The chiles are allowed to dry in New Mexico's warm sun and low humidity (here in Florida, we need to
store ristras indoors in air - conditioned rooms).
Not exact matches
When a butcher shop has a chile pepper in its signage and
ristras are dangling from the ceiling, chileheads are almost automatically drawn into the
store.
Although
ristras are highly decorative, this method of drying and
storing the chiles was originally ment to be a supply for the kitchen.