Name That Device

[Roger Tulk]

Never heard of this, but I'd like to try it!

[Jim C Bradley]

I thought that it is where they Bar-B-Q raffle tickets.

Oh well!

Enjoy,

JimB

[Jeff Bower]

The local grocery store had some Hatch peppers last year. Or so I'm told as they sold out in one day. Will be keeping my out for them this year.

[Darren Wright]

Interesting. Have watched a few videos and noticed they put the roasted chilies in plastic bags when they removed them from the roaster. Apparently that is to steam them once cooked...

[Vaughn McMillan]

Some use plastic bags and others swear by paper bags, but you're right...it helps steam the peppers and further loosen the skin.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

My guess was 'composter'. My guess was wrong.

Paul.....wouldn't it be considered a "heat-aided composter"?

[Chuck Ellis]

So, how many of you folks knows what these are?


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It's the time of year when we start seeing more and more of these around town. These three were at Walmart yesterday.

Looks like the fire roasters for the peppers when they come in season.... loved the aroma in Tucson when the pepper season started and all the groceries had those fired up outside the stores... the whole town had the aroma of roasting peppers just wafting about.... just one of the many things I miss about Tucson.

[Chuck Ellis]

Hatch chile is very similar to Anaheim peppers, but the Anaheims I've bought in SoCal never had the same flavor (or spiciness) of the Hatch stuff. You can grow similar stuff, but there are some folks who say the soil and weather in the Mesilla valley (where Hatch NM is) are what give the Hatch stuff its special flavor. Not sure I buy that argument, though, since there are other areas of NM (Chimayo, for example) where excellent green (and red) chile is farmed.

You can buy Hatch chile online, either fresh or roasted, peeled and frozen. I've even seen supermarkets in LA where they'll advertise roasted Hatch green chile, sold in the parking lot out of the back of a semi truck, for one weekend only.

First time I ever had the Hatch chili's we were on vacation in NM headed home and west of ABQ.... you could smell them for miles before we came up onto a roadside stand beside a chili field... we stopped and they gave us a sample right out of the roaster... best tasting pepper I've ever had... I think we bought a 10 or 20 lb bag to take home... then in ABQ the wife came down with a severe case of flu or Montezuma revenge or both, but she still talks about those peppers... that was 20 years ago.

My favorite dish in almost any Mexican restaurant is the Chile Relleno.... I judge the restaurant by how well they do them.

[Dan Gonzales]

Long story short, last year we had to roast 4 sacks of New Mexico green chile over a couple of grills. It took 4 of us a few hours to get it all done. Those roasting machines are the way to go.

There is no other chile that tastes like these anywhere else in the world. Absolutely delicious.

[Brent Dowell]

Hey, So once you roast them, and peel them, how do you store them?