Roger Tulk
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Never heard of this, but I'd like to try it!
My guess was 'composter'. My guess was wrong.
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.
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.
Brent, Dan pretty much summed it up. They store well frozen once they've been roasted. You'll want to remove the skin from the outside and seeds from the inside before eating them, but you can do that as needed when they are thawed. (Some people skin and seed them before freezing...either way works.) If you take a frozen pepper and run it under hot water for a few seconds, the roasted skin comes off easily. Another few seconds and the whole pepper will be thawed enough to cut open and remove the seeds. Protip: Don't rub your eyes when you're peeling green chiles. DAMHIKT.
Good to see you, Dan.