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I went on a big Pico de Gallo binge a while back, just red bell pepper, jalapeno (careful! Just one, diced tiny, and don't rub your eyes afterwards!), tomato, vidalia onion and cilantro, all choppety choppety with salt and lots of lime. It a fabulous gussy-up for canned black beans. Add grilled chicken chorizo and a glop of sour cream and you've got yourself a five-star meal.

This red bell pepper intrigues me. Did it sweeten the pico up too much?

Now I'm going to have fish for lunch. Maybe. If I can get myself up out of this chair.

eating out in the summer, it's always hard not to order fish. oooh beth that sounds amazing. i am doing beans with my salmon burgers tonight...

i LOVE red bell peppers, so versatile!

I love a little sweet crunch in there. The lime prevents any too-sweetness.

The vidalia onion is just as sweet as the bell pepper, too. Soaked in lime it becomes like apple.

i made up a bean salad: black, chick and corn, with dressing consisting of: lemon juice, olive oil, maille honey mustard (the fucking best), touch of white wine vinegar, honey, salt ppr

mmmmmm!

so this "chipotle peppers in adobo" - is that just like marinated peppers? what?

Where are you, surmounter? New York? I have that vague idea. It's salsa weather here in Nuevo England, that's for sure. I have to go water at my jobs—the crackly dryness! I have sent my houseguests to the beach without me (three days in a row, I am bad.)

It's a specific product, it'll be in cans, not jars. They're smoked jalapenos in a smoky chili-powder sauce. They pack a pretty good kick.

It is always salsa weather in Texas, praise Jesus.

haha, that's what the beach is for! aimless houseguests. yes, i am in new york. and let me tell you, i have been eating loads of salsa - i've recently gotten into the ones with fruit. paul newman's with pineapple is really tasty.

where are you again beth?

oooh that sounds really great rock

guys i look really cute today

I'm on Martha's Vineyard. OH! Off-Topic! Hillary was here, speaking at a big open-air tabernacle, and we just kind of stumbled upon it. We were picking up houseguests at the boat. So we went to hear her and I shook Bill's hand! These loudmouth women standing near me started calling out to him (after her speech was over) AND HE CAME!!!! LIKE A GOOD DOG!!!! He seemed very tired but was radiating amazing warmth. He shook everyone's outstretched hand, saying "thank you for coming out," over and over in his high, scratchy voice. I wished I could have said something, but I was tongue-tied.

But I'm sure you are almost as cute as Bill, Surmounter.

I <3 Bill.

My friend saw Howard Dean speaking at their neighbors when she was there last week.

!!! so amazing

oh i dunno about that Beth -- i don't wanna step to bill.

i certainly woulda flipped

omg srsly, why is bill SO cute. like he's not only adorable he somehow pulls of sexy as well. and WARMTH otm

What does "<3" mean? I am dumb.
Obama and Edwards were here, too, but Hillary was the only one you could see for free. I wanted to see them all, but not at a $1000-a-plate dinner at some high-roller's trophy house.

"heart"

haha beth turn ur head to the right

=P

Oh, I get it!
As soon as I saw the top of Bill's head (which you can spot a mile away 'cause he's eight feet tall) I started hyperventilating.

haha i can only imagine

I'm mad at Hillary because she voted for the war, so I'm voting for Obama in the primaries, but that said, if she wins the nomination and the election I WILL BE SO EXCITED!!!!! AND BILL WILL BE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!

yes it is almost too much to think about, i would be completely overwhelmed

I really want Obama to win the primary but I'm worried about his numbers.

If Hillary wins it will be yet another campaign where I feel like I'm voting for someone just to make sure the other person loses. :(

I never "got" Bill in the primaries before his first term, because I only read the paper. There was the Gennifer Flowers thing, and I thought, uh-oh, this guy's got too much baggage. And then I heard him on the radio and went "OHHHH...I GET IT NOW!!!!" He had a little cold so was a bit congested and snuffly, and the amazing sexiness! Lordy!

I know. Hillary—she's such a politician. But it'll be incredibly exciting if it happens. We'll get swept up in it, I'm sure. The first woman prez HAS to be a bloodless calculating and ambition-driven. She's not gonna be our dream-gal.

That was ungrammatical.

She has to be a adjective.

I saw Gov. Bill and Sen. Al speak on my campus in '92. I was hooked. I also had sexy dreams about the then governor. rar.

hehe but cute ; )

guyz i'm out to buy my ingredients - will update later!

I don't see your grammar errors beth.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/marthasminions/Bill.jpg

"Governor Clinton, in front of White House background, 1992"

yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

My grammar error: "The first woman prez HAS to be a bloodless calculating and ambition-driven. "
I was going to say a boodless, etc. SOMETHING, but then couldn't figure out WHAT, so I called it a day but forgot to remove the "a."

Booty-less

Her ass is kind of big. She doesn't have a chance.

I HAS A SAUSAGE MACHINE

I can't believe how funky that postcard has gotten over the years. NO, I DO NOT KEEP IT IN MY BEDSIDE TABLE DRAWER.

HILARY'S LEGS ARE SOMEWHAT SAUSAGE-LIKE.
Ooops, caps lock.

I must away as well.

okay, change of plans. SWORDFISH STEAK burgers, with a similar chipotle style garnish thing.

bean salad and potato salad to side, with optional mesclun extras.

i fucking love swordfish.

Why are you putting it between bread? I think I would like it more on it's own.

i know maybe ur right... i thought the sammich thing would be kinda summery and easy. the thing is if i make it without the bread i'll have to get more creative with the rub/garnish, which might be trickier. i'll have to consult with the mister

btw not working during the day? is really working for me. i was getting flashes of my dreams of being a suburban house wife in Key Foods

Rice or some roasted potatoes on the side for starch?

I like weekends, I get a lot done but I don't think I could stay all the time. I turn into a sloth.

btw not working during the day? is really working for me. i was getting flashes of my dreams of being a suburban house wife in Key Foods

We will have to get you some bunny slippers.

I don't think you need to get fancier with the garnish at all, but then, for my lunch yesterday I ate philadelphia light and nando's sauce on a tortilla.

YES bunny slippers!

i was thinking of a starchy side to balance the fish - i have some couscous (mmmmm roasted potatos sound SO good rigt now. for something i love so much i really don't have them enough)

wait what's nando's sauce? yesterday for lunch i kept just putting ham on pita bread and eating it. it was amazing.