Re: [CH] Greetings from snowy Great Lakes

RisaG (radiorlg@yahoo.com)
Mon, 5 Jan 2004 13:39:11 -0800 (PST) 

Glad your chiles are overwintering well. Most of mine
died but I have 2 still going strong. One has a bud on
it. I also have a Lemongrass plant that has
overwintered very well. The tomatoes all died. I have
2 unidentified chiles in the big window in the
basement. I water it 1x a week, as that is all they
seem to need.

I should fertilize at some point soon too.

We have had no snow for awhile and have had beautiful
weather lately - in the 40's and 50's. Tonight it is
supposed to go down into the 30's and on Wed we are
supposed to get weather like 2 degrees in the a.m. Not
looking forward to standing at Trev's bus stop in that
weather!

Anyway, glad to hear you've found some cheap chile
products to keep you warm! I haven't tasted the El
Yuco Chipotle yet. I didn't see it at Suzie Hot Sauce
in New Hope, the last time I was there. I did get
Chip's HOT Pickled Garlic though. Yummy. Hot as blue
blazes!

RisaG
--- "Jesse [CH1200] G." <CH1200@comcast.net> wrote:
> Greetings and Saludos, CHs, from snowy NW Indiana,
> USA.
> 
> Happy New Year!  Before I get busy / ready after the
> offsprings' 
> holidays from school, I gotta ramble to you-all. 
> That and I gotta head 
> out and SHOVEL this white precipitation on the
> ground.  Oh well. It was 
> 61F (16C) just two days ago. Ay caramba.  At least
> it's the sticky snow, 
> which gives the outdoors a nice post-card winter
> look. The Open Fields 
> and that growing zone are still getting RAINED on, I
> believe.
> 
> The crops here are overwintering OK in the basement.
>  I may have lost 
> one plant in a little pot to lack of watering, but
> most are doing OK 
> with only a little leaf-drop. Doing reMARKably well
> is the neighbor CH's 
> hab triple-bush, in a 2-gallon (or so) pot. I just
> gotta remember to 
> harvest the other plants, the ones with remaining
> pods, before MOLD gets 
> 'em.  AS the next week will be below freezing, I can
> CERTAINLY make use 
> of some heat.
> 
> And now for a shopping report: I just discovered *El
> Yucateco Chipotle!*
> I'm loving THIS.  You-all mentioned it months ago,
> but I didn't see it 
> until recently at my local unionized mega-mart.  As
> others said, it's a 
> little sweet, with low-to-medium heat, vinegar is
> barely there, and it's 
> got a nice "amber/auburn" color to it.  Priced
> similarly, but in a 
> larger size than other El Yuc sauces.
> 
> Items bought but un-used: "EL PATO" brand enchilada
> sauce and "Las 
> Palmas" medium-rated red chile sauce. Both in cans,
> both at about US$1 
> at the local "Big Lots."  "Your thoughts?" CHs?
> 

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