It's one of those little things that really bug me.
One uses chilEs to make chilE.
I live in central Illinois and don't have a long enough growing season to start from seed and no place inside to start them, so I buy plants at a nursery at about $2.00 per plant. I'd have to charge a premium price to go commercial.
This past season as I was peeling and chopping tomatoes for salsa (also from my garden) I told my forgetful friend Gabz, that it might be helpful to find an illegal alien to do it for me but you can never find one when you really need him.