![]() My friend Captain Escalante Tuttle, a very discerning diner, warned me about jumping to conclusions: “ At the risk of being flogged on this blog, I actually like Pueblo Chile. I figured Colorado Governor Jared Polis’s recent contention that Pueblo chile is “the best in the world” and declaring New Mexico chile “inferior” was just political posturing and bluster laced with bovine-excrement. I had fully expected to dismiss Pueblo green chile as a vile pretender…a parody of brown glop to be taken as seriously as salsa made in New York City. You’ll often find chile with two of the three elements, usually piquancy and a fire-roasted flavor, but sometimes the chile is so innocuous you have to wonder if it’s “wussified” so as not to offend anyone. Second, it’s been my experience over the past several years that New Mexico’s green chile doesn’t always have all three elements I consider essential to enjoyment of chile: piquancy, a fire-roasted flavor and sweet, fruity notes. I certainly haven’t tried nearly as much green chile in Colorado as I have in New Mexico. First is a very small sample size of Pueblo chile–two items at one restaurant. My “heretical declaration” is based on two factors. Before you condemn me to an eternity of wailing, gnashing of teeth and non-stop watching of The View, hear me out. “ Next you’re going to tell us the Denver Broncos, not the Dallas Cowboys, are America’s team. That chile, from Pueblo, Colorado isn’t just an “it’ll do” substitute, but a bona fide equal (or superior) to much of the green chile grown in Hatch, Chimayo, Lemitar, Deming, Jarales and any number of other purveyors of chile fecundity across New Mexico. The deepest circle of Hell, where Satan resides, is reserved for history’s worst traitors–Judas Iscariot, Brutus, Cassius…and maybe a certain New Mexico food blogger who not only admits there is wonderful green chile to be found outside the paradise that is the Land of Enchantment he believes it’s possibly just as good, even better than some New Mexico chile. ![]() Their path takes them through the nine circles of Hell where they witness the punishments suffered for all eternity by the souls of deceased sinners. The Dude-Friendly Patio at Gray’s Coors Tavern in Pueblo, Coloradoĭante Alighieri’s classic poem “A Divine Comedy” recounts a spiritual journey in which the author was guided by ancient Roman poet Virgil through hell, purgatory, and paradise.
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