SF Food Wars

Some are spicy. Some are sweet. Some have peaches. One has beets.
Lots of chiles. Lots of lime. 20 salsas = flavor time!

Team # / Team Name / Salsa Name / Salsa Description

1. Tongueslap / SFiesta Cornfetti / “A fresh & flamin’ mouthful of sweet, crisp corn-on-corn-chip action. Fire-licked summer corn parties down with ginger-shallot jam, scallion, toasted nuts, green herb glitter. You finish it off with our house-made shot of lime and tamed-chili secret sauce. It’s vegan-friendly and gluten-free!”
2. The Average Foodies / Summer Sweet, Summer Spice / “A Carribbean style salsa with summer fruits, like peaches and pears, which are roasted to bring out those sweet sugars ideal to complementing the spicy side of this salsa. The sweetness hits your lips first, followed by the savory and spiciness of the peppers. Ingredients include roasted pears & peaches, roasted sweet peppers, fire-roasted tomatoes, habanero or scotch bonnet peppers, lime juice, onion, garlic, salt, white vinegar, fresh coriander, and parsley.”
3. Eat This Mexican / Gutsy Red Salsa / “A blend of organic local veggies, roasted chili peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and more that creates an addicting tasty salsa that has a fantastic depth of flavor.”
4. Macho Salsa / Macho Madness / “Red smoky smooth-textured salsa made with ripe roma tomatoes and special secret spices.”
5. The Soy Kitchen / Summer Lovin Salsa / “This rich and smoky salsa gets its flavor from organic fire-roasted heirloom tomatoes while chipotle peppers bring the heat and summer stone fruits add delicate sweetness.”
6. Ready, Willing, and Mable / Mango BANGO! / “Habaneros and mangos do the tango, creating a sizzling sweet cool but hot treat!”
7. Soul Cocina / Smoked Salsa de Cascabel / “Cascabel peppers lightly smoked with fig wood, hand ground in a molcajete with charred tomatillos, roasted garlic, fried chile de arbol and chile tepin.”
8. Cucuy’s Happiness / Cucuy’s Happiness / “This is a roasted savory tomato-based salsa with heat and a hint of cinnamon.”
9. Kaiya’s Garden / community | garden | salsa / “Heirloom tomato and corn salsa with tomatoes grown and harvested from the community garden plot that I tend with my 2 year old daughter, Kaiya, and from our neighbors at the community garden.”
10. Team Bodacious Beetliciousness / Bloody Beta Vulgaris Salsa / “It’s a simple salsa fresca made with un-typical ingredients. Red Beets finely diced and macerated in a touch of lime juice and a secret mixture of Tierra Vegetables chilies soak in the background heat. The beets are then combined with lime, salt, and more macerated chili, onions, plenty of cilantro, a few rushing red tomatoes and generous salt and pepper. The sweetness that screams from the Eatwell Farms beets is a beautiful match to the spice seeping from the chilis.”
11. A Fire Inside / Ass Volcano / “An enigmatic, engaging, and haunting salsa featuring the flavors of caramelized pineapple, vanilla bean, preserved lime, and fresh naga jolokia.”
12. MaliNumNum Treats / Hot Tropical Volcanic Magma / “A three-layered salsa consisting of: 1. Salsa Roja (cooked): roasted fresh peppers (habanero, jalapenos, et more), dried chili peppers, chipotles, onions, garlic, 2. Tomatillo Guacamole: roasted garlic, tomatilo, avocado, red onion, spices and citrus 3. Tropical Salsa Fresca: pineapple, mango, papaya, diced tomato, red onion, garlic, cilantro and spices.”
13. La Cabana / Salsa La Cabana / “A slow-roasted variety, in which the flavors of Northern Mexico blend into a singular, distinct flavor.”
14. Salstars / Josh’s Spicy Roasted Tomato Chipotle Salsa / “A refreshing and flavorful roasted tomato salsa accented with a smokey chipotle heat.”
15. The Black-eyed P’s / Peas and Hominy Salsa / “Experience what Southerners affectionately call “poor man’s caviar”: Peas & Hominy Salsa (or, as they might call it in Berkeley, Peace & Harmony Salsa), featuring farm-fresh heirloom tomatoes, earthy black-eyed peas, delicate white hominy, a rainbow of peppers and other special treats with a decidedly Southern flair.”
16. Shilantro’s Sassy Sauces / Ow-wesome Habanero Salsa / “A smoky, creamy, spicy, and oh-so-satisfying blend of habaneros, roasted tomatoes, fresh cilantro, and aromatic veggies blended with a touch of creme fraiche. Bright, rich, and smooth. But with a kick!”
17. Los Pocos Locos / Peach-o de Gallo / “Sweet organic peaches, fresh local strawberries, paired with fiery habaneros and refreshing herbs.”
18. Tomate Sabor / Salsa en Fuego / “Fire Roasted Capay Organic heirloom tomato salsa with sweet corn, black beans, and avocado, topped with cotija cheese.”
19. The Dalton Hollow Boys / Minniebelle’s Pecan Peach Salsa / “This dip was born when Granpappy Otis got caught helpin’ one of them painted ladies cross the street in town and although Granny Minniebelle always said she’d cut his thingy off if’n he ever did anything like that, she decided just to make him bunk out in the smokehouse for a week. Since all he had for grub was a bushel of peaches and a potato sack of last year’s pecans, he made up this tasty treat to snack on. Folks tell they can taste some bourbon, but Granpappy would never own up to that…that would’ve meant another week in the smokehouse. People have enjoyed its sweet, spicy crunch for years and I hope you will too.”
20. Peaches and Herb / Stoned Fruit Salsa / “It feels great to wake and bake up to this deliciously sexy and salsational roasted fennel and “stoned” fruit salsa that will linger on your lips and leave you jonesing for more!I.”
21. The Whole Tortilla / Simply Spicy Salsa / “Raw, fresh, natural, and nutritious! A perfect blend of fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables; a salsa like you’ve never had–guaranteed to wake up the taste buds and provide an explosion of fresh, natural, juicy flavors.”