Usain Bolt and the 40 Yard Dash.

My son reported to me today that Usain Bolt could run the 40 yard dash in about 4 seconds and some change. I read that his recent 400-meter clocked in at about 23 miles per hour.

On my bicycle I do about 18 mph on a flat service and at a steady pace. Usain Bolt could beat me at a 400 meter race if he started at a stand still running and I started at a roll on my bicycle.

Can he catch a football?

Top Ten Things to Do at Hatch Chile Festival:

The top ten things you should do at Central Market's Hatch Chile Festival:

1. If they are giving a sample and it has a chile in the ingredients, take it.

2. Purchase a very cold drink.

3. Stop by the salad bar, admire the fresh vegetables and display. No purchases here today.

4. Find the free sample of the hot chile sausage wrap. Get one.

5. Walk through the store and see what other samples are available. Taste all.

6. Put on disguise glasses and mustache and go back for another Hatch Chile sausage sample. Use foreign accent when saying, thank you.

7. Enjoy a 16 ounce Shiner summer ale or some such draft beer.

8. Buy one of everything with a chile in it.

9. Stop by Costco on the way home, you need a deep freezer.

10. Thank God you live in Texas.

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Okay that took me about 10 minutes -- what am I missing?

Hatch Chile Festival. Weekends: Aug. 21 and Aug. 28.

2014 Update:
Hatch Chile Festival August 6 - August 19. Just go you won't be disappointed.
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My favorite Central Market event. The Hatch Chile Festival. The following is taken directly from their website.

It's always been Central Market's claim to flame – each August, more than eight full truckloads of these beauties are delivered from Hatch, New Mexico, the Chile Capital of the World, as part of a celebration so big it takes not one, but two weekends to do it right. This time of year, we take our usual delicious recipes and add Hatch Chiles for an extra kick. Make sure to pick up your favorites, and look for our Hatch Chile cookbook, filled with Hatch-heavy recipes from savvy Central Market cooks – our shoppers! Mild or hot, fresh or roasted, toasted or diced, it is – at last – that Hatch time of year!

I think my first introduction to Central Market was in the parking lot of the store maybe six months before it opened and when they were having their first Hatch Chile event. They had a small kiosk in the parking lot with a grill and plenty of Hatch Chiles. They handed me a hot Hatch Chile sausage link wrapped in a flour tortilla. Right off the grill. One bite and I was in chile heaven. I still buy them every year.

Have a favorite Hatch Chile product? Fill me in. Thanks.
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Central Market's annual Hatch Chile Festival
August 21 – August 23 & August 28 – August 30

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