Personally, I always leave the skin on broiled or roasted tomatoes or tomatillos. It makes the sauce look more rustic and adds tremendous flavor. Also, Mary-Anne -- the recipe calls for "40 arbol chiles (1 cup)". It seems to me that one cup would be the volume equivalent of 40 dried chiles de Arbol, not fresh. Any thoughts? By the way, this is a similar salsa preparation to many used by Diana Kennedy for dried chiles. Please clarify. Thanks. Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T. Matthew Evans Geosystems Group School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Chad A Gard Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:33 AM To: Mary-Anne Durkee Cc: Frank J. Hashek; chile-heads@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: [CH] Chile De Arbol On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 08:01 PM, Mary-Anne Durkee wrote: > > Broil, turning occasionally, until charred all over, > 10 or 12 minutes. Transfer to a saucepan along with > the remaining ingredients. Do you peel the tomatoes and tomatillos before transferring to the saucepan, or do you go ahead and include the charred skin? Chad A Gard INCHASE: <http://www.inchase.org> PercussionAdvocates: <http://www.percussionadvocates.com>