On Aug 14, 2:51*pm, Don Martinich > wrote:
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> *Sqwertz > wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:00:51 -0500, BubbaBob wrote:
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> > > Ranee at Arabian Knits > wrote:
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> > >> * *I wish I could have the real thing to try. *I've only ever had the
> > >> canned "hatch" chiles from TJs and they are good, but I'm sure not the
> > >> real thing.
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> > > ALL canned Hatch chiles are fake. Almost always California Anaheims. The
> > > farmers got ripped off for the name by Del Monte long ago. Real Hatch chile
> > > is NEVER canned.
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> > There are Hatch(tm) brand canned Hatch chile products from Hatch, NM. *Are
> > those "fake", too? *And aren't Hatch chiles just Anaheim chiles anyway?
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> > -sw
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> The fresh green chiles shipped from the Hatch Valley at this time of
> year are usually NMSU varieties such as Big Jim, Sandia, New Mexico #20
> and others. They are much more flavorful than Anaheims. I've never had
> the canned ones.

That is true. What I have found not to be true is that NuMex
varieties do not do well elsewhere. I have some Big Jim's that are
wonderful (I'm in St. Louis). I've grown 6-4s too, though never
Sandias or #20s. Not much better than a Big Jim allowed to go red.
For lunch today I harvested two completely ripe jalapenos, and put
them on 4 tacos with one Hass avocado, some chopped round steak and
fresh picked cherry tomatoes.
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> D.M.

--Bryan