tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post4563072249324184013..comments2024-03-28T09:03:59.436-06:00Comments on Melva Loves Scraps: Indian Star Salsa - Pieces From The Past Melvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136209056960798231noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-83873774842919519102020-09-06T17:15:51.666-06:002020-09-06T17:15:51.666-06:00Curious what kind of peppers you use. I don't...Curious what kind of peppers you use. I don't like spicy, so one year I made it with peaches, pineapple and banana peppers, plus the tomatoes and other things. It was delicious, I thought! Love your little salsa block! By the time my mother died and I lived with my aunt, she didn't can any more, but I grew up on the tales of canning and early in our marriage, my husband and I were presented with an abundance of black raspberries at a camp ground in New Jersey. We decided we had to take advantage of all that free fruit! We bought tons of jars and Sure-Jell at the local general store (I did mention FREE fruit, right? LOL How expensive that turned out to be!) and we made jam over the wood fire at the campground. So ... it tasted slightly smokey, but we thought it was the best thing ever! It started us on a marriage of making jam together. =) Good memories of strawberry and prickly pear jam and jelly!Susan https://www.blogger.com/profile/09159163720029661287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-84609641545767813692020-09-02T08:07:37.236-06:002020-09-02T08:07:37.236-06:00Thank you for sharing such a lovely picture into y...Thank you for sharing such a lovely picture into your family as well as the recipe! Your block is lovely. Four inches? It would be a lovely pincushion for sure...or a coaster? I wonder how it would look framed and hanging in your kitchen as a great story starter? It's lovely and filled with happy memories! :)Miaisminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07657955150576729566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-931018396720863372020-09-01T22:16:41.727-06:002020-09-01T22:16:41.727-06:00Oh wow! The block is so tiny! Thanks so much for s...Oh wow! The block is so tiny! Thanks so much for sharing with Creative Compulsions!<br /><br />Michelle <br />https://mybijoulifeonline.com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-7849751411620586362020-08-30T22:06:11.883-06:002020-08-30T22:06:11.883-06:00I use to can ages ago. Your salsa looks delicious...I use to can ages ago. Your salsa looks delicious! Nice block, too.Angie in SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689281551068732574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-3965931242829163862020-08-30T06:04:26.799-06:002020-08-30T06:04:26.799-06:00Melva, I so enjoyed this little window into your f...Melva, I so enjoyed this little window into your family through your gardening and canning memories. You described it all so vividly that now I feel like I can remember Dave leaping out of the bramble to startle the deer! Interestingly, that is exactly the tactic that was advised by a wildlife expert for "training" wild coyotes to stay away from your yard. She said that homeowners typically want the offending coyote to be shot or removed, but when you do that, another coyote moves in to take its place. But if you come at the coyote flailing your arms and shouting, you condition the coyote that humans are unpredictable and dangerous; best to stay away. <br /><br />Now, for your little block -- how do you feel about the colors? Do you have more of those fabrics, and/or more that would coordinate? Lately I'm feeling the love for samplers, either all blocks the same size or the more modern ones with all different size blocks. So you could make a few more just like this one and then wander around picking blocks from wherever and making them whatever size you want, and stick them all together into a sampler. Of course a pin cushion would be a heck of a lot faster, though. It could even become a little coaster; 4" is perfect for that.Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-707889990013675552020-08-29T07:53:46.832-06:002020-08-29T07:53:46.832-06:00Yep!! those scraps look like peach salsa - and tho...Yep!! those scraps look like peach salsa - and those happy tortilla chips they serve in restaurants!! I like your little block - you should make a garden quilt with it - much easier that making the starts and trying to grow in between the freezes! We also live in CO ( northern) and my husband gardens like crazy - this has been the year of the zucchini!!Alycia~Quiltygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283575876006453806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-38428680735362970332020-08-28T13:21:02.311-06:002020-08-28T13:21:02.311-06:00Wow, your canning memories bring back a LOT of mem...Wow, your canning memories bring back a LOT of memories for me, growing up on a farm. I think I had so much of it growing up, I have no desire to can or freeze anything! We had huge fields of EVERYTHING! Of course, daddy would take a lot of it to the farmer's market. The last year he farmed before his death, I was going into 12th grade. We had 40 acres of watermelons!! He almost killed my cousins and me that summer! It was literally 40 years before I would touch a piece of watermelon! And only an occasional bite or two since! Mama and I did make some tomato-vidalia onion relish one year from bought tomatoes and onions. I wish I could find that recipe again. It was soooo good on dried peas and beans!n Thanks for the memories, Melva!Brenda @ Songbird Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13027888656685553135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-85885622468766645362020-08-28T12:32:19.122-06:002020-08-28T12:32:19.122-06:00Enjoyed reading your post, especially the deer sto...Enjoyed reading your post, especially the deer story! The salsa looks delicious and now I know how I can make spicy chocolate chip cookies LOL! The little salsa star is perfect and I may just have to make a Salsa Quilt with it. Thanks for sharing.Quiltpiecerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348556352125359529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-33473445424786933272020-08-28T10:46:34.703-06:002020-08-28T10:46:34.703-06:00That salsa looks delicious! We sometimes get deer ...That salsa looks delicious! We sometimes get deer visitors here, but probably not as often as the neighbor's cows visit. lol. Not sure how they would react if we did what Dave did.<br /><br />I am curious about the chocolate chip cookies with the spicy flavor though. I bet it was good. I once tasted Mexican chocolate jalapeno candy and it was tasty. Also I used to go to a pizza buffet place where one of the workers liked to experiment. She once made a pizza with pineapples and jalapenos. It was delicious! Sweet + spicy hot is surprisingly yum.<br /><br />Sharon Aurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15803413876007729833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757169784448574694.post-28390416043086794292020-08-28T08:23:35.640-06:002020-08-28T08:23:35.640-06:00I commend you, aside from freezer jams my canning ...I commend you, aside from freezer jams my canning skills are nil. Curious, where in Illinois did you live? Thank you for linking up to Put your foot down, I enjoyed your read.Denise @fortheloveofgeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388220919914071887noreply@blogger.com