreme Heat, Hot and Medium. The lid of the Extreme Heat flavor had cracked and spilled some of its contents in the box, so I decided to try that one first since it was already open. (More packing materials would prevent this from happening; other mail order salsa companies ship their products in a styrofoam container.)

Eating Extreme Heat salsa put me in heaven and hell at the same time. "Life is SO WONDERFUL!", I thought to myself as I shoveled more and more salsa into my mouth. This stuff is DELICIOUS! And then the heat caught up with me. "HOLY MOTHER OF GOD," I thought, as I proceeded to remove all of the liquid contents of my sinuses through my nose into a Kleenex. But I was addicted to the salsa at first bite, so I couldn't stop eating it. Then my tongue literally caught on fire, and I darted into the kitchen to drench the flames with a teaspoonful of sugar.

If you know me personally or have been reading any of my blogs, past and present, you know I like suffering. If you don't know me, well suffice it to say, I like suffering. Therefore, we can conclude that I like this salsa. A LOT. The ingredients are top quality, all natural, and include no preservatives. Salsa de Rosa's tag line is A fiesta on a chip. How about A fiesta on my tongue? I'm glad I'm typing this instead of speaking, because my tongue had such a good fiesta that now it's feeling kind of hung over.

Anyhow, what I'm trying to tell you is that you should seriously consider ordering Salsa de Rosa online if you are looking for a new salsa to try. You can order a salsa sampler for only $4.00 here if you don't want to take my word for it. They have other flavors if you aren't a glutton for pain as I am: Mild, Medium, Hot and Verde. For about twenty bucks (including shipping), you can order three 32 oz salsas, which is about the same price that you would pay for 96 ounces of fresh salsa in the produce department of a grocery store. Except that Salsa de Rosa is much, much BETTER.

3/6/2006 - Additional note: I've had the chance to try out the Hot and Medium flavors as well. With Salsa de Rosa, the hotter the flavor, the better the salsa. The Hot is pretty good, but the Medium is too onion-y.