A Recipe & A Random Picture

These two items clearly wouldn't belong in the same post, but two bizarrely opposite requests for Gropius consideration came in this week: 1. publicizing a recipe for summer salsa and 2. a photo of unknown origin (SignSpotting.com?).

So here we go...in opposite order.

...And Brad Fitzgerald's Summer Salsa:

Ingredients

• 1 – 1 ½ pounds of fresh tomatoes (any kind), stems removed
• 1 onion (Vidalias are great!)
• As much garlic as you think prudent
• 1 regular green, red or yellow bell pepper (not hot)
• 1 jalapeño or other chili pepper (stems, ribs, seeds removed)
• 1/2 cup cilantro or parsley
• Juice of one fresh lime
• Salt and pepper to taste. Add a teaspoon of sugar if desired
• Optional: oregano and/or cumin and/or fresh basil to taste
  

Method

1. Finely dice all dice-able vegetables. If you can, avoid touching the chili pepper with your hands. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and hot water after handling and avoid touching your eyes for several hours. Set aside some of the seeds from the pepper. If the salsa isn't hot enough, you can add a few for heat.
2. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Stir. Taste. If the chili pepper makes the salsa too hot, add some more chopped tomato. If not hot enough, carefully add a few of the seeds from the chili pepper, or add some ground cumin.
3. Let sit for at least an hour for the flavors to combine, or just refrigerate (in glass or ceramic, not plastic or metal.) The salsa will last in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
   Makes approximately 3-4 cups.
   

That salsa sounds good. But the "up to 2 weeks in the fridge" part could be a deal breaker, as they say. It would probably sit in ours for 2 months. We're famous for cooking stuff up and not going for the left overs (terrible, I know). As for that picture, well, no comment. It makes me sad... And hopeful. Obviously, the tree cutting culprits aren't the brightest people in the world. ...Or they have a sick flare for sarcasm. What's that brown stuff in the foreground of the picture? Doo doo?