Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:29:22 GMT, Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
>
> > In general:
> >
> > picant sauce is cooked as in at least enough to jar/can/preserve.
> >
> > salsa is raw ...raw veggies cut up and mixed and allowed to rest so juices
> > and flavour meld.(roughly speaking)
>
> Which is BS, IMNSHO. Hers is salsa in a jar, so it can't be
> fresh. I guess that makes it picante sauce - they (and 200 other
> manufacturers) just labeled it wrong?
>
> "Picante" is a just a marketing word for "salsa".
>
> -sw

in Spanish, Picante means 'spicy' and Salsa means any dressing,
including '1000 Island' or 'Ranch'.