by Dave DeWitt and Nancy Gerlach Recipes: Corn and Potatoes with Two Chiles Papas con Tomates Squash Soup with Chile Sauce “The fruit [of the Peruvian Uchu chile] is as indispensable to the natives as salt to the whites.” ‑‑Friedrich Alexander von Humboldt, 1814 For more than 10,000 years, mankind has been …
Cooking with Fresh Chile Peppers
Fresh Red Chile Most chile lovers are familiar with New Mexican green chiles, which are the large (5″ to 10″), fleshy, mild chiles that are also called Anaheim chiles. (Anaheim is actually a variety of New Mexico chile, as are Sandia, Big Jim, etc.) These same green chiles are the immature stage of the New Mexico red chiles, which are …
Pepper Gardening 101
By Dave DeWitt Hundreds of articles and at least one book– The Pepper Garden— have been written on the home and commercial cultivation of the Capsicums, so there’s far too much information to go into great detail in this section. This is designed as a basic gardening guide for beginners using organic techniques. The Strategy The combination of long growing …
Heat Scale Updated
by Dave DeWitt In 1989, with the help of Dr. Ben Villalon of the Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Station and Dr. Paul W. Bosland of New Mexico State University’s Department of Plant and Environmental Science, I compiled and published the first chile heat scale in Chile Pepper magazine. The heat scale proved to be enormously popular and was reprinted (sometimes …
Rubs, Marinades, and Sauces
Barbecuing and Grilling with Flair by Nancy Gerlach, Fiery-Foods.com Food Editor Emeritus Recipe Index: Texas-Style Beef Brisket Grilled Artichokes with Chile Dipping Sauce Fourth of July Barbecue Baked Beans Spit Roasted Chicken with Spicy Wild Rice Stuffing Blackened Red Snapper Barbecue cooks have individual preferences about the proper meats and sauces to use, which differ from region to region. …