# Pico de gallo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645 "2016-02-20T22:41:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645/21 "2016-02-21T17:27:52Z")
> [@Apocalypso](#): > > Radish?! You put _radish_ in your tacos? Dear Lord, why? 😕 It’s super yummy. Give it a try before you write it off. Thin sliced and raw or quickly pickled. Either way. Complements the lime juice and onion well. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645/22 "2016-02-21T18:33:52Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Needs onions. Lots and lots of onions. And more garlic. > > You have chips. What more do you need? Except maybe a beer or three. Maybe onions and garlic . Certainly one avocado, and some Spanish olives. But for a teetotaler like me, NO BEER. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645/23 "2016-02-21T23:48:23Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > It’s super yummy. Give it a try before you write it off. Thin sliced and raw or quickly pickled. Either way. Complements the lime juice and onion well. Hmm well I do try to be open to new things, so I’ll give it a shot next taco time. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645/24 "2016-02-26T18:43:51Z")
Pickled radish and carrot is a [really easy recipe](http://www.blogher.com/mexican-style-marinated-carrots-radishes). I add thinly sliced red onions to the mix as well. Makes a great relish for almost any Mexican dish. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645/25 "2016-02-27T03:00:52Z")
I make salsa in large batches and put it on everything. I frequently put it on meatloaf, hamburgers, and pizza. I brought chips and salsa to my family’s Christmas dinner for the appetizers beforehand, and then I put a little salsa on the mashed potatoes and turkey during the meal. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645/26 "2016-02-27T05:49:20Z")
This sounds good. I wish I had an excess of pico de gallo. I’ve (we’ve) been sick all week and I’ve had an excess of cilantro…I had vague ideas of making both carnitas and sinagang or some such this week. Instead today, in my feverish state, I tried to make a cilantro salad. I…don’t know how to do that, apparently, as much as I like cilantro. I was thinking some good homemade pico de gallo would help. (I was going for a bastardized tabbouleh, with what ingredients I had, but didn’t quite work. Maybe if I had had some avocado.). Um. Anyway, if you have too much pico/salsa, just make chili and use that as the vegetable base. Done. P.S. Radishes are awesome in _small_ doses on tacos and the like. To whom it may concern in this thread. Like carrot shreds in a garden salad, or minced onion in tuna salad. Also, not that anyone cares, but I’ve tried to make Vietnamese banh mi with what I can get out here in the boonies, and a vinegary radish/carrot/cuke slaw is not too bad for the relish. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645/27 "2016-02-27T17:55:01Z")
Definitely in a omelet and a side of tomato juice. ---
**Author:** ![Calla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Calla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calla)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645/28 "2016-02-27T22:29:52Z")
This post has me missing my garden and the various salsas we used to make. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pico-de-gallo/746645.md?page=1)