At least I hope everybody can eat it. It comes from Meso-America.
Cut up an onion (Episcopal chop)
Cut up a couple of tomatoes in the same fashion. If possible, use tomatoes grown by a person, or “Heirloom” or “Uglies” if you have to get them at the supermarket.
Dump it all into a bowl.
Add salt and pepper.
You can also add chopped cilantro, garlic, sweet bell chiles, jalapenos, habaneros, radishes, celery, (yes, Puget, carrots, too) it is really up to you, the tomato and onion can just be a base.
Put chimol on top of just about anything you eat. You can have as much of it as you want. It has almost no sugar or grams or calories or any of those things but it tastes very good and can make foods that do not taste very good more bearable.
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I hate exposing myself as a fool, but — Is this sort of like salsa?
” Is this sort of like salsa?” – I’m wondering the same thing, it sounds like an uncooked salsa? The recipie seems similar to the tomato stuff on bruschetta. It does look like it’d be really tasty, though!
Hi, monalisa — how’s your weekend going?
I just finished my 2nd round of hand-weights. I’ve been doing 10 minutes 3 times a day. And I bought a set to take to work for the midday 10 during the week. I’ll do them in my cubicle.
Hey katiebird! My weekend is disappearing quickly, lol. Did fairly well on the eating/moving front, not so well on the preparing for my defense front. I’ve got to start practising my presentation and get through some reading.
I’m sending you good thoughts and my best wishes!
Yes, it is like uncooked salsa. Sometimes I see it called “pico de gallo,” which I think means chicken snack, Manito will have to tell us when he comes back. I will try to post a salsa recipe also to contribute to the fruit and vegetable bar.
oops I clicked too soon.
monalisa if you have to speak in front of people and are nervous here is a trick that really works:
Pretend that there was a terrible fire, and you just heroically and single handedly saved the lives of everyone in the audience.
That does sound good! I’d add chopped fresh basil.
Hi Olivia! Good to see you!
Ductape, what is the difference between a (Sufi chop) and a (Episcopal chop). Could you post a photograph of the veg after chopping?
For an Episcopal chop, put on a hat and assume a prim expression. Ladies wear gloves, gentlemen wear spats. Cut the end off the onion. On the cut, flat surface, make incisions all across the onion, very close together. Then turn the onion 90 degrees to the right or the left and make incisions across the ones you just made. Be sure to maintain a prim expression at all times.
Now turn the onion on its side and slice it. You will have very small, precise, Episcopal squares of onion.
For a Sufi chop, wearing whatever you feel like, smile contentedly and cause the onion to be in pieces of your liking according to the method most agreeable to you.
“put on a hat and assume a prim expression.”
“For a Sufi chop, wearing whatever you feel like, smile contentedly and cause the onion to be in pieces of your liking according to the method most agreeable to you.”
I guess it’s the Sufi chop for me, then.