The Fresh Chile Company Podcast

Mar 08 2025 171 ep. 15 mins 3
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Welcome to the Fresh Chile Company Podcast - Enchanting Stories of New Mexico. Tune in to listen to all things New Mexico Chile, and other enchanting facts about New Mexico.

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Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - Coach Lou Henson

Mar 08 2025 15 mins  
When March comes around, well we have March Madness with the wind but the other March Madness of basketball - those of us in New Mexico who enjoy College Basketball are thankful for a 2015 member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, one of 89 coaches in the Hall of Fame. If you attend a basketball game at New Mexico State University’s Pan American Center, you will

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - Elephant Butte Dam and tasty chile

Feb 28 2025 15 mins  
When people look at Elephant Butte Dam in southern New Mexico it looks like it has been there forever. Not so. It is a little more than a hundred years old but it took thousands of people a very long time to complete the dam. And I look at it and think of green and red chile. YUM! There is a very good reason for this. Here is the story about Elephant Butte Dam and Hatch chile. Love

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - No longer out of season chile

Feb 27 2025 14 mins  
Many things have changed over the years, especially in our kitchens. Many years ago, there were absolute vegetable and fruit seasons. In the 1960s citrus was a treat at Christmas usually sold in boxes by the local High School band as a fundraiser. Now perhaps we can say there are no absolute season except Hatch Valley grown chile only grows without freezing temperatures. But it is

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - Unusual New Mexico names

Feb 18 2025 15 mins  
New Mexico is the land of enchantment. Oh, yes, I don’t to tell you that, we all know about the very enchanting New Mexico. But what I find enchanting is some of the place names that are in New Mexico and here are a couple: Bug Scuffle, one of my favorites along with Candy Kitchen, Carrizozo and Tucumcari. Let’s talk about unusual place names in New Mexico. Love this Podcast? C

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - NM's Clyde Tombaugh and Pluto

Feb 13 2025 15 mins  
When the planet Pluto is mentioned, it isn’t often that someone says, oh yes, New Mexico’s Clyde Tombaugh found it 95 years ago February 18th. Is Pluto a planet? It is with me. Not that I spend time looking in the night sky for Pluto. Nope, Pluto is about three billion miles away from the sun so even with a powerful telescope it is not easily seen. Let’s talk about Clyde Tomb

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - The Red and Green question with a focus on Red

Feb 11 2025 15 mins  
Let’s talk about the red, of the red or green question. The official New Mexico question is, red or green? The 1996 New Mexico Legislature passed that Red or Green was officially the state question. It put a spotlight on the New Mexico chile pepper industry. We hear about green in roasting but what about red chile? Let’s talk traditional red, fresh red and the new red chile. Lo

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - The identity of New Mexico: Red and Green chile

Jan 30 2025 15 mins  
When talking about the great state of New Mexico, green and red chile are central in its identity. Where are you from? I’m from New Mexico. Oh, I love the Green and Red chile. You hear that often. But Green and Red chile in the preparation of food used to be very far apart even though they come from the same plant. The culinary use of these green and red chile peppers has changed

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - Unique New Mexico tourist attractions

Jan 26 2025 16 mins  
Tourists come to New Mexico for many reasons. Some destinations are New Mexico unique such as the Taos Hum, the Roswell Space Aliens museum and festival, the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, the White Sands that cling to visitors and the Carlsbad Caverns with all that spectacular space underground. Let’s talk about some unique New Mexico destinations. Love this Podcast? Check out

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - Unusual Old West New Mexico gunfights

Jan 21 2025 15 mins  
Since New Mexico is a big part of the Old West, there are questions about New Mexico gunfighters. Truth be known the people in New Mexico and the Old West didn’t spend their time in bars and getting in gunfights. But there were a few unusual gunfights unlike what Hollywood would put in a Western movie. Let’s talk about some unusual Old West gunfights. Love this Podcast? Check o

Enchanting Stories of New Mexico - Why Hatch Chile is Unique

Jan 15 2025 15 mins  
When it comes to commercially grown chile peppers, there is a special label Hatch Chile. Some people think Hatch Chile is a specific variety of chile peppers like Big Jim or Sandia chile. It is not. Rather, Hatch chile reflects the place in Southern New Mexico where very tasty chile peppers are grown. Hatch Chile only describes the unique Hatch Valley grown chile peppers. There is