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The Basics: Pico de Gallo
During the Spring and Summer, you can almost always find the ingredients for pico de gallo in my fridge. This delightful Mexican condiment has a fresh tomato base and is flecked with raw onions and minced jalapeno. Just-squeezed lime juice adds a refreshing tartness.
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What do you get when you combine crispy, salty chips with spicy, melty cheese and fresh, flaky crab? Some amazingly delicious nachos! Between the newly-picked crab, the homemade pico de gallo, and the pepper-jack béchamel, these nachos are more gourmet than ghetto — who said Mexican food can't be high end?
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What's Yummy This Week — YumSugar Weekly Recap
- Delightful pico de gallo tastes great in tacos, atop grilled steak, or folded into couscous.
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- Learn the real reason onions make you cry.
Burning Question: Why Do Raw Onions Make You Cry?
If you've ever chopped raw onions to add a bite to pico de gallo or crunch to a hamburger, chances are, you've found yourself tearing up over the cutting board. But why is this single vegetable, only in raw form, solely responsible for a great deal of weeping?
Along with chives, garlic, and leeks, onions fall under the allium genus.
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