A basket of fresh harvested green chile waiting to be roasted at Grajeda Hatch Chile Market is seen in Hatch, N.M., on July 12, 2012. New Mexico produced more than 53,000 tons of its most famous crop during the last growing season in 2022, meaning more chile peppers found their way into salsas and onto dinner plates than the previous year. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)