Re: [CH] LAND OF ENCHANTMENT

Linda Hutchinson (lipant@sympatico.ca)
Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:14:10 -0500

Shall I plan for a quick visit, too, Sue?

Linda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Bonar" <sbonar@nmsu.edu>
To: "Linda Hutchinson" <lipant@sympatico.ca>
Cc: "Chile Heads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] LAND OF ENCHANTMENT


> Sorry about that - rellenos here are generally made with Big Jim or 
> Parker chiles.
> 
> There is a lot of the "haves" and "have-nots" and it seems to be getting 
> worse as a lot of people from California are selling their dinky home 
> for a half million or more, coming here, buying property, building 
> lavish homes and retiring. Fine for them I'm sure, but it is driving the 
> property prices through the roof, and families that have lived here for 
> generations are no longer able to afford property taxes. There's a fight 
> now because the city wants to "renovate/improve" one of the old 
> districts here, which basically means that the people who live there 
> currently won't be able to remain there. It's a shame to see what 
> happened in Santa Fe happening here. While I don't have a problem with 
> improvements, I just wish the city would see more than dollars signs 
> when they make decisions and be a little more foward thinking in their 
> planning. Ah well, I'm sure we're not the only place with such problems. 
> At least the corruption seems to be slowly receding.
> 
> Sandy, I'm sure you'll love Santa Fe during Christmas - it's beautiful. 
> There is something spiritual/magical about that city - it's in the air, 
> even. I haven't really been to the Midwest much, just seen photos mostly.
> 
> We had some family visit from CA a couple of weeks ago, and one of the 
> things they wanted to do was eat Mexican food. It's pretty nice to run 
> out of time for their visit before we ran out of good places to eat 
> (without duplicating them). They were here for a week. Whenever I travel 
> anywhere, I'm craving the food from Las Cruces within a couple of days. 
> We don't call it the "Land of Entrapment" for nothing!
> 
> Sue
> 
> Linda Hutchinson wrote:
> 
>> OK... now you know SOMEONE will ask... what kind of chilies do they 
>> use for rellenos?  I for one, up here in Canada, am horrified to find 
>> that any of the 2 or 3 restaurants that make this use chilies with 
>> absolutely no heat at all.
>>
>> Linda
> 
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