On 15/08/2012 10:32 AM, George wrote:

>
> For sure, a fresh salsa always beats a cooked one. I never got the idea
> of taking good ingredients and trying to make an industrial version of
> something.


That is why I make my own fruit jams. It is hot work at a time of year
when it is already hot enough, but the results are worth it. My son
asked me to show him how to make strawberry jam this summer. We went
around the corner to get the fresh berries and an hour later we had 8
bottles of jam. It costs about as much to make a batch as it does for
one jar of decent commercial jam.