Annie, it did say 10 min. ? I have to confess, that I often do a search and copy and paste the recipes from places I remember having them posted... I don't have time to do all this retyping, especially during canning season. You are right, one site does say 10 min. ! Will have to check my own recipe... you all know how crazy I get this time of year. Well, worse than ususal, anyway, LOL ! OK, my own recipe DOES say 10 min. The 15 min. I found again, on another site, posted by someone else. Sooo, I guess the canning craziness has hit me already. Send the guys in the white aprons for me ! That is really a weird recipe to me. I would open a jar of zucchini relish and then a jar of salsa, mix them, and taste to see if I like it. It seems SO sweet. Sort of reminds me of that red hamburger relish you buy in the store, not salsa. Yes, Veggiecanner, it is truly amazing what you will still find people doing when it comes to food preservation and food safety in general. And then, people say they have "the flu" when often it is forms of food poisoning due to their unsafe storage of homecooked foods, leaving foods unrefrigerated. I have heard some really strange things, I tell you. Try Annie's salsa if you haven't. I like it really well. Everyone else does, too. Then, if you don't like it, send it to me ! Ha ha. The salsa recipes do say 15 min. on the food safety sites.

Plantermunn, Thanks for posting that mango salsa recipe again. That is some great salsa. I made it last year then misplaced the recipe, and had forgotten it until now. Courtney, I was thinking.... yeah, I brought salsa, but that was at the very first swap, about 5 or 6 years ago, LOL. I couldn't figure out how you could remember that!! It wasn't THAT good. :) Anybody heard from Andrea yet to see if this swap will be at the pavilion? I might try to come to this swap since I haven't been to the last three. At least I am a lot closer to OKC now since I moved. Anybody remember that girl that set up the first swap at the library in Moore? I think her name was Jackie? I think Spike kicked her off Garden Web for offering to trade something like horse manure for plants? I am so glad IVillage is more laid back and isn't always kicking off people like Spike used to. Anyway, I saw that girl working at Lowes in Norman a while back. I knew I recognized her, but didn't figure out who she was until we'd already left the store. I wish she could be invited to the swap too, since she was instrumental in getting the Oklahoma forum started in the first place, not to mention making the arrangements for the first OK swap. It would be nice to see her again. Dawna

Regarding this Recipe... What kind of vinegar do I use? is Apple Cider fine? Thanks again! G'doc ANNIEÂS SALSA 8 cups tomatoes, peeled, chopped and drained 2 1/2 cups chopped onion 1 1/2 cups chopped green pepper 3  5 chopped jalapenos 6 cloves minced garlic 2 tsp cumin 2 tsp pepper 1/8 cup canning salt ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro 1/3 cup sugar 1 cup vinegar (for BWB or 1/3 cup vinegar for PC) 16 oz. tomato sauce 16 oz tomato paste Mix all ingredients, bring to a boil, boil 10 minutes. Pour into hot jars, process at 10 lbs of pressure for 30 minutes for pints. Or BWB 15 minutes. Makes 6 pints Nancy

What sort of "updated research" or "further testing" are you looking for? As with all the USDA tested and approved recipe instructions, once recipes are tested and approved, assuming the instructions are followed, then no further testing is required. Nor is any done unless some sort of problems are reported. There are no issues with this particular recipe except that some folks insist on modifying it. And given all the government funding cutbacks to USDA research likely even less will be available in the future. Dave