The balsamic has mellowed and all that is left if the sweetness rather than the tart and it goes so well with the peppers and onions. I have decided tonight to open the first jar to taste the results of my work. Two weeks now and all of the ingredients have been incorporated and the jars on the shelf waiting. Still mad that this happened I figured that if after some time the flavor sucked that I would rip the page out of the book and never be tempted again. I proceeded to finish that recipe and ladle it into the jars. Had I ruined the salsa? I was not happy that this balsamic had now “dirtied” my colors. When I got to the second round of the recipe to add the balsamic that bright color disappeared and I was very sad. All canning recipes from this book are tested and found to be safe when directions are followed carefully. The pot of ingredients looks really beautiful with the yellow of the peaches, the red of the tomatoes and onions, and the green of the jalapenos. You can even make salsa with green tomatoes, but for today, we will be canning the following delicious salsa recipe. So instead of passing up the opportunity to make this jar of salsa I decided to substitute out the pears and add enough peaches to measure out the fresh fruit. The recipe included one ingredient that I didn’t have pears. I was looking through the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving when I came across a summer salsa that had the elements such as peaches, tomatoes, the heat of a jalapeno, but the acidity came from the freshness of lemon and the tartness of balsamic vinegar. Now two weeks ago while there were a few peaches left from the farmers market I was on the hunt to make a fruit salsa but not something that was fruit only since the smell and taste of my tomatoes are sweet and luscious. At about a pound every other day I have been working to ripen and dice them by each weekend so that I could do some canning when I have time. With Peaches almost done for the season I was very excited to find a recipe that would incorporate the peaches and the Romas I was harvesting from my garden.