In New Mexico your waiter will always ask "Red or Green?" ... you get the picture. (And yes, we do spell "chile" with an "e" in the Land of Enchantment.)
"Chili represents your three stages of matter: solid, liquid and eventually gas." ~ from the TV show Roseanne
"What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?" ~ Lin Yutang
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