I am all about local food. I love food and I love having power over big companies that are trying to get my food dollar.
That's why I was thrilled that my local Cub Foods has started carrying Authentic Chips and Salsa from the premiere Latino grocery store and restaurant, El Burrito Mercado.
The chips are crunchy and thick, with just a hint of salt. The ingredients involve the following:
Stone ground corn, white corn, corn oil, salt, trace of calcium hydroxide.
Wow. A corn chip that's mostly corn. Flabbergasting how something that simple is also highly delicious.
The mild salsa isn't that tomato-y mush that most Midwesterners seem to slobber for; it's a spicy blend of peppers and tomatillos - and yes, tomatoes - that has real punch. Perfect for chips or dousing your hashbrowns and eggs.
Hooray for Cub Foods! They are my favorite local food provider, with great emphasis on Minnesota Grown products.
For more information on what's good in Minnesota, check out the Minnesota Grown page from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
To find out about what's good locally where you live, go to Local Harvest.
El Burrito Mercado is magnificent, and their lunch counter is definitely not to miss! Except now that I'm a 10 hour drive away, I do kind of miss it ...
Posted by: Scott | 23 May 2008 at 10:18 PM
My husband works just a few minutes from there - am I jealous enough?!
Posted by: Carrie | 24 May 2008 at 10:41 AM