We headed down to Pueblo for the Annual Chile and Frijole Festival.
In many ways it was a typical festival with lots of vendors selling everything from cell phones to meat on a stick and funnel cake.
Except for the Chiles
That was out of this world !!
Ristras of New Mexican Chiles strung up for buying
Guys heaving bushels of red and green chiles into the roasters & blasting them with fire to get the skins off.
Check out this video to see some chile roasting
The chile food was fabulous!!
Chile rolls were everywhere.
We had green chiles stuffed with cheese rolled in a flour tortilla wrapped in bacon then fried in oil
I even had a slopper! A hamburger on half a bun smothered in green chile with onions.'
We bought all kinds of things (including dehydrated refried beans) and drove back to Colorado Springs with half a bushel of fresh roasted green chiles in the trunk.
