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New Mexico considers roasted chile as official state aroma

FILE - This July 12, 2021 image shows Israel Garcia bagging a batch of roasted green chile at a roadside stand in Hatch, N.M. There's nothing like the sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame. It permeates New Mexico every fall, wafting from roadside stands and grocery store parking lots, inducing immediate salivation and visions of mouth-watering culinary wonders laden with hot peppers. Democratic Sen. Bill Soules is proposing that roasted green chile become the official state aroma. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) FILE - This July 12, 2021 file image shows a basket of fresh harvested green chile waiting to be roasted at Grajeda Hatch Chile Market in Hatch, N.M. There's nothing like the sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame. It permeates New Mexico every fall, wafting from roadside stands and grocery store parking lots, inducing immediate salivation and visions of mouth-watering culinary wonders laden with hot peppers. Democratic Sen. Bill Soules is proposing that roasted green chile become the official state aroma. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) FILE - This July 12, 2021 image shows green and red chile ristras on display at a roadside stand in Hatch, N.M. There's nothing like the sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame. It permeates New Mexico every fall, wafting from roadside stands and grocery store parking lots, inducing immediate salivation and visions of mouth-watering culinary wonders laden with hot peppers. Democratic Sen. Bill Soules is proposing that roasted green chile become the official state aroma. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) FILE - This July 12, 2021 image shows the front of Grajeda Hatch Chile Market in Hatch, New Mexico, where the roasting season is under way. Farmers say the season is shaping up to be a good one. There's nothing like the sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame. It permeates New Mexico every fall, wafting from roadside stands and grocery store parking lots, inducing immediate salivation and visions of mouth-watering culinary wonders laden with hot peppers. Democratic Sen. Bill Soules is proposing that roasted green chile become the official state aroma. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) FILE - This July 12, 2021 image shows a large bowl of roasted green chile at a market in Hatch, N.M. Farmers say the season is shaping up to be a good one thanks to recent rain and cooler temperatures. There's nothing like the sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame. It permeates New Mexico every fall, wafting from roadside stands and grocery store parking lots, inducing immediate salivation and visions of mouth-watering culinary wonders laden with hot peppers. Democratic Sen. Bill Soules is proposing that roasted green chile become the official state aroma. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)