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Rhetorical question?

does any body know the history of this food—166.127.1.35 14:30, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Health?

What's the reason behind including a seemingly-unrelated thing about salsa health scares? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.24.203 (talk) 15:18, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is not unrelated. — O'Dea (talk) 04:59, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

it's somewhat incongruous on this page: Does the page about H20 mention how you shouldn't drink it in India? 62.56.97.146 (talk) 17:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I still love pico de Gallo Tho🤷‍♀️ 2603:9009:701:9211:9111:277E:33BA:ADB9 (talk) 20:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Italicization of pico de gallo

Capitalization (like "Pico de Gallo") seems inappropriate, but I am unsure about italicization. Loan words are normally italicized, but once they fall into common usage in English, they are normally written in Roman (upright) type. Is pico de gallo at that stage yet?—mjb 00:21, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Relish, Not Salsa

I believe that pico de gallo is a relish, not a salsa. Should this be changed? Does anyone disagree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.150.253.55 (talk • contribs) 20:40, 30 March 2007

It kinda falls into both categories. All condiments made of minced savory fruits and onions are relishes, and all sauces of mexican origin made of savory fruits and onions are salsas.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 19:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology Questions

1) I always heard that it was named for the rooster because it was made the morning or the same day that you planned to eat it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.164.93.234 (talk) 15:40, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2) The article says, "One of the sources for the name 'rooster's beak' could be the beak-like shape and the red color of the chiles used to make it." But previously it stated that it is tipically made with jalapeños or serranos. Jalapeños and serranos are green unless aged. Whenever I make the salsa I always use green chilies. Though it may be true, that sentense seems un-trustworthy. 75.102.227.238 (talk) 22:07, 3 June 2010 (UTC) Naali (just passing by)[reply]

Michael Sanchez?

Michael Sanchez is the leading authority on spelling Pico de gallo.

This statement seems out-of-place and is not referenced. It looks to me like someone was trying to re-write the article to joke around. Deleted. HealthySkepticism (talk) 20:05, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The girl eating pico de gallo

That's the cutest picture i've seen on wikipedia (tho that isnt saying much) Sebastian341 (talk) 14:32, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is not entirely true in Mexico

This is not "Pico de Gallo" in Jalisco, Mexico. There this is called "Mexican Sauce" and "Pico de Gallo" is a mix of jícama, orange, lemon juice and powdered chile piquín and salt; no onion, no tomato, no cilantro, no garlic, nothing else. --Maybrick (talk) 05:51, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On ingredients: The addition of lime juice is to preserve the sauce as it has the tendency to quickly ferment, but it's detrimental to the general taste. If the sauce is to be eaten right away you can skip the lime. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.150.204.90 (talk) 03:24, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Effing Cumin

We are now one week into an edit war going on regarding whether or not effing cumin is a standard ingredient in effing pico de gallo. Guys. Your lives are precious, beautiful, & brief. They matter so much more than this. Go do a deep dive into the history of Ethiopian jazz. Learn to cook a rolled omelette. Start learning Khmer so that you can finally get into the neglected experimental fiction of the '70s. Learn some coin tricks. Fall in love or some ish. But poorly sourced edit wars on a stubby little no-account Wikipedia article on pico de fricking gallo?

However, if you really thing this is how you want to spend your few breaths on this mortal coil:

I've undone the most recent undo (Lord help us) because its justification didn't hold up: the source in question in fact did not mention cumin. I also checked the first two pathetic sources in the pathetic list of sources for this article, & neither listed cumin as an ingredient. It seems to me that with the current state of the article & the sources employed, we can't justify that inclusion. I am certainly not, however, trying to assert that as some final word. This is a very bad† Wikipedia article. It's on my watchlist because of ongoing vandalism. If someone actually cared about what Wikipedia has to say about pico de fudging gallo, they might try to bolster it with actual reliable sources rather than personal information or rinky-dink commercial Websites.

† Okay, not very bad, but certainly at least flagrantly mediocre.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pathawi (talk • contribs) 18:59, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ha! If life is so short and this topic so unimportant, why spend so much time writing such a long-winded explanation of why cumin shouldn't be included? Dougjaso (talk) 02:39, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Because I enjoyed doing it. Pathawi (talk) 13:01, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology

why does it say "citation needed" after the last paragraph in the "etymology" section? It is simply stating the meaning and declension of the noun "picar." Basic information found in the lexicon and encyclopedia don't generally need citation. Dougjaso (talk) 02:28, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]