Saturday, August 22, 2009

We've Struck Green Gold !

Hatch, New Mexico is the chile capital of the world and that means that we (being fairly close to Hatch) get 30 pounds of freshly harvested chiles for $19.99 !!

And the local grocery store where we buy them roasts them up for free:

And if that were not enough value, you can make a peasant sack dress from the bag:

Even the cats approve:



Just dump 'em in the sink:


...admire the still-steaming-from-the-roaster charred green-ness:


...and bag 'em up for freezing:


We've already made green chile sauce and then made a bean-rice-green chile pie. It was so darn good, we'll have to post the recipe next time we make it. Celebrate your local produce :)

5 comments:

  1. Those look soooo good! our local grocer sure doesn't do that! enjoy them, while we in the midwest look at your pictures and salivate.... acb

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  2. aside from getting groovy food that just looks like fun! half of local food is the fun going after it. b

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  3. Oooo, Ryan would be so jealous. You better ship some this way!

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  4. They roast them at my local farmer's market too. (In the same kind of mesh tumbler.) I have never purchased any though. Today I might roast some tomatoes like you suggested. Your recipes with teh chiles sound yummy!

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  5. I'm so incredibly hungry now......

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