What does one do...

when one is frustrated, bored, cross and just generally out of sorts? One decides to pick up where she left off and do something constructive.

I believe that I mentioned before that Hubby has a friend who loves hot salsa - the hotter the better. We made him a batch that would scorch asbestos and he said it was good, just not hot enough. SO...we decided to go for the big heat.

I used the same salsa recipe and last summer's frozen tomatoes.

I also had some habaneros in the freezer.

I chopped them up fine...note the gloves

Chopped the onions, garlic coarsly...

Out of the 3 cups of chopped peppers the recipe calls for, I use 1 and 1/2 cups of habanero. After combining the rest of the ingredients I let it simmer until the right consistency and...

had to wear a respirator mask because of the fumes. Hubby and I were afraid to taste it but I finally worked up the nerve. Less than a half teaspoon of the liquid is all I could manage. It started out with a really good salsa taste and then the heat slapped me in the face.

I canned the molton lava according to the directions and it really came out pretty. We distsributed the stuff to everybody we thought could stand it. Hubby's friend got 2 quarts.

Hubby checked on his buddy a day or so later and his buddy said "Now THAT was salsa!" Apparently he looked at the jars til he couldn't stand it any more, (he owns a convenience store and was working that day) so he got a bag of chips and opened the jar right then.

We did keep a jar and eat just a spoon full on cooked greens. It really peps things up!