When the chili arrived I immediately opened the sack and snapped one chili and put the stem end piece in my mouth (a chili connoisseur) and chewed on it until it was rehydrated. I should have stopped sooner. Wow, it was very hot, just exactly what I ordered and needed to make hot tamales. We have a tradition, since 1975, and make tamales on Christmas Eve. We've done this while my wife an I were in the Air Force all over the world. Our friends both Americans and natives of the country loved them. We relied on our parents to send us the stuff needed to make them. Not readily available in other parts of the world. Now we have Hatch Chili company to supply us with all the New Mexico chili, red or green and we look forward to the season when it comes available. Just like New Mexicans, our friends up here in the Great White North, U P of Michigna, also enjoy when we roast green chili, cook burgers and drink cold beer. Summers here are beautifu with all the woods and now, winter, where we get snow almost everyday. Thank You The Hatch Chili Store for being here. Manuel Vigil MSgt USAF (RET94) Little Lake, Michigan.