Mmmmmmm.....Fall in New Mexico. Your e-mail brought a tear to my eye, Sue. Please don't remind me of the fact that I so stupidly left NM several years ago....never should have moved.... Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T. Matthew Evans Geosystems Group School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355 URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Sue Bonar Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:58 AM To: Chile-Heads Subject: [CH] chile pickin' hey fellow ch's, just thought I'd relay this. Went out picking chile this past weekend (just green), and this has got to be the best looking crop of chiles I've seen for quite a while. The chiles were huge, and we didn't pick anything less than about 6 inches long (can anyone say rellenos?). Even this late there was plenty of green and they all looked so fabulous we could be really picky about which ones to pull. We picked 26 pounds in about a half hour and had them roasted there. Total cost: $8. Lujan's (the farm we went to) always has several varieties - we picked the extra hot (which I think is the sandia variety but I'm not sure). All I can say is thank god we didn't get the xxx hot because some bites of the xhot were screaming. Not that I'm complaining - I just had to eat more regular food between bites of chile! =) Anyway, I'm sure we'll be out there again this weekend to pick more green if there's any left, and to start picking the red. It was really hard not to pick red already since half the chiles have already turned. I had to keep reminding myself "the green is going away first!" Sue Las Cruces, NM