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Article: Chile crazy in New Mexico. (includes related articles)
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- Sunset
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- September 1, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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CHILE PEPPERS POSSESS A MAGICAL spell that captivates hotheads all over the world. Nowhere in the West is this more evident than in Hatch, New Mexico, where, for the last 21 years, chile fanatics have flocked to a small dust-swept airport to eat, smell, and buy chiles at a two-day Labor Day weekend festival.
Festivities start Saturday morning as the parade rolls through downtown. Banners proclaiming "Chile! Gotta have it!" decorate a flatbed float; on board stands a robber caught stealing chiles from the First National Bank. The Ben Archer Health Center entry offers a prescription for the Hatch community, "Rx: Chile. Eat three times daily in generous amounts." The ...