Sentences with phrase «called filas»

On literally any balcony, the chiles are drying as strings (called filas here, much like ristras in New Mexico), and they are a key ingredient in many local dishes.

Five minutes later, Maria brings us that Calabrian specialty, and explains: This is called peperoncini friti, and to fix it, they pick a handful of dried mild red peppers from a string (called fila here, like a ristra in New Mexico).