Yes We Can! How to Make & Preserve Pasta Sauce

The first De-alienation-From-Your-Labour-Day-Salsa-Collective-Party took place the year before we were married, in 1995, when Trish, my housemate, Rob, and I decided to try our hand at making salsa. We had no idea what we were doing, but like true revolutionaries, we were committed to our vision -- albeit a vision of eating more tortilla chips. We eagerly loaded up our bike panniers with tomatoes, peppers and onions at the local market, and emboldened with Rob's home-made, chemistry-kit wine -- a fine, week-old vintage we had dubbed "She Never Loved Me Anyway...." -- we proceeded to boil up yogurt tubs full of watery salsa. It was quite tasty, provided that the tortilla chips didn't dissolve when you dipped them.

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