I've heard stories, from Steve. He's heard stories, from his friend Tony. Really, this is the stuff we talk about. He heard that a local grocery store roasts the chile peppers right out front, and they package them up and you can buy them for about $1.00 a pound. So that takes about an hour off of your preparation time when you're making something like Chile Rellanos. Or Rellenos.
Unfortunately I find the smell of roasting chiles to be an aphrodisiac, so I prefer to roast my own. But finding that smell on a Wednesday while I was shopping for potatoes and corned beef certainly perked up my senses!
I was most certainly the only grocery shopper who had a camera, but I wasn't the only one who stood and admired the show. Kind of like a circus act.
