Enchanting Stories of New Mexico: The chile blend is the new trend

About this episode

This episode discusses the evolving trends in New Mexico chile, particularly the new blend of red and green chiles.

The use of New Mexico chile has changed over the years. This year is trend is a blend of a taste sensation. The Fresh Chile Company has blends like Hatch grown red chile in ketchup which they call Hatchup. Everyone knows the various varieties of Hatch Valley grown green and red chile are individually wonderful. Here is something new: to blend the red and green chile of a variety. Green Big Jim with Red Big Jim. The new Trend is the red and green Blend. YUM! Love this Podcast? Check out ...

People in this episode

Host: Michael Swickard, Ph.D.

Topics covered

• New Mexico chile
• food trends
• chile blends
• Hatch chile
• culinary innovation

Keywords

• New Mexico
• chile blend
• Hatchup
• Big Jim
• food trends
• culinary
• Hatch Valley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Fresh Chile Company

Products: Hatchup, Green Big Jim, Red Big Jim

Places: New Mexico, Hatch Valley

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