Marcus' friends just love our salsa that we make - so all year we have told them that we were going to have a salsa party and they could come and help make it and take some home - so Wed. night we did just that. I got the tomatoes ready before they showed up.
Mike picked potatoes and onions from the garden and made everyone fresh onion rings and potato wedges on the cooker - I also made jalopeno poppers inside (stuffed peppers in oven with bacon around them)
Marcus invited about 15-20 of his friends and I do believe all but 4 showed up - we had a blast.
Marcus, Jamie, and Vanessa helped show everyone how we cut up the peppers and get seeds out.
Fun to see the guys jump right in and help! I think they were having a pretty good time.
A few more helping peel the tomatoes and chop them up!!
Patrick chopping up the onions!
The girl at the end of the table just licked one of the hot peppers - love her face on this one - that's why the milk is out also - when they eat the habinero peppers - milk helps with the sting.
Getting ready to put them in the canner.
We did 22 pints this night and while they were in the canners - we had some basketball going on outside and one of the guys came in a jeep and another one on a cycle - so some were cruising as well - all in all we had a fun night and was neat to see how excited and eager they were to help us - Marcus has a great group of friends and I hope they all know that they are welcome here any time!!!
Everyone left with a pint to share with their families. I hope we started something that we can do again next year!!!!
3 comments:
What and idea and undertaking! Sounds like you had every thing under control tho. What a nice bunch of kids and how they all pitched right in. Beat you did start something!!
So happy you share your pcitures with us on your family life back in Iowa. That is great.
Belinda- look at the first picture of you getting the tomatoes ready. Do you see Evonne in that? Boy--first I thought it was her and your not even relaed(blood-that is)
Wow! Sounds like so much fun and makes me miss the days when my kids where that age and we did crazy stuff like that.
I don't think Mom was meaning to insult you by saying you looked like me. We all know you are way cuter and sexier. hehehe
Love you, and you two must be some great parents.
Yum! Our gareden is a little late this year. I haven't been able to can anything yet. But I did get some of the first tomatoes last night and made some fresh salsa.
Looks like you had a ton of fun though!
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