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During the late summer months, the aroma of roasted chili peppers can be savored throughout the Arroyo Seco Valley. The quintessential food of New Mexico, the beloved Chili
pepper has a long culinary history. Archeological evidence indicates that the chile was eaten in Mexico 9,000 years ago and was being cultivated in South America
about 7,000 year ago. By the time Cortez invaded the New World in 1519, the Aztecs had developed dozens of varieties of chile. Chile seeds soon arrived in New
Mexico and before 1600, chile plants had sprung up around the state.
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