Minuteman Salsa to the rescue

by Joe DiStefano, Posted Aug 9th 2006 @ 11:32AM

A supporter of the Minuteman Project, a group that protects U.S. borders from such dangerous individuals as maids and Tony Bourdain's Pueblan chefs, has found the real enemy. Foreign-made salsa. Thank heavens someone has the courage to stand up to this most insidious of threats to national security.

Texas entrepreneur Ryan Lambert introduced his Minuteman Salsa July 4. Lambert has pledged to donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of what he has dubbed America's Patriotic Salsa. The condiment is made in America and uses only ingredients grown in the U.S.

Minuteman Salsa's web site sounds the battle cry urging true patriots "keep foreign-made salsa from slipping across the border into your pantry." God knows I regret ever letting two miniature bottles of El Yucateco hot sauce into my pantry. All they do is stay up all night singing Chalino Sánchez songs and swilling Tecate.

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Filed Under: Ingredients, New Products
Tags: condiments, El Yucateco, ElYucateco, Minuteman Project, Minuteman Salsa, MinutemanProject, MinutemanSalsa, Ryan Lambert, RyanLambert, salsa, southern states, Tony Bourdain, TonyBourdain

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8-09-2006 @12:02PM john john said... ahh the irony........or ignorance.
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8-09-2006 @1:08PM Heather said... I have to ask. Who picks the tomatoes?
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8-09-2006 @1:10PM Jared said... Much prefer Kinky Friedman's Private Stock. Proceeds to an animal shelter, and he's not a racist ass.

http://www.kinkysprivatestock.com/
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8-09-2006 @1:29PM One Fun Marine said... I was expecting a pro-minuteman comment by "Finished.Law.School." I guess he's too busy stuffing his face with this "patriotic salsa." I usually love to see his pro-CEO/elite anti-working class commentary. Viva la xenophobia!
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8-09-2006 @2:34PM The Utah Resistance said... Racists need something to put on their chips too, ya know.
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8-09-2006 @6:00PM Adriane said... I literally laughed when I saw this...what in sam hill? For a moment I thought "well, we SHOULD be supporting our local farmers"...but what I quickly realized is this is bigotry again disguised as being an American. I suppose these people don't eat anything outside the US...no pineapple, strawberries, mangos..asparagus?(crops with are often boughtoutside the US)
So naturally I went to this "patriots" website to confirm the craziness. The slogan urges us to "deport bad taste"...deport bad taste, indeed, and get this crap off the shelves!
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8-09-2006 @11:54PM spline9 said... From the wiki link:
"Minutemen have started selling lemonade and baking cookies in Arizona, New Mexico, Wisconsin and Texas to raise revenue for the project"

This produces a ridiculous image in my head. Even if these items were absolutely delicious, I dont think I could stomach the aftertaste of why these were made.

BTW; Heather pointed something good out. Its like seeing your jerk boss walk out the restroom with toilet tissue stuck to his pants. Cant help but giggle at that.
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8-11-2006 @11:04AM Ignacio Rodriguez said... What a bunch of racist haters. My people will not stand for this crap. We will bring the Minutemen movement to its knees.
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8-18-2006 @2:39PM Jesse C said... I wanna know who the Mexican person or persons are who are making this stuff. What do these guys know about salsa?
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