2024 Hatch Chile Festival!!!

[58limited]

Great post. Last week I bought 50 lbs of red Hatch from the Fresh Chile Co. Prices and shipping are higher this year so I left the website with chilies in the shopping cart to think about it and Lauren from Fresh Chile Co. texted me, said they noticed the unpurchased items in the cart, and offered me a discount code - this was within less than 20 minutes of my adding the chilies to the cart. Great company!

[barelfly]

That is nice! Glad you were able to get a good bunch shipped!

[Jim White]

Still on my bucket list!

[barelfly]

You would have to make a trip early September and than back first week of October to Albuquerque for the balloon fiesta!

[Jerod Broussard]

That is pretty cool. I'm only used to animal festivals with the occasional Rice or Yambilee festival.

Look up Welker Farms on YouTube, one of those guys could be your twin.

[barelfly]

Will check that out!

[barelfly]

For those of you interested in seeing the Hatch Chile Festival from a video perspective, the YT Channel Marcy Inspired was there and posted this video from Saturday. You’ll get to see a bit of the parade that kicks off the day for Saturday along with the various shops as well as interviews from out of state guests.

[HawkerXP]

Thanks for sharing! looks like a fun time!

[RichieB]

I used tonight on a smash burger. Really amps up the heat with a great taste.

[barelfly]

Green chile cheese smash burger!!! One of my favorites! Glad you liked it Richie!

[captainlee]

Great pictures, thanks. Went to the Pueblo festival last year but yours is the real deal.

[58limited]

Grrr...I contacted Fresh Chile Co. by phone and e-mail last week to let them know that I was going to be out of town this week and not to ship the chilies this week. They told me via phone and e-mail that the chilies would not ship until October so there wouldn't be any problems. Tonight at 6:05 pm, 5 minutes after they closed, I got an e-mail saying my chilies would ship tomorrow 9/25/24 and to contact them by Monday at 8am with issues - Monday was yesterday

I called and left a message, e-mailed, and messaged through facebook. Hopefully they can hold the shipment but I suspect it will go out before they get my messages which means it will arrive Friday while I'm 200 miles away. Thankfully I had them shipped to my office and they can sit in the a/c until I return on Sunday. Hopefully they will still be fresh. Yeah, I really want to roast 50 lbs of peppers Sunday afternoon after driving across Texas.

[58limited]

Got in touch with them today, they said they were surprised too: the farm just decided to ship early and didn't tell them. They had numerous people call with similar situations to mine. They got my shipment stopped and will send it next week. So far, every interaction I've had with Fresh Chile Co. been great!

[glitchy]

barelfly So jealous. I watch more STCG, but Kent is definitely second on my youtube watch list and definitely a far more gracious humble saint. Nothing but respect for that guy and so happy for you to get to meet him.

[Bkhuna]

This is on my retirement bucket list.

[barelfly]

For my Hatch Chile lovin’ friends!!!! This is a dang good cider!!!!!

[RichieB]

I went to the website. No where to nbe found. I'd order some.

[barelfly]

I found this in Truth or Consequences, gonna go back tomorrow to the store and see if they have any more. It is a limited release, so may be out of luck!

[barelfly]

RichieB - supposedly my Total Wine has this in stock as well. Do you have Total Wine stores near you? Perhaps you could get it that way?

[RichieB]

No I don't. I also checked on the website if available locally. I plugged in within 50 miles. Zippo came up. Thanks for the suggestion.