Thank you Linda Lou, I knew minced was small, diced was cubes but didn't know size (I think I've seen "1/4" dice" but wouldn't know if that was on the large or the small side), and "roughly chopped" would be really big, but I don't know what "chopped" meant. I will cut onions and peppers to app. 1/4", Annie said she quarters tomatoes to make it chunkier so still want to know her consistency. Lisa, yes I do know 16 oz = 1 C fluid. I just assumed that paste should not exceed sauce, and it's easier to pour 4 oz out of a sauce can (to get 12 oz of sauce to equal the paste) than to spoon paste out (unless I measure it in Tbsp, then thoroughly scrape the spoon out). I'm not even sure how much I scraped out of the 12 oz can. But that brings up something I never thought of - the 12oz can is sold by weight, not volume, and I assume the recipe is referring to volume? So who knows how much I *really* got out of the 12 oz weight can? Of course, I could measure it next time, but if 12 (or 16) oz volume comes out to weigh more b/c paste is so dense, then I assume that wouldn't be safe either, the salsa would be too thick. Now I'm *really* confused. I did find on the Canadian Fight Bac website "cooked type (salsa) and not processed, it can be refrigerated for one month." - now, I did process these, opened 2 jars (1 hot, 1 medium) yesterday to taste and will use today at a BBQ. If I open the others and stir to oxygenate, will they last 2 weeks to a month? Or should I freeze them? http://www.canfightbac.org/cpcfse/en/cookwell/ask/where_how/#1684

Hmm, I remembered this thread because I have made this many years ago, but used a candied pecan on top. Annie may have her own method, but I also bought what I remember as Turkish apricots that were much more moist than the pieces of leather you sometimes find in the bulk dried fruit area. Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Tue, May 20, 14 at 18:47 Don't know if you want to bother with 50 of them, but I just made one of my faves for a dinner party. Take a dried apricot, put a spot of mascarpone cheese on it and then a pecan half on top. They are so easy, look so fancy and taste so yummy.

Maggie I've linked the thread that Annie described her accident on. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6232753/no-hiking-for-me-for-awhile#n=63 Annie wishing for total healing for you! Glad that you are able to rest with a little help from the medication.

Hi Annie, I had double hip replacements back in. 2020 and 2021. Take your time healing. Do your exercises. I will say on the eighth day after surgery, I was outside walking along my sidewalk up and down past the garden. I can walk without pain in my right hip. About 6 months later, I was still having some pain in the reft kone. My doctor had an MRI done again and found a severely torn gluteus minimus and gluteus medius. It’s possible I torn them with a fall in the garden. Boy, I learned to ALWAYS keep my feet apart in every situation so my hips don’t click. Anyway the replacements were a pice of cake compared to the tendon repair. I have lasting issues with the hip that had the tendon repairs. As long as I stay active walking in the pool, in the mall or outside it helps keep that tendon area stretched out. I know you will be happy you had this done and I hope your healing is going well! Feel free to ask me any questions! debra