This summer the governors of New Mexico and Colorado got into a fight on

on Twitter. Words were had, umbrage was taken taken but the fight wasn't over tax incentives or highway funding or water rights

instead it all boiled down to this

Colorado's governor had the gall to insult New Mexico's pride and joy.

It's chili peppers.

The latest war of words comes after Colorado's governor made some insulting comments about our

chili. Colorado's governor Jared Polis is claiming the chili in Pueblo is

better than ours. Naturally New Mexico's governor had no choice but to respond in kind.

This morning Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham defended our precious crop on Twitter saying,

quote, if Pueblo Chile were any good, it would have been on national shelves before now.

In New Mexico, chili peppers are everywhere.

Restras of dried chilies hang from every doorway.

They are prominently featured on license plates.

Chili pepper cheeseburgers are part of the standard menu at McDonald's.

I can report they are not very good.

And New Mexico remains the only state in the Union with an official

state question. Red or green. It's chili season right now in New Mexico which

means that the state's chili pepper pride is ramped up to the next level.

That's reporter Rose Evelith, host of the Flash Forward podcast.

There are chili scented candles for sale.

The roads are dotted with big white signs that say fresh

chili this way and every parking lot seems to have a roaster going, tumbling green

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