Monthly Archives: July 2012
Early Bird Gets the Scovie
The Scovie Awards are back for their 17th year and the Early Bird Special runs for another 7 days, meaning the deadline is August 5th at midnight for you to receive $10 off each entry. The rules are here and the Entry Form is here. We have new and exciting categories this year. Pre-made tamales and pre-packaged chili categories have been added, as well as a “unique” subcategory to all the main categories. Adding the “unique” subcategory will give you more chances to win with all of your products! Continue reading El Pinto Talks Scovies
El Pinto Salsa has won more than 60 Scovie Awards over the years, and marketing director Sarah Chavez had this to say about the wins: "The Scovies are one of the most important things we do to market our product line. If we win a category we get bragging rights for a year and it helps increase sales of the winning item. The Scovies is the only spicy foods award contest to enter." Continue reading
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Celebrate National Chicken Wing Day with Three-Chile Wings of Fire
These wings are not a traditional New Mexican dish, nor are they genuine "Buffalo wings," but since it’s one of our favorites, and we serve it in New Mexico, we want to share it with you in honor of National Chicken Wing Day. Enjoy! Continue reading
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Tagged buffalo wings, chicken wings, National Chicken Wing Day, recipe, spicy wings
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Play a Little Spanish Roulette with Padrón Peppers
I found the Spanish chiles known as pimientos de padrón at the Downtown Growers Market here in Albuquerque and fried them in olive oil, then dressed them with sea salt. Just excellent! Continue reading
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Tagged chile peppers, Dave DeWitt, fried chiles, Padrón Peppers, shisito, Spanish Roulette
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