I can’t believe I lived my whole life so far without using tomatillos. Whenever I would see them in the market, they looked foreign to me. I had no idea how to use them, and wondered why anyone would want little green tomatoes covered with papery leaves. I never realized that they were the sole reason behind some of the sauces I loved, and that they are very easy to work with. Until today.
While shopping at the Mexican Price Chopper – the name we’ve given to a market a few miles away that has fresh tortillas, all kinds of chiles, nopales, masa, and all kinds of other things I like to cook with, I decided to pick up a few tomatillos. I only bought 8 of the little round sticky spheres. But with just a few minute in the oven and a blender they turn into a mouthwatering salsa that I will be making over and over again. When I think of all the years I cooked for people without them I feel such regret at not trying something unfamiliar much much sooner.
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