[CedarDave]

Harris Teeter on Capitol Hill is almost out according to Coleman, but he lists alternative locations in the DC area for locals to get their fix, including Harris Teeter at Pentagon Row near Pentagon City Mall (roasting it outside the store this weekend) and at Wegman’s in Maryland and Virginia.

(BTW, the aroma of roasting green chiles is as much of the tradition as the chiles themselves. It's like freshly brewed coffee or fresh popcorn - an aroma that once you smell it, you never forget and are drawn to when smelled again.)

[CedarDave]

[drunknsage]

Hatch peppers are the GREATEST!!

I grew tons of em last season. I had to use seeds this year as there werent any plants for sale. My peppers came out mutants and appears they crossed with a bell pepper. There’s always next season =P

We stuff hatch peppers with cream cheese, feta, and wrap in bacon. Roast them till the bacon is crispy. Now I’m hungry!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Anaheim chile

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

The included link to the ABQ Journal requires a financial data gathering response prior to accessing the article.

I believe that link shoudl be pulled.

[JRandomFreeper]

I've been growing them in the garden. I had WAY too many this year.

I like to roast 'em, peel 'em, and stuff 'em. That's some good eats.

/johnny

[Nifster]

I love Hatch green chilies. Nothing like a good chili stew made with em

[Fungi]

Much ado about nothing. I love chilies and eat about 20 Thai chilies a day, in fact I cannot enjoy a meal without a bite of Thai chilies with every bite of food; my taste buds are gone. Hatch chilies are nothing more than Anaheim chilies grown in Hatch, New Mexico. Their “heat” is measured in Scoville units, but their “heat” is dependent on a number of factors including how much sun they get, age, variety of seed and others. Enjoy your chilies.

[Riley]

(BTW, the aroma of roasting green chiles is as much of the tradition as the chiles themselves. It's like freshly brewed coffee or fresh popcorn - an aroma that once you smell it, you never forget and are drawn to when smelled again.)

When I drove across the US in 2003, I stopped at Walmart in Carlsbad NM to replace a damaged gym bag. As I got out of the car, I smelled the aroma that you're talking about, and saw a long line of people holding cardboard boxes in front of the store. As I got closer, I saw a big, spinning wire drum on a pushcart over jets of flame- people were queued up waiting to have their peppers roasted. I can still smell them in...my mind's nose.

[publana]

HEB in Kerrville TX has them too. We grabbed a sack of them Sunday.

[Rebelbase]

A woman I work with has family in NM who send her 50lbs of fresh Hatch every year.

Last season she gave me a bag of ones she had roasted. Best green chilies I’ve ever eaten.

[machman]

I moved to New Mexico in 2005 and moved away in 2008 to North Carolina, and just moved to east Texas for a new job after getting laid of last year (thanks Obama).

I got hooked on New Mexican green chiles when I lived there. I would shoot for the green chile hat trick, chiles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I have been looking for some around here, but they don’t really make it this far east in Texas. I was reading up on what Harris Teeter is doing, and its not just in the DC area, I think they are now in the Harris Teeter that was just down the road from where I lived in NC, and may have last year and I didn’t even know.....

I think Hatch/New Mexican Green Chiles are finally starting to be a “thing”, I hear of them in many more places now.... I had never even heard of them before moving there...

[riri]

When I (briefly) lived in NC, I was ordering it from NM Connection.com. I was paying about $65 for four or five frozen bags. Worth every cent too.