The gift of chile peppers

GIFT OF CHILE'S Peppers can be used in a variety of ways to make sauces | PHOTO BY ANGELINA LARUE
GIFT OF CHILE'S Peppers can be used in a variety of ways to make sauces | PHOTO BY ANGELINA LARUE

Chile peppers give to us in so many ways, from fresh chiles to pickled varieties, to roasted chiles, dehydrated ones that get ground into powder, and dried ones reconstituted in liquid to make fabulous sauces.

I was gifted a large variety of chiles from a delightful lady I met at a book festival. She and her husband grow many,manyvarieties.Iwould venture to say they grow a larger assortment than an…