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a dance and a dip locked in eternal naming dispute, both winning.
means A spicy sauce of tomatoes, chilies, and onions, or the lively Latin dance and music style of the same name.
from Straight from Spanish 'salsa,' meaning simply 'sauce,' which itself traces back to Latin 'salsa' — 'salted things,' the feminine of 'salsus' (salted), from 'sal,' salt. The same Latin root seasons English 'sauce' and 'salad.' The musical sense is a 20th-century flourish: 'salsa' as 'sauce' became slang for spice, flavor, and zest, and was applied to the hot fusion of Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms taking shape in mid-century New York — music with sauce.
- name origin
- Spanish for sauce, applied to music and condiment
- top condiment
- outsold ketchup in U.S. sales by 1992
- dance roots
- born in New York from Cuban and Puerto Rican blends
- tomato optional
- green salsa verde uses tomatillos, not tomatoes
- heat scale
- spice ranges mild to scoville-melting habanero territory
salsa la clave — cuban dance and music style that originated in havana in the 1920s, evolved from son cubano
salsa in new york — transformed by puerto rican and cuban immigrants in 1960s-70s nyc, became global phenomenon through fania records
world salsa championship — annual competition held in cali, colombia since 1985, the salsa capital with over 400 salsa schools