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In Spanish or Italian, salsa can
refer to any type of sauce, but in American English it usually refers to the
spicy, often tomato or corn based hot sauces typical of Mexican cuisine,
particularly those used as dips, whereas in British English it more typically
refers to Salsa Cruda which is common in Spanish or Italian cuisine. Salsa
is the Spanish word for sauce, from Latin salsa "salty", from sal,
"salt"; "saline" and "salad" are related words.
Mexican salsas were
traditionally produced using the mortar and pestle-like molcajete. Well-known mexican salsas include: Salsa roja, ("red sauce"),
Salsa cruda ("raw sauce"), Salsa verde, ("green sauce"), Salsa
taquera, ("Taco sauce"), Salsa ranchera, ("ranch-style sauce"),
Salsa brava, ("wild sauce"), Guacamole, (any sauce where the main
ingredient is avocado), Mole, (Mexican sauce made from chili peppers
mixed with spices, unsweetened chocolate, almonds, and other ingredients), and
Mango Salsa, (a spicy-sweet sauce made from mangoes and used as a topping
for nachos).
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