Another day, another salsa. Today I had it with Montecito Roadhouse chips (which are very good chips) while watching the new episode of the Simpsons. Can we talk about how that episode was very good? It was actually the foodie episode (topical!) where Marge and the kids get obsessed with trying Ethiopian Liver Air Restaurants (or whatever) but then Homer wants to go too, but Marge is a jealous wench so she tricks him into going to a meth house? Maybe I just have low expectations for my Simpsons right now, but that was a solid episode that went well with salsa. I may even make watching the Simpsons a part of my routine from now on.
But more importantly, salsa. Today I moved into Peach and Schnapps. The ingredient list reads : Peaches, Tomato, Jalapeno pepper, Onion, Black olives, Green peppers, Sugar, Peach juice, Garlic, Salt, Parsley, Canola Oil, Peach Schnapps, Cumin, Cayenne pepper, Cilantro.
I bought it to have as an appetizer to my mushroom soup, and had it with Guiltless Gourmet Blue Corn Chips. Now that you know all the details, let's review.
Appearance – Brown and murky, very similar to the Gin and Olives. The pieces of peach did well to improve the appearance, but still, only marginally. 2.5/5
Smell – It was a strong kick of spicy pepper with an afterscent of peach. I don't think that the peaches themselves evoked that smell, but rather the peach schnapps. Still, a definite peach kick with a sticky-hot smell. 3.7/5
Alcohol - They used peach schnapps. This highlighted the peach flavor greatly. It was a unique peach flavor...but had you not told me it had alcohol in it, I would not have noticed. 3/5
Flavor – I really liked how well-rounded and strong the peach flavor was. It was a nice, hot salsa with a sweet aftertaste, as opposed to just being a sweet-tomato-y mush, as a lot of peach salsas usually are. Still, I wish they coaxed some more of the schnapp out (really, squigly red line, I can't have a singular version of "schnapps"? I can never have just one "schnapp"?). It's Top Chef season though, so I'm going to factor my bias into my analysis, because this time of year makes me love talking about "coaxing flavors" and "highlighting different aspects without deferring from the autheticity of the dish". So, I wish it was better, but it was still a great peach salsa. 4.2/5
Heat – I am beginning to think that Boozy Salsa has just one base salsa recipe that they spike. The heat was perfect, but exactly the same as Gin and Olives. Let down? Marginally. I wanted a new salsa experience, with new heat variations. However, this heat really complimented the sweet taste. So I'm sticking wtih 5/5, but I'm disappointed, salsa. Not mad, just disappointed. Because I care.
Overall experience - Good salsa, noshed down pretty dramatically. I even came prepared from last time, with the appropriate amount of chips, water and ice cream to follow. A good, cheer-up salsa experience. I just wanted a little bit more show-off-y-ness, a little more to just top our last salsa experience. So, it's getting a 4.7/5 for overall experience.
With a 3.6 of average components (which is the same as the last one! All in terms of appearance and lack of alcohol flavor!), and an overall experience of 4.7, that brings the rating up to 8.3. It only lost points because it was a let down from previous salsa. But I like this! I am really zero-ing in on Boozy Salsa's problem, which is that's it's not pretty or drunk enough.
Aw, Kenneth pops up on the very first page of google images when you search for "pretty drunk". Good for him!
