Hey everyone! We have great news! The latest official member of our Chili Dog group is Chile Dog 4 (Angie), and she lives in Hatch, New Mexico. Notice we spelled her official title with an "e" instead of an "i" (Chile). Angie says in New Mexico, chile is always spelled with an "e", so we had to use an "e" in her official title. Ha!
Angie is a genuine chile farm farmer's daughter who has done it all on the farm: driving tractors, bucking hay, harvesting chile peppers, preserving chile peppers and cooking chile peppers ("just like Mom"). She knows the valley. She knows the business, and she knows a lot of people. She is going to be giving us regular "crop reports" and other items of interest from Hatch so we can have all the latest news from Hatch and impress all of our "chili friends." Ha! Welcome, Angie! Here is her first report:
"The chile here in the valley is doing real good despite all the rain we have had. The farmers were afraid of root rot because of so much rain, and it can still happen. We got some more rain this past weekend, but the sun is out now. I think everything is okay. We need the rain, but too much will rot the plant. There seems to be a bigger yield per acre this year. It could be because of the rain.
All the chile vendors are roasting chile for the visitors to the valley, and it smells soooooooo good! In all the years I have been here I don't remember so many people in town. And big rigs are all over the valley for the onion crop. It feels like a big city lately! Too much for me! Ha!
I know the vendors are selling lots of chile now, and man it smells so good. I made rellanos last Friday. They were so good, but they were not hot enough for me. Darn! Ha! Later!"
Well, there you have it folks. Let's hope they don't get too much more rain before the harvest is over. Sounds like they've had just the right amount. Thanks for the report, Angie! We are all looking forward to more news from the world-famous Hatch Valley.
Be sure and visit our support website, and learn more about chili peppers. Or is that chile peppers? Ha! (Website no longer available.)
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