A House Judiciary Committee Hearing and Peach Mango Tomatillo Salsa

Today the House Judiciary Committee held a meeting at City Hall in Philadelphia to debate Rep Johnson's proposed HB 1999. The bill would amend the law so that young people sentenced to life without parole before their 18th birthdays would become eligible for a parole hearing at age 31, and every 3 years after that (provided that they had served at least 15 years of their sentences).

Full text of the proposed bill can be found here.

More comments on the content of the hearing to follow in the next few days...

In the mean time....

A few old and new friends came over for dinner tonight, and I wanted to try something new to spice up the regular corn-bean-onion quesadillas. I also wanted an excuse to try out the tiny blender that was recently gifted to me from my lovely neighbor. And so when there were tomatillos on sale....



Peach Mango Tomatillo Salsa

Ingredients
5 large tomatillos, husked and halved
3 cloves garlic
1 green jalepeño pepper, halved and diced with seeds removed
1 small onion
1 mango, cubed
1 peach, cubed
Sriracha hot sauce
Salt and pepper
Lemon juice

Method
Lay tomatillo halves and unpeeled garlic cloves on a cookie tin lined with foil. Drizzle with a tiiiny bit of oil, and roast at 450 for 20-30 minutes (depending on when the smoke alarm goes off. Thanks teeny tiny oven).

Coarsely chop onion and jalepeño and blend until finely minced (blenders are amazing!!! and so much faster than hand-mincing! the wonders of technology abound. Watch out for the first time I try out my new electric egg beaters). Set aside.

Skin and chop tomatillos (I left some skin on and seem to have survived) and blend with garlic, salt, and pepper until liquefied. Add peach and mango cubes and blend. Empty into a larger bowl, add onion/pepper mixture, sriracha, fresh lemon juice, and more salt/pepper to taste.