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In Oaxaca, this is known as the poor man’s—or woman’s!—salsa. But believe me, there is nothing poor about its flavor. It uses only ground chiles and dried shrimp with no tomato or anything else. You can buy this salsa already made in little plastic bags by the ounce in any Oaxacan market, almost as if it were some sort of drug! You tear a hole in the bag and spread it in a tortilla to eat with a little cheese, and it is one of the best things you’ll ever eat. (And it never goes bad.) It is