I rarely venture into "town", meaning Houston proper, but I always find I have to make the really not so far journey when Central Market brings the Hatch Chile to town.
I am not truly fond of roasted Hatch chile, gastronomically, it is more rough on my system than eating a Trinidad Scorpion over the course of 1 hour. I still find my way each year to see what they have "Hatch'd". This year they had a beautiful brochure of all of the Hatchified selections that they were offering including some tasties like various meats, cheeses and bakery items and then a couple of items sound just plain ridiculous, like Cinnamon Vanilla Hatch Gelato. I only gathered a few of the Hatch pods, I still have some in the deep freeze to smoke so my adventure was pretty much just a lookie-lou trip. I did pick up a couple of bakery items, very good but little sign of chile in them.
The Hatch Pepper Cheddar loaf was a bargain, even at $5 a loaf. I am sorry it is gone now. Nice fat Dog Buns, too.
The Hatch chiles were fresh but alas, no red ones again this year. A pretty weak selection of other chiles too.
While I was in town I finally made it to the Urban Harvest Farmers Market to check it out as as a customer and for vendor potentuality. I was late, it was hot but well worth the stop. The Zydeco Dots were playing, I pick up some fresh Texas Wild Shrimp and scoped out the almost non-existent chile pepper scene.
I was happy to see this chile pepper display by one of the community farms. Always happy to see this kind of harvest in the city.
I have to mention this hardworking couple and their Revival Meats. I regret not purchasing any of their pork but I will return to the market even if just for their pork.
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