Johnsons's Garden Centers Text File document - copyright 2002
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Got Chile?
September 2002
Carolyn Utter, Editor

    The aroma is unforgettable and the taste is addictive. Wake up all
you chileheads out there! It's time for fresh, roasted chile peppers
from the chile chompers at Johnson's Garden Centers!

    We've imported a touch of the Southwest at Johnson's with 
professional chile roasters and fresh chile from Hatch, New Mexico.
Whether you prefer a mild green chile flavor or you always head straight
for the hot stuff, we have peppers that will light up your taste buds.
Choose from mild, medium ('Big Jim' variety purchased from Big Jim
himself) and hot chile peppers depending on your pepper tolerance.

    If you've always relied on green chile in a can (something no
respectable chilehead would ever consider) you have a treat in store
when you use  fresh roasted green chile in your favorite Southwestern
recipes. Use roasted peppers and sauces for chile rellenos, breakfast
burritos, enchiladas, tamales, huevos rancheros and more!

    Is it chile or chili? Debates are quite heated (no pun intended) but
for the true connoisseurs in New Mexico, chile is the pepper and chili
is the soup made from ground beef, beans and spices.

    Another fiery debate is whether more than one chile is "chiles" or
"chile." We've wrestled with that one, but not wanting to appear out of
touch we have sided with some of our favorite chileheads and always
refer to multiples as "chile."

    Here are some other chilehead terms you might want to learn:

       Chile flashes--sweating at the brow after eating a hot pepper.
          This hot flash has nothing to do with your age or gender!
          
       Hotluck--a potluck dinner centered on chile dishes. 
       
       Chile fix--one's daily dose of the addictive chile pepper.

    We're roastin' chile at all three Johnson's Garden Center locations
every Friday, Saturday and Sunday (and maybe a day or two in-between
depending on our supply of fresh peppers). For more information about
roasted chile, check our web site at: 

                http://www.johnsonsgarden.com/advice.html

    Stop by Johnson's this weekend for your roasted green chile peppers!