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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Heating things up in Hatch

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Today we're headed just a couple hours south of Albuquerque to Hatch, New Mexico, a town where the heat doesn’t just come from the sun. It also comes from the signature crop: Hatch, New Mexico chiles. This Small Town, Big Story episode is produced in partnership with Go USA TV.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Close your eyes and try to remember the spiciest thing you've ever eaten.

0:09.2

What did it feel like?

0:11.1

Did your nose start to tingle and run?

0:13.9

Did your ears start to get hot on the tops?

0:17.6

Did your eyeballs sweat and you wanted to scream in pain?

0:22.4

But maybe it also was kinda nice too.

0:29.8

I know the feeling.

0:31.8

I am a spice lover myself.

0:34.7

But whatever spice you and I have experienced, I'm sure it does not compare to what a customer

0:39.6

of Jimmy Lido's pepper shop went through.

0:43.4

This guy going in there and he got a jalapeno putting his mouth and started chewing on his

0:48.0

little face, got red, his eyes got big.

0:50.7

They took off and a couple days later he come back and he said, you know what, you give

0:55.4

me a heart attack, that, take me to the hospital.

0:58.5

Don't worry, the story ends surprisingly well.

1:02.0

The guy hadn't come back to complain.

1:03.8

We got a little more and he saw more 5 pounds of it.

1:06.8

He said that's the hottest thing I've ever eaten all my life.

1:10.3

That's right, he wanted more.

1:13.2

I'm Dylan Therese and this is Alice Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible

1:18.6

and wondrous places.

1:20.3

This small town big story episode is produced in partnership with GoUSA TV and today we're

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