here at ikeda's, everybody's asking us how do we make great salsa--"why is your salsa so good?" well, that's because we start with the best california ingredients. and here, we start with a tomato, the most important part of the salsa. you want to look for nice red, ripe tomatoes. smell it. smell it for great smell to make sure that the tomatoes are fresh. we add that to the salsa. >> ok. i'll do that. >> good job, tracy. >> thank you. >> next, we have cilantro--nice, vibrant green leaves. want to make sure the stems are cut nice and fresh. feels nice and vibrant. so we throw in a little bit of cilantro. >> little bit or a lot? >> a lot of cilantro. >> oh. it's ok. >> down from south, great eureka lemons. i like to mush the lemon up a little bit, get that juice rolling. cut that in half. i'll squeeze a half a lemon in there. >> ok. [indistinct] >> sweet california red onions. that's the best. to really spice it up, we're going to add some of these really sweet onions. >> little or a lot? >> a little. >> ok. ok. [laughs] >> and lastly, to really make sure that the salsa pops, we'