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Default California Green Chiles (Anaheim)


"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>I just picked most of my crop of Anaheim chiles and I've got a LOT. I'm
>>considering charring, peeling, cleaning and freezing the whole peppers.
>>Have any of you ever done this. Sunset Mexican cookbook says that they
>>freeze well at 0F for 9 months or more.
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>> I would also appreciate any ideas you have for use of the Anaheim chiles.
>> I have small ones that would be suitable for chopping or whatever and a
>> lot of beautiful 2 inch wide and 6-8 inch long ones that I would like to
>> use whole. I have one recipe for a chiles rellenos bake, another for
>> stuffed with beans and covered with fresh tomatoes and cheese and baked,
>> and of course, chiles rellenos.
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>> I got an ouch! picking the darn things. They were packed so tightly, so
>> big and the bush was so huge that I couldn't really see what I was doing.
>> I had to use a pruning shears to cut the stems and while holding a hidden
>> pepper for clipping, clipped my pinky finger instead. Actually, I almost
>> sliced a hunk of my finger off. Trying to keep a bandaged finger dry
>> while working in the kitchen is a challenge that is doomed to failure.

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> Ow!
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> This recipe is a fave.
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> http://www.thatsmyhome.com/mainstreetdeli/stuanna.htm

I didn't find a recipe, only a Netflix ad.