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Minuteman Salsa

Jar of Minuteman salsa

Minuteman Salsa was a brand of salsa made in the United States. The brand was founded by Ryan Lambert along with four associates during mid-2006 in reference to the illegal immigration debate.[1][2]

Minuteman Salsa asserted that it was America's only 100% United States-made salsa. The company boasted of its "Americanness" as its main selling point, claiming the salsa was made in America using "American ingredients".[3] The company's now-defunct web site criticized "Big Salsa" for owning factories outside the United States.[4]

Minuteman Salsa and founder Ryan Lambert were awarded a "bum steer" award by the Texas politics and culture magazine Texas Monthly in the January 2007 issue.[5] The salsa and its founder appeared in numerous newspapers, including the Albuquerque Journal and the El Paso Times.[6]

Minuteman Salsa claimed that it donated a portion of its profits to the Minuteman Project, an American vigilante organization that patrols the Mexico–United States border to prevent migrants from successfully crossing into the United States.[4][7] The salsa's slogan was "Deport Bad Taste."[7][8]

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  1. ^ Joe Rhatigan (2013). How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 183. ISBN 9781442208742. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Jeffrey M. Pilcher (2012). Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food. OUP USA. pp. 225–226. ISBN 9780199740062. - Access date: March 11, 2016
  3. ^ Leo Chavez (2013). The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, Second Edition. Stanford University Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780804786188. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Minuteman Salsa". Minuteman Salsa. 2007. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Texas Monthly Staff (January 2007). "The 2007 Bum Steer Awards". Texas Monthly. doi:10.7560/716759. ISBN 9780292795532.
  6. ^ Bruce Daniels (7 August 2006), "AN ALL-AMERICAN SALSA?", The Albuquerque Journal, archived from the original on March 11, 2007, retrieved 11 March 2016
  7. ^ a b Leo Chavez (2013). "6. The Minuteman Project's Spectacle of Surveillance on the Arizona-Mexico Border". The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation (2nd ed.). Stanford University Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780804786188.
  8. ^ Joe Rhatigan (2012). Bizarre Politics: The Audacity, Stupidity, Incompetence, and General Idiocy of our Leaders . . . Unfortunately!. Charlesbridge. p. 129. ISBN 9781607345817. Retrieved March 11, 2016.