Went to N. New Mexico for a too short getaway.
Came back with no fresh chiles, but grabbed a bunch of local produced jarred sauces and stuff.
Costco ABQ is a great place to get some local flavors. Cervantes sauces (red and green) in 3 packs.
A gallon of Sadies hot salsa. Believe the label, it's hot! Reminds me of the old school macho table salsas you used to get with your bowl of chips if you asked for it special at Mexican restaurants.
2 Costco packs of frozen chopped HOT green chiles. I would have preferred med heat but I grabbed what they had. Each pack has 12 smaller envelopes of chopped roasted chile. Looks very nice and conveniently portioned. I have never seen frozen chiles in Costco in AZ.
(Also bought 3 2023 Balloon Festival calendars, ~$4 bucks each. Cheap and pretty to look at, that was my tourist purchase)
Adult beverages: Atapino. Nice for campfire sipping after eating green chile stew.
30 lbs of my beloved NM Pinon coffee beans right at the roastery on Comanche. I know in the past on eG it's been disparaged as "tourist" coffee. I've loved it for decades and will continue to love my "tourist" coffee. I get the med roast beans and I just enjoy that buttery undertone of the pinon nuts in it.
Here's a delicious hot mess of Christmas smothered hash browns in Taos. I was late taking a pic because I was hungry.
