Re: [CH] From today's Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper - Chimayo
Matt Evans (tmattevans@gmail.com)
Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:29:34 -0400
Well said, Perry. It's funny that you mention how people don't know
much about New Mexico. When my wife and I got married in North
Carolina (we were still living in NM) some of our friends from NM came
to the wedding. When they went to the airport in Raleigh to fly home
-- and this is no joke -- they were told that they needed to go to the
international terminal! This was in 1997! Ahhh....the forgotten
state.
Matt
On 10/27/05, Perry C. Abernethy <pcabernethy@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
> >
>
>