This is a basic sauce that you can make in minutes using powdered Hatch chile. It’s great for covering enchiladas, spooning over tamales, slow-cooking meat, or anything else you might …
Cheese Enchiladas
Here are some of the more familiar rolled enchiladas like are served at most Mexican restaurants. A variety of peppers adds depth and complexity to the sauce. The base peppers …
2023: Looking Ahead
2022 in Review Our first year in business turned out quite good, and rather interesting. The intent was to sell dried chile peppers, powders, and fresh peppers, which we did. …
Sauce Experiment Part 2
I finally finished the sauces and had a chance to try them all out. For tasting, I made wings, a total of 8. Seven sauces plus Frank’s Red Hot as …
Sauce Experiment
I recently realized that I have never done a direct comparison, side-by-side, of the various peppers I grow. I also don’t really care for eating fresh raw peppers – I …
Szechuan Beef
I’m trying to get back into regular postings and keep the recipes coming. Here’s one that I just made using our dried Fiesta Blend Cayennes (along with other fresh peppers). …
Chiles Rellenos
One of our family’s favorite dishes to make with fresh Anaheim or Poblano chile peppers. This is not the traditional way to make them, which is typically with a beaten …
Rethinking, Revamping, Repackaging
As mentioned last time, we have ended up going down a very unexpected path with our candies. Over just the last two weeks it’s become clear that we have stumbled …
Unexpected Turns
In business, you have to be flexible. The market isn’t always what you anticipate it will be. We were powerfully reminded of this recently, when we suddenly found ourselves becoming …
Tucumcari Enchiladas (a family recipe)
My family was originally from Tucumcari, New Mexico, going back at least to the mid 1800’s. I am the first of the family not born there. When I was a …