Jul 18, 2008
Mrs. Renfro Gets Around
by BernieI’m always excited when I see Fort Worth products on the shelves of stores in far away places. This photo was taken at Key Food on Washington Ave. in beautiful Brooklyn, NY:
Tags: Brooklyn, Fort Worth, Key Food, Mrs. Renfros, New York, Salsa
9 Comments, Comments or Pings
Kevin
Somebody has to do it: “That stuff’s sold in NEW YORK CITY?”
Sorry. Agreed, though - awesome to see the locals in faraway places.
Jul 18th, 2008
Bernie
Get a rope.
Jul 18th, 2008
Sharon
It is also on the shelves in little Defiance Ohio and Fort Wayne IN. It is a really good product. Unfortunately I am one of those people who cannot eat things that are even medium hot so I have not been able to sample the fruit salsas that are carried in the Meijers and Wal Mart stores in the nortwest part of Ohio.
Jul 18th, 2008
Sam
I’ve seen it everywhere I’ve ever lived. . . unfortunately. I think it is terrible salsa. Joe T.’s is a FW salsa I would be proud of.
Jul 19th, 2008
Bernie
The point wasn’t so much the quality of the salsa (though I can see where it would appeal to Ohio or NY tastes better than Texas ones… let’s face it, we’re salsa-rich down here) as the fact that we have a pretty well-known, widespread product coming out of Fort Worth. Dickies are another thing I see a lot of in other cities. It just makes me a little prouder to call FW home, that’s all.
But since you brought it up… agreed that Mrs. Renfros red salsas are not my favorite, though Joe T.’s isn’t really on the list either. I just can’t seem to be satisfied with a jarred salsa. My friend Chris H. makes the best salsa in Fort Worth, but it might very well be ruined by the jarring process too.
However, I like Mrs. Renfros fruit salsas pretty well, and their salsa Verde isn’t half-bad either.
Jul 21st, 2008
John
I would have to agree with Sam, it’s just not good salsa. If you go to Central Market, get the Fredericksburg Farms green salsa. It’s far superior.
Jul 21st, 2008
Kevin Buchanan
Mrs. Renfro Gets Around, and Miss Reardon drinks a little.
Jul 21st, 2008
Dismuke
I remember when I was a kid if one traveled too far north, one had a very difficult time finding any variety of salsa. Finding a bottle of Pace would have been a big deal in many bottles of the country. Then, of course, salsa suddenly took off and has now passed ketchup as the most used condiment in the US.
On a few occasions, I have received very odd looks in restaurants in other parts of the country when I have ordered a Dr. Pepper with my meal. Dr. Pepper is known and available in supermarkets pretty much everywhere. But restaurants are generally not able to offer the same soda selection as supermarkets and outside of areas where Dr. Pepper is extremely popular, it is rare to find in restaurants. Based on the reaction I have received, my guess is people don’t ask for it a lot either.
The best salsa I ever had was that offered by a small Mexican restaurant over in Garland. It had a very unique taste as one of its major ingredients was dill weed, of all things. The salsa was very refreshing yet spicy at the same time. For a brief while, they bottled the stuff and sold in in some of the Dallas County Kroger stores but, unfortunately, the restaurant has gone out of business. I have attempted a few times to make my own by adding dill weed to varieties of supermarket salsa but have never been able to duplicate the taste.
Jul 21st, 2008
Reply to “Mrs. Renfro Gets Around”
By posting your comment, you agree to abide by the terms of the West and Clear comment policy.