We found two - story builidings that were just loaded
with ristras, and even from a distance we got a whiff of the fantastic aroma.
Not exact matches
I'm an hour south
with nary a
ristra to be seen anywhere.
Houses are adorned
with strings of dried red chiles, called
ristras.
Traditional New Mexican
ristras are made by tying New Mexico red chiles together in clusters of three,
with cotton string (this works
with various other chiles as well).
While the
ristras are sold as is, the single pods are ground to a flavorful powder
with an intense color.
Do not spray the
ristra with lacquer to make it shiny — all that will do is make the peppers inedible.
Using a Chinese ornamental chile plant
with pods only 10 mm in length and a diameter of 2 - 3 mm, the author of «Das Chili Pepper Buch» and «Chili Barbecue» built a
ristra that's only 3.15 inches (8 cm) long.
With Pueblo - style architecture, courtyards behind adobe walls, and colorful
ristras (red strings of chile) hanging outside, the buildings blend into the surrounding residential neighborhood.