Ranger1, How is the housing situation these days? And has the decluttering continued to do the trick as far as the landlord's comfort levels?

I called my canning guru friend Dean and described this salsa. He thinks it sounds fine, and what I'm happy about is that it came out very similar to the expensive local brand at the high-end market. I didn't bother to put it all in half-pint jars, I use salsa fast enough to make pint jars a good choice. With this batch I've cracked the code with that good commercial one - they roast some of the ingredients to give so much more flavor. It's labor intensive, but worth it.

I've stacked a couple of cases of diced tomatoes and will do a few more jars to make three full cases, then turn to making tomato sauce and juice. I use a lot of sauce in my cooking, and you can buy it inexpensively, but homemade is nice also. I'll see what fall brings as far as the rest of the crop - now that we're in hot weather I don't expect much more production.

I need to get some things done in the house, the cooking trumped all other cleaning and decluttering activities. I'm waiting on the last of the prisms I need in order to work on my chandelier.

SRS