Prairie Fare: Spice up your menus with hot chili peppers

“I think the chili peppers burned the skin off my lips,” I mumbled after I finished my enchilada. With skinless lips, it’s hard to say b’s and p’s. OK, I’m exaggerating a little. We were dining in an authentic Mexican restaurant in New Mexico. My entree was a little spicier than the foods we are served in the Midwest.

By: Julie Garden-Robinson, INFORUM