On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:27:17 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:31:33 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2010-08-12, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>> The store only had about 30 peppers - it's the very beginning of the
>>> season. 3 of them were orange/red, so I grabbed those 3 and 2 poblanos.
>>
>> Short of planting my foot in the vendor's chest with a shotgun at his
>> throat, I figure the whole "hatch" chile scam is jes that. Even if I
>> do git a real "hatch" chile, what do it get? World's greatest
>> orgasm/job/gas price!? GTF outta here.
>
>I don't think they're anything special. They have a unique flavor that I
>like but can live without.
>
>But they're cheap in season 0- half the price of year-round poblanos or
>anaheim, but a bitch to skin. My gas broiler actually works pretty well
>for that. Better then the stove. And they do smell goods roasting.

We don't get them here so I've never had one. Around here Melrose is
the big summer pepper. We fry them and have them on sausage or beef
sandwiches or mixed with eggs on a sandwich. They're pretty sweet.
You just gotta love summer wherever you live.

Lou