All things fall are upon us! For us New Mexicans, that means green chile season… YUM!
One of the things that we promised ourselves when we moved back was to go out and explore this wonderful state more. The saying, “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone” holds very true here. Moving to Austin, we encountered quite a bit of people that would vacation in NM… like come here… on purpose. I kid, of course. New Mexico is a beautiful state. For us, growing up here always felt like we were stuck. That’s why we always wanted to leave. Well, that’s probably why they call this the “land of entrapment”, because somehow it managed to finagle us back. And we’re totally ok with it.
This weekend we decided to pick our own green chile. We never really knew you could do that! When we saw an advertisement on the news for Big Jim Farms we were all for it.
The farm consists of 9 acres. It is free to get in, and you only pay for the chile you pick or the fresh produce they sell in their farmers market.
They have all the chile sectioned off from mild to extra hot. We went straight for the extra hot.
We found that the trick to finding the biggest chiles was to head straight to the back of the farm and skip the first few yards of each row.
After you are finished picking, you can get your chile roasted for $5.
The experience was awesome. My mom and grandma went with us and they had a blast too. We will definitely be doing this again next year.