Salsas . . .

My two favorite Salsas are no more.  We first bought Desert Rose Salsa out of the back of car at the Pantago Swap meet in Tucson.  Later it became more commercialized and we acquired it at upscale places in Tucson.  Then we could also get it on the Internet.  Later the brand and recipe were sold and we continued to be able to get it.  Its quality had remained excellent.

Desert Rose won all kinds of awards and was widely acclaimed.  But alas it fell by the way side.  It went out of business.  Now it is but history.

The next great salsa was from LaLuz, New Mexico.  A small town close by Alamogordo, New Mexico and was sold in the local specialty shops.  I was  able to get a few bottles via the Internet there too.  LaLuz was truly off the beaten track.  I even was able to find the place where it was put up in LaLuz, a town of maybe 20 or 25 houses. 

On our way back from Tucson, we stopped at the Pistachio shop and found out the elderly woman who put up the LaLuz Salsa had retired.  She could not get any of her family to help and she just could no longer do all the work.  So she retired and the salsa retired with her.

So yet another outstanding salsa has disappeared from the economy.  Times have changed.