Almost time again for the Hatch Chile Festival—I bet any day now bushels upon bushels will start arriving at Central Market in Austin, Texas, where they are spend hours outside in a smoker before being mixed into sausages, chiles, and salsas. I can't promise that my District hatch party will compare, but that's my plans for Labor Day Weekend. Who's in?
P.S. Who wants to help me build a smoker?
P.S. 2 Uh, who wants to mail me a festival's worth of hatch chiles? (Sometimes Texas feels very far away.)
Posted by Kriston at August 17, 2004 12:21 PMI'll help build a smoker! Although I have to confess I have no idea how you go about doing that. Line a closet with tin foil and start a wood fire inside it? There are probably nuances I'm missing...
Posted by: tom at August 17, 2004 3:16 PMWho needs experience when there's an Internet around—this plan looks about right to me! The finished smoker has two exhaust stacks and a trailer hitch. We're going to need a blowtorch.
Posted by: Kriston at August 17, 2004 3:28 PMFollowing your link up there - a chile roaster looks much smaller and easier to make. But you could probably still use a blowtorch.
Posted by: susan at August 17, 2004 3:35 PMcheck the Good Eats website. they had a show once on how to make a smoker out of clay pots from garden ridge and an electric burner. danny and i wanted to make one when we still planned on living togehter.
Posted by: matty at August 17, 2004 7:04 PMMatty, is this what you're talking about?
Looks feasible...
Posted by: tom at August 17, 2004 8:55 PMThat's the one from the episode; made some dope looking smoked salmon. Alton Brown is so the man when it comes to making cool shit for cooking...
Posted by: Mike D at August 17, 2004 10:59 PMPlease don't burn down D.C. in pursuit of the perfect smoked chile. Sounds like a great time. We'll have barbecue here but I'll throw on some chiles in honor of your festival. Remember to say a prayer for the Seminoles...
Sept. 6 (Labor Day) Florida State at Miami, 8:00 PM ET
--scott
Posted by: j.scott barnard at August 18, 2004 8:38 AMYou know, Hatch chiles freeze pretty well. Maybe you can get Central Market to ship some for you.
Posted by: Charles Kuffner at August 18, 2004 4:40 PMactually, tom, this is the episode, and there's no diagram online. i am, however, working on my own post-it note diagram because i don't want to do anymore work today. i'll have that online shortly, hopefully.
Posted by: matty at August 18, 2004 6:21 PMKuff, that's an idea worth following up on. One of my old roommates used to buy tons and keep 'em in the freezer for chili stock. 'Cause really, they're great all year long . . .
Posted by: Kriston at August 18, 2004 7:16 PMwas it -- like his "spaghetti" -- the spiciest chili stock in the world?
Posted by: matty at August 19, 2004 2:17 AMHa ha, Devin, not Adam.
Posted by: Kriston at August 19, 2004 8:05 AMOff topic, but my blog is broke. Guess I'm on a break . . .
Posted by: Kriston at August 20, 2004 10:53 AMI am going to show a picture to my husband to see if he will build a chili roaster. I'll let you know how it turns out.
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