14-06-2003 23:34									#1
	Chips and Salsa Got spare money?

In the mid 90's Salsa overtook Keychup as American's number one condiment. So the question here is simple. what is your favorite Salsa? and what are your favorite chips? (tortilla corn chips, not fried potatoes chips)

Since we are an international forum: are chips and salsa popular at all where you live?

Personally, I have found various salsas to be good. The chain Burritoville makes a killer tomato based salsa, not to spicy. Commerically, Frontera grill has a nice one, but it is expensive. Here in NYC, a Texas brand, Mrs. Renfro's is actually the cheapest (my guess, they are trying to get market share) to buy, and the best in my supermarket. Hot actually means hot, not like in some other Salsas.

As for chips: my favorite store bough were in Chicaog: I forget the brand name, but lo and behold, they are the cheapest to buy there, real Mexican tortillas used. Much better than the more common crap. It's also easy to make your own. Just buy good corn tortilas, cut them up, and either bake them, or fry them.

	14-06-2003 23:36									#2
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Chips & Salsa:

I like the fancy salsa in the supermarkets. They are very yummy!

	14-06-2003 23:38									#3
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I don't normally go out and buy chips/salsa but I do get them in restraunts.

When reading this thread, I was reminded of the old Pace commericials. They were actually kinda funny. It's a shame they ended those commericials. I wonder what happened.

	14-06-2003 23:39									#4
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Salsa: Our family makes our own. However, coming in second behind that, I like pace.

Chips, I like the doritos scoop chips, as they hold more.

	14-06-2003 23:45									#5
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Tortilla chips are quite popular, Salsa not so much - jut too hot for our taste, I suppose...

	15-06-2003 00:04									#6
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Roland, do Austrians normally not go for spicy foods? Turkish food, IIRC, has some spice in it. Is it making any inroads?

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I live in San Antonio, TX .. which has arguably the best Mexican food north of the border. Usually I make my own salsa (pico de gallo), just takes a while to chop the ingredients up.

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	15-06-2003 00:05									#8
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Salsa

In Israel, chips are called 'potato fries', and freedom fries are called 'chips', so it's here.

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Of course, for me, the best salsa is the HOT variety . Gotta be spicy as Hell .

	15-06-2003 01:30									#10
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Salsa? In this little provincial backwater of England? You surely jest sir.

That said, there is a sweet chili one I've been meaning to try. The only thing is I know for a fact the jars only get changed when they sell one and they only sell one once a year...

	15-06-2003 01:32									#11
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I love salsa that is spicy.. not some wussy mild crap.. I want some chopped up habanero peppers in there.

	15-06-2003 01:36									#12
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I do not like spicy tomatoe sauce. Salsa should be minced vegetibles and spices. My favorite tortilla chips are... I forget the brand, but it is a small one anyways. Organic and stone ground.

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quote: freedom fries

Idiot cheese

	15-06-2003 01:42									#14
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I enjoy hot salsa, the brand of it or the chips does not bother me.

Since I live in Southern California, chips and salsa are very popular

	15-06-2003 01:47									#15
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Down here, chips and salsa is mostly for the pinche turista crowd. It's picked up some popularity as sort of gringo-mexican thing, but it's nothing at all like the universal deal at so-called Mexican restaurants up in gringolandia.

	15-06-2003 01:49									#16
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I like tortilla chips and salsa. We don't have a big assortiment of salsa's here, though, so I just have to settle with Maggi's. I use chips imported from America (they just can't make good chips here), but in the last time I didn't have the right appetite for this food. Perhaps now again, as it is hot out there and those chips are delicious with a cool beer.

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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Roland, do Austrians normally not go for spicy foods? Turkish food, IIRC, has some spice in it. Is it making any inroads?

Typical spicy foods are usually in a toned-down version here. Turkish food is mostly the typical Kebab, although that comes in many variants. The most brutal thing I've ever eaten was a spiced-up version of a Pizza Diaboli... I don't quite see the point, apart from ruining your tastebuds...

I suppose the Pakistani kitchen is as "hot" as the mexican one?

	15-06-2003 01:53									#18
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Mmmm... chips salsa and beer .

quote: I suppose the Pakistani kitchen is as "hot" as the mexican one?

Similar... but Pakistan/India doesn't have habeneros .

	15-06-2003 01:54									#19
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The most spicy thing I ever ate was a habanero pepper whole.... I did it for five dollars too...

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i love, lovelovelove salsa. i like the more liquidy type salsa rather than chunky ass salsa though. really though i like mixing taco hot sauce and salsa together...

	15-06-2003 02:05									#21
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quote: I did it for five dollars too...

whore.

	15-06-2003 02:06									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: I did it for five dollars too... whore.

Hey that was my best friend who asked me to eat a habanero.. not some sexual favor.. You are dirty in the mind, imran.

	15-06-2003 02:11									#23
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Mmm...Pizza Scaldo from the Snooker Club...

	15-06-2003 02:24									#24
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http://www.texasfirehouse.com/default.html

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Have you ever tried their 'cue sauces? How would you rate 'em, if you have?

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Yeah, Slow, give us the skinny... I need a fine BBQ sauce .

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imran, dont you have ribshacks that you can rely on?

	15-06-2003 03:00									#28
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I haven't. What I need to do is get some ribs and/or this hot as hell garlic sausage sent to you from Smokey John's here in Dallas.
Best que anywhere.

	15-06-2003 03:06									#29
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quote: imran, dont you have ribshacks that you can rely on?

I'm sorry that I don't have the money to eat out every day .

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be like me then, work as a busboy