Salsa

Because guacamole is more... has more substance to it.

Yeah, it's more like a paste than salsa.

Salsa is kind of loose.

All I know is it's good.

Oh, yes, it is.

I'm usually green, but I do love a really good traditional restaurant salsa.

Yeah, absolutely.

Not like a super blended up red salsa, but like a chunky... traditional like like 1980s you know you're going to chi chi's i have a soft spot in my heart yeah like chi chi's um for me it was um uh el paso cantina in california um but i just i have a soft spot in my heart for like my childhood and going to a mixing restaurant with the traditional 70s Salsa, which is just a tomato salsa, but some people make it really well done and it's so good.

My favorite salsa, I would classify it as a traditional restaurant salsa.

And that's my favorite salsa.

not making soup yet.

I do have salsa that once it gets cooler here, I need to make.

Salsa.

But it's fine.

I have stuff in the freezer waiting for it, but my sister's supposed to be coming to town.

Uh, yes, you got two minutes.

Salsa, S-A-L-S-A.

Make sure you text that in.

Yeah.

Well, later in the show, we'll talk with Chef Sunny Lee of the instantly beloved new restaurant Sons in New York City, a place specializing in banchan, the many delicious produce-forward side dishes that are key parts of a Korean meal.

She'll answer the question of, "What do I do with all of this?" And here's another question you should be asking: How can I make all this produce, um, melt my face off? Well, the answer to that is make salsa.

Salsa is always great, but it's never better than when you have peak produce.

It's not just a dip or even a sauce.

It's its own food group, according to our good friend Rick Martinez.

Rick's new book is called Salsa Daddy, and you're about to find out why.

Hey, Rick.

It's great to see you.

But that's fine.

Salsa got recalled recently.

Oh, yeah.

I did see

We do appreciate it.

Keep watching science fiction and computer at Salsa.

Thank you.

It means the condiment aisle, right? Think about the condiment aisle.

Salsa's not there.

Yeah.

Queso's not there.

Whi- which is Spanish.

Salsa is Spanish sauce.

No, salsa I see is, like, chopped up tomatoes and onions.

That's salsa.

No, salsa is sauce in Spanish.

No, it's not.

Salsa picante is hot sauce.

What, I'm gonna b- why do you do this? What is salsa? A savory sauce or condiment.