[CH] chile prices, etc.

Alex Silbajoris (72163.1353@compuserve.com)
Tue, 9 Feb 1999 07:56:59 -0500

Kids,

After some recent comments about pepper prices, I thought I'd tell you
about my local Kroger.  They generally ask $3.99/lb for "hot" peppers. 
Sometimes the red and yellow bells are the same price, sometimes they're
more expensive.  A few weeks ago they dropped to $1.99, and I was buying. 
Now they're back to $2.99.

Strange, like the way they price mushrooms.  The price hops up and down by
a dollar at the whim of the manager.  Oh well, the retailer has to make
money somehow.  But it pays to shop around...

Speaking of which, I couldn't resist another Odd Lots scouting trip. 
Besides some Old El Paso sauces, there wasn't much except for some battered
cans of  Old Sonora green chiles (27 oz/$.99).  I got two, and used one for
last night's dinner:

Combine in food processor
1 can of green chiles
1/2 onion
5 cloves garlic
pinch of Mexican oregano

simmer 4 split chicken breasts with other stock ingredients
cook 1 cup of rice in 2 cups water
dice 5 or 6 canned chipotles, combine with rice
shred meat off the bone by hand, combine with rice, return bones to stock
pot
(from here the chicken soup is a separate project)

fill 8 large flour tortillas with the chicken/rice mix
arrange in a casserole, spoon green sauce over
sprinkle with grated cheese
bake at 425 until cheese browns

On another note, I visited with CaJohn here in town and learned more
details about a festival coming up here in May.  I left with my jacket
pockets sagging with sauces, some of which I already sampled on last
night's dinner.

     Alex Silbajoris  72163.1352@compuserve.com
     spatula pilot