Re: [CH] From today's Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper - Chimayo
Perry C. Abernethy (pcabernethy@comcast.net)
Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:52:05 -0600
The first chile strains grown by the colonial Spanish in New Mexico
were in Velarde and Chimayo in 1598. The chile here earlier and grown by
the pueblo indians along the Rio Grande along with corn, squash and
beans. (All still grown here) The Velarde and Chimayo chile are the
primeval stock for most of our other chiles, including the Espanola,
Analheim, Big Jim, etc. Yes, chile is the main topic of conversation in
New Mexico, and we are very proud of it. In fact the state question is
"red or green or Christmas?" One of our universities has dedicated a
great deal of its resources and researd to creating a Chile Pepper
Institute and researching and creating new strains.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/agnic/chile.html When my Dad would go to
to New Jersey on business they didn't even know New Mexico was in the
United States and sometimes think its all desert here, like Arizona.
They even think they have the oldest churches, capitols and buildings in
the United States. Alas, they do not know their history or their
geography. New Mexicans have long thought it very interesting to talk
about chile, even on the internet. Just as a restored historical
building is news, for us a restored historical chile is news-tremendous
news.
----- Original Message -----
From: "=Mark" <mstevens@exit109.com>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] From today's Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper - Chimayo
> And tomatoes are a big deal in Jersey, but the media has stopped short
> of claiming they were the most interesting story.
>
> At 01:10 PM 10/26/2005, Bob Newell wrote:
>>Chile is a really big deal in our state...
>>
>>On 10/25/05, =Mark <mstevens@exit109.com> wrote:
>> > At 05:59 PM 10/24/2005, you wrote:
>> > >While there are plenty of red chile products that carry the
>> > >Chimayó
>> > >label, most aren't grown there, said Rick Homans, the state's
>> > >secretary for economic development. The attempt to trademark
>> > >Chimayó
>> > >chile "is the most exciting endeavor in the state, currently," he
>> > >said.
>> >
>> > Must be a pretty slow news year in New Mexico...
>> >
>> >
>> > =Mark
>> >
>> > * Homer: Lisa, honey, are you saying you are never going to
>> > eat any
>> > animal again? What about bacon?
>> > * Lisa: No.
>> > * Homer: Ham?
>> > * Lisa: No.
>> > * Homer: Pork chops?
>> > * Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal...
>> > * Homer: Heh, heh, heh. Oh, suuure Lisa. A wonderful, magical
>> > animal!
>> >
>> > http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
> =Mark
>
> * Homer: Lisa, honey, are you saying you are never going to eat
> any
> animal again? What about bacon?
> * Lisa: No.
> * Homer: Ham?
> * Lisa: No.
> * Homer: Pork chops?
> * Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal...
> * Homer: Heh, heh, heh. Oh, suuure Lisa. A wonderful, magical
> animal!
>
> http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens
>