Ok, yesterday we prepped just less than 1 bushel of Roma tomatoes for salsa. Got that all prepped and then when I added the spice packages (we make a HUGE batch at a time), I added pasta instead of salsa spices. So we will have a totally different salsa this year, hope it's good.

I think both these projects will turn out ok :). The pickles, you can just rinse them off -- soak them if they are really too salty -- before eating. The salsa might be more like spicy spaghetti sauce :).

Hubby tried it, It's OK.

Oh, good!

After 20 pints, I was hoping he was Ok with it. Next batch, I'll watch more carefully.

You can use the "pasta" salsa as a base for sloppy joes, I bet that wold be yummy, and I also do that with my salsa just add a small jar of sauce and simmer best sloppy joe mix ever!! Way better than manwich!!