Doritos corn chips and salsa?

Cloudberry · Post by **Cloudberry** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:33 am

Does anyone know if Doritos brand corn chips and salsa is available in Finland? If not, are there similar brands available? I love to make vegetarian nachos pretty regularly and these are the two key ingredients.

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jas_rho · Post by **jas_rho** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:16 am

It's pretty hard to find doritos but they have corn chips all over the place here. Same with salsa, and for salsa its pretty easy to make your own as well

Cloudberry · Post by **Cloudberry** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:59 am

LOL true, I could make my own. It's just nice to grab the jar for a lazy dinner every now and then. What do you put in your salsa? I've just used fresh and/or canned tomatoes, onion, diced capsicum, chilli powder, salt/pepper. Are there any other special ingredients that would go in a Salsa? *wondering now if I should've put this in the foodie section*

Doritos on the other hand... I like to use the plain originals. I've tried other brands but nothing seems the same. But it's good to know there's other types there to try out. I'm willing to give other brands a go.

ajl · Post by **ajl** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:26 am

for salsa we also put an acid... usually lime juice... many commercial salsas use
vinegar, cilantro is is common as well & red onions are a nice alternative to yellow.

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:33 am

Dunno, are you actually allowed to go out of the house and go to a supermarket? Like even my small K-market has 5-6 different brands of corn chips and various salsas so I am quite a bit at loss what the problem is. Except theres no Velveeta of course, and the RRHWS can't find marshmallows.

Cloudberry · Post by **Cloudberry** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:24 pm

ajl wrote:for salsa we also put an acid... usually lime juice... many commercial salsas use
vinegar, cilantro is is common as well & red onions are a nice alternative to yellow.

Ooo sounds great. I've never put cilantro (that's coriander right?) in salsa. Yes, I've used red onions before and they give a much nicer flavour.

Pursuivant wrote:Dunno, are you actually allowed to go out of the house and go to a supermarket? Like even my small K-market has 5-6 different brands of corn chips and various salsas so I am quite a bit at loss what the problem is. Except theres no Velveeta of course, and the RRHWS can't find marshmallows.

If I wasn't on the other side of the planet I would hop down to a supermarket in Helsinki and check the situation out myself Hank

WTH is Velveeta

jas_rho · Post by **jas_rho** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:48 pm

A really simple salsa recipe I use is 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 fresh jalapeno (without seeds), cilantro, salt to taste, and lime juice. Blend it all up to the consistency that you like and enjoy

The cilantro in my opinion is the key to the whole thing.

Cloudberry · Post by **Cloudberry** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:27 pm

jas_rho wrote:A really simple salsa recipe I use is 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 fresh jalapeno (without seeds), cilantro, salt to taste, and lime juice. Blend it all up to the consistency that you like and enjoy
The cilantro in my opinion is the key to the whole thing.

I'd actually planned to make veg nachos tomorrow, I bought everything I needed today (it was in the corn chip isle that I began to wonder how easy/difficult it would be to find Doritos in Finland). You've convinced me to make the salsa from scratch - I'll definitely try the coriander and lime juice. I'll keep the jar of salsa I bought today for dipping or something else

jas_rho · Post by **jas_rho** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:30 pm

Cloudberry wrote:
jas_rho wrote:A really simple salsa recipe I use is 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 fresh jalapeno (without seeds), cilantro, salt to taste, and lime juice. Blend it all up to the consistency that you like and enjoy
The cilantro in my opinion is the key to the whole thing.
I'd actually planned to make veg nachos tomorrow, I bought everything I needed today (it was in the corn chip isle that I began to wonder how easy/difficult it would be to find Doritos in Finland). You've convinced me to make the salsa from scratch - I'll definitely try the coriander and lime juice. I'll keep the jar of salsa I bought today for dipping or something else

Also a clarification to my little recipe is that the cilantro is fresh, not the dry powder stuff. Use as much or as little as you like.

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:17 pm

If I wasn't on the other side of the planet I would hop down to a supermarket in Helsinki and check the situation out myself Hank

Ah, I thought you already was here... well *thanks* a lot I just had to then go and buy some corn chips and koskenlaskija... Velveeta is something the Americans use to make their cheezy stuffs....

AldenG · Post by **AldenG** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:27 pm

Cloudberry wrote:Ooo sounds great. I've never put cilantro (that's coriander right?)

I was quite surprised to learn you are correct. Cilantro and coriander are the same plant.

However, coriander seasoning comes from the seeds of the cilantro plant. What one puts into salsa is typically the leaves of the plant, chopped fine.

ilikepeanutbutter · Post by **ilikepeanutbutter** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:05 pm

Lidl has really good corn chips, the cheese flavor taste just like Doritos. They have pretty good salsa too.

Kat

Cloudberry · Post by **Cloudberry** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:29 am

Pursuivant wrote:
If I wasn't on the other side of the planet I would hop down to a supermarket in Helsinki and check the situation out myself Hank
Ah, I thought you already was here... well *thanks* a lot I just had to then go and buy some corn chips and koskenlaskija... Velveeta is something the Americans use to make their cheezy stuffs....

Nope, another 6wks before we arrive in sunny Finland. Hope you enjoyed the corn chips and koskenlaskija

Ew, I hate any North American cheesy products - gross.

Cloudberry · Post by **Cloudberry** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:33 am

AldenG wrote:
Cloudberry wrote:Ooo sounds great. I've never put cilantro (that's coriander right?)
I was quite surprised to learn you are correct. Cilantro and coriander are the same plant.

However, coriander seasoning comes from the seeds of the cilantro plant. What one puts into salsa is typically the leaves of the plant, chopped fine.

I just picked up a fresh bunch of cilantro/coriander ready for tonight's vegetarian nachos extravaganza. Yeah, I use coriander seed powder in Indian curries and even sprinkle it on roast lamb. It's a handy spice to have on hand but very different flavour to fresh cilantro/coriander. I take it fresh cilantro/coriander is readily available in supermarkets across Finland? We use at least a bunch a week.

maxxfi · Post by **maxxfi** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:03 pm

Cloudberry wrote:Nope, another 6wks before we arrive in sunny Finland. Hope you enjoyed the corn chips and koskenlaskija

Er... in 6 wks you may not find exactly a sunny Finland

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