Today's Pepper Haul

[Salsacharley]

Big Box is all Sandia. Other box has Big Jim, Aji Amarillo, San Pedro Sweet, and Santa Fe Grande....plus 4 cherry tomatoes to balance the salsa

[dmforcier]

Dude, you gotta let them ripen. They taste better.

Or do you have a contract for green peppers?

[Salsacharley]

Green Chile is where it's at.

[dmforcier]

Are you in the Hatch valley?

[Salsacharley]

The Hatch Valley is in the Rio Grande Valley. I'm in the Rio Grande Valle, north of Hatch about 180 miles.

[Worth1]

In all honesty I think you may be a little heavy on the tomatoes for a good salsa.
You dont want to wash out the peppers flavor.
Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Heavy on the tomatoes...

Looks good

[Starlight]

Originally Posted by Salsacharley

Green Chile is where it's at.

Good grief! That's alot of peppers. Looking good. Should make you a jar or two of salsa.

[dmforcier]

Originally Posted by Salsacharley

The Hatch Valley is in the Rio Grande Valley. I'm in the Rio Grande Valle, north of Hatch about 180 miles.

Mmmm. Are there too many 'L's in there? Or not enough 'Y's?

[Salsacharley]

Nit picky. Y. (Valley)


http://www.hatchchilefest.com/

[Starlight]

This is probably a dumb question, but besides the name of the town is Hatch the name of a pepper or does it mean they just grow alot of green peppers. You hear on the tv alot about Hatch peppers, but don't really know what it means.

[dmforcier]

There was an article about just that question on NPR 'Texas Standard' last week. The answer: It's a marketing thing. For instance, there is no such thing as a "Hatch chile". Most are just Anaheims. IIRC, it was the NM Ag Dept. that started the whole thing by pitching a "Hatch Chile Festival" to grocery stores here in Tejas, and the HEB chain was the first big bite. It took off like a rocket and now apparently it's being done all over the country. Initially the source was the Hatch Valley (around Hatch, naturally), but the peppers could well come from somewhere else.

Whatever the truth, it's great to see people who would never think of buying hot peppers diving in and getting educated. Doesn't look like the Festivals are going away any time soon. (Our festival ended on the 23rd, btw.)

[Salsacharley]

Here's wiki info on New Mexico peppers. You can find detailed info on each variety by googling whatever you are interested in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Me...Anaheim_pepper

[dmforcier]

Good link. Thanks.

One thing I haven't figured out: Central Market here sells both 'normal' and 'hot' versions as Hatch. I really couldn't tell them apart visually, and the sort isn't perfect, but the hot versions are mostly downright spicy. Someone must be growing a hot variation. I wonder how they keep them separate.

[dustdevil]

Originally Posted by Salsacharley

The Hatch Valley is in the Rio Grande Valley. I'm in the Rio Grande Valle, north of Hatch about 180 miles.

I thought you were in NY city. Isn't that where they make all the great salsas?