Rich McCormack wrote:
> Jim Lane wrote:
>
>>Rich McCormack wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Even though pico de gallo is something different to me not involving
>>>chopped tomatoes, chiles and onions, I do sometimes make a coarse
>>
>>What is pico de gallo to you? I am most familiar with it as minced fruit
>>with some chili. Excellent on fish and pork.
>
>
> A sorta fruit "salad" of bite size wedges and pieces of fruit
> (typically jicama, orange and whatever) served on a platter
> with a shaker or bowl of mixed salt and ground chiles on the
> side to sprinkle on per individual discretion. Came across
> a recipe (actually more discription) back in the 1970s. I'd
> never heard of it before, tried it and liked it. That's been
> Pico de Gallo to me ever since.
>
> Rich

Essentially we're on the same boat. I was introduced to it back in the
60s. However, mere mortals have usurped the meaning and use it in the
most generic form. Their loss.


jim