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I took a dive into making my own salsa this morning, as I bought some Tomatillos at the grocery store this weekend. I have been wanting to make some for a long time and I figured what the hell.


I have been wanting to re-create the salsa I had out in Vegas–very thin but also very tangy (and green). I figured this was Tomatillo Salsa at its best but, after figuring out what a Tomatillo actually tastes like now I’m not so sure. Granted, my own salsa is somewhat tangy but just not to the extent that I want and I have no idea how to make it even more tangy.


I used the following in making my salsa:


- 6 to 7 Tomatillos
- 2 whole Jalapeno Peppers
- 1/2 Red Bell Pepper
- 3/4 Cup of Water
- 2 Tablespoons of Lime Juice
- 2 Pinches of Salt


The only ingredient I didn’t use that looking back on I could have was half an onion, but that wouldn’t increase the tangyiness, it would just change the integrity of the flavor. In all, I like the way it tastes and there is certainly enough heat to it, I just wished it had more tang to it.


I was able to fit the entire amount into an empty salsa container so that’s a plus. Maybe unripened green tomatoes would give me the amount of tang? We’ll see.

Yesterday’s tournaments certainly didn’t go well, but I think I played my best I just didn’t win any key hands. I got close to the bubble in several tournaments, that had I won just that one important all in I’d have at least cashed one.


I got in about 1700 hands total yesterday, almost double the hands from last Sunday and it is because I started playing some side tournaments. I figured if I’m going to be at my computer for 10 hours straight I might as well play some other massively +EV tournaments on Sunday too. I did cash the midday $10 rebuy so I only dropped about $100 or so yesterday in small tournament buy ins.


The FTOPS is complete and I cashed 2 tournaments out of the 5 or 6 I played, which is pretty good I just didn’t go as deep as I’d like.