Why are green chiles roasted?

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Isidro Hernandez pours a bushel of chiles into a roaster
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Isidro Hernandez pours a bushel of chiles into a roaster Sept. 10 at Musso Farms in Pueblo County. People travel from throughout the region to buy Pueblo chiles.

Rocky Musso, Jr. operates his family’s multi-generational farm in Pueblo
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Rocky Musso, Jr. operates his family’s multi-generational farm in Pueblo County where they raise all types of crops. The are especially known for their variety of Pueblo Chiles.

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Seeds from which the now enormously popular Pueblo Chile developed by Mike Bartolo are derived.
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A display at the Musso Farms market shows off the seeds from which the now enormously popular Pueblo Chile—developed by Mike Bartolo—are derived.

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