Salsa like stuff and Tortillas

husband came up with a list of things he thought would go together well in a salsa of sorts. it starts with a variety of peppers…

Pepper Salsa
2 lg, 4 sm poblano
2-3 serrano
3 jalapeño
2 anaheim
1 lg bell pepper (plus 4-5 small Japanese variety that are kinda spicy, we couldn’t find the name when we got home, purchased them at the farmer’s market this morning. They looked like large wrinkly serrano, color of an anaheim. Substitute a green bell here)
1 med red onion
2 bunches radishes
1 bunch cilantro
3 cloves garlic
~3 tomatillos
3-4 stalks celery
1-2 limes worth of juice, if desired
maybe a few tomatoes (get rid of the seeds, just use the flesh)

hand chop/dice everything to about the same size, approximately finger nail size, seed and de-vein peppers. Using a food processor will create too fine of a final product.
coat lightly in oil stir constantly, if possible remove from heat before starting to sweat. Drain to remove any excess oil and the water off of the vegetables. The liquid will be tasty in something else somewhere.

Flour Tortillas (yes, the white girl is making tortillas!)
I doubled the recipe from the Joy of Cooking, heres how I did it-
2 cups bread flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup vegetable shortening, yes shortening or you could use LARD
1 1/2 cups hot water

Mix by hand until the dough comes together, then knead for 4-6 minutes. (you can also do this with a mixer and the dough hook)
Split into 16 equal (roughly) size pieces and roll into balls
Cover and let rest for 20 minutes.
Roll out to ~6-8 inch rounds, they should be about 1/8th of an inch thick
Heat a large pan- cast iron or non stick over medium heat. slide the tortillas on to it one by one.
Cook for about 30 seconds on the first side (there should be a some brown spots) then 15 on the other.
Cover what you have cooked while cooking the rest.
Serve warm!

yesterday, we turned around and made cheese and pepper salsa quesadillas we also took the pepper stuff today and mixed it in with pasta and sliced up kielbasa, also very tasty.