red chile in the sun

Raw material of awesome spice. Be ready for packing in no time.

First batch of red chile done

JD, Crescencio and Jd

Juvenile Horny Toad

Found him in a sandy area, he was mostly beige and started to change color as I held him.

Crescencio, JD and Cheno setting the red chile out to dry

First red chile to get set out to dry this season.

close up of immature goathead thorns

One plant probably will create hundreds of individual thorns which are actually seed pods. They stick into pretty much everything (tires, shoes, feet, dogs, cats...) and get carried everywhere.

Typical goat head thorn plant spread.

Put a quarter down to show scale. This is a young plant. not big with thorns still green.

goathead thorn plant

Goat head thorns will cover as much are as you let them. Which means they are pretty much everywhere.

goathead sticker

These things are everywhere. I'm so happy they don't grow around here.

Cheno with Crescencio's sunglasses and cap

G G G G unit !!!

Close up of medicine man interior

I got one of these on the suggestion of Cheno. Good call. It was so good. I could only eat half that afternoon.

Interior of the medicine man

Took a bite out of to show the inside. The menu is a standard 8 X 10 sheet of paper (to show scale).

Medicine Man burrito being put together.

Medicine Man $5.49
Steak, Chicken, Bacon, Potato, Green Chile, Milanesa, Cheese

Sante Fe Grill kitchen area

There is a Sante Fe Grill in most Pic Quik convenience stores. She is making some "medicine man" burritos. One of those is mine :).

Katana Teppanyaki Grill - steak and chicken hibachi

Food was good. Didn't do the volcano though

Katana Teppanyaki Grill - its so bright during the day

Other diners at lunch.

inside the sopapilla

you can see the inside of the sopapilla here. these were really good. hot, flakey, crispy. just delicious by themselves or with a bit of honey

My niece Sara taking a bite of a hot sopapilla

Still too hot to hold. :)

nellie's cafe made to order sopapillas

these were too hot to eat when they got to the table.

Nellie's cafe green chile combo plate #8

Plate consisted of 1 chile relleno, 1 taco, 1 green echilada, 1 serving of green chile meat, 1 serving each of rice and beans. So awesome.

the goods.

I think this was an enchilada combo plate