I recently gave a talk to a local garden club about different ways to preserve the harvest for gardeners who find themselves with too many tomatoes/green beans/peppers/zucchini ripening at once. It occurred to me that some of my readers might find this information useful as well. So, here it is! An overview of home food preservation ...
What to Do with Hatch Chiles
"Is it salsa time," asked the man in the produce section, gesturing toward my bulging bag of green Hatch chiles. "You know you can freeze them," I replied. "Really?" "Sure. You roast them, peel them and then freeze them in bags. That way you have them all year long." "Huh," said the man thinking this over. "Good to know." That exchange happened ...