Originally Posted by
marais
One of these days I'm gonna trek out to Hatch NM, the epicenter of the US chile universe...I would so love to be able to fly a sackful of roasted chiles home.
The Hatch Chile festival is going on right now at my local grocer, Central Market. they purchase a bunch of the chiles and bring them to Houston for sale in the market. They will roast them on site for you too, it you want. They will also make a bunch of special products during this time for purchase, such as sausages with hatch chiles, cheese with hatch chiles, etc.
I'd love to go to Hatch and see all the festivities they have there. I bet it's a lot of fun.