{"id":29309,"date":"2026-08-19T17:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=29309"},"modified":"2026-08-19T17:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:59:55","slug":"first-post-wednesday-august-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/08\/19\/first-post-wednesday-august-19-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Wednesday, August 19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sign outside Bristol Farms, located on southeast corner of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t frequent the snob chichi grocery shoppes, you might not be aware that it\u2019s currently Hatch Chile Season, uppercase lettering intended, since Hatch Chile Season Is Apparently A Big Annual Thing Among The Haute Cuisine Aficionados, And Probably Even Among The Middlebrow-Types, Too. Again, for the people who don\u2019t go near the premium-priced sellers of top-shelf foodstuffs, it\u2019s time to let you know that we are now in HATCH CHILE SEASON, all-uppercase intended as a visual aid to denote SHOUTING. SHOUTING!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Maybe in the last 10 yrs. or so, we\u2019ve been conditioned to accept that around this time of August, we should get ready to buy, cook & eat these special Hatch chile peppers, which are to be elevated & prized above every other kind of chile pepper because marketing. Marketing! You know, like \u2018got milk?\u2019 and \u2018the Other White Meat\u2019 and \u2018Hass avocados\u2019 etc. The once-a-year nature of the availability of the Hatch chile pepper only adds to the frenzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the beginning, it was all pretty innocuous, this Hatch Chile Season stuff. They started small, focusing on the peppers themselves, how you might be enticed and delighted to chop them up; for example, to spice-up a salsa or corn salad, with a little bit of that Hatch, N.M., terroir, that city being the only place on Planet Earth that could grow Hatch chile peppers. Back then, roasting or grilling the peppers was also an introductory recommendation, such that you could enjoy them in a taco or accompanying some chicken fajitas or carne asada etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now Hatch Chile Season has become a giant food phenomenon on the verge of becoming part of perhaps every bite you take, every dish you make, every cake you bake \u2014 whether or not you opt-in! As you can see from the sign shown in today\u2019s snapshot lede, we\u2019ve reached Peak Hatch Chile. It\u2019s insinuating its way into…sushi! Gouda cheese! What\u2019s next: Hatch cornflakes? Hatch donuts? Hatch-a matcha? AGAIN, IT\u2019S HATCH CHILE SEASON, SO EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE \u2014 as long that everything includes a Hatch chile pepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re a Hatch fan, godspeed! If things get too hot for your lips, mouth & tongue to handle, you can always take a little sip of creamy, cooling milk or yogurt to lower the temperature. And if you\u2019re not a Hatch fan, just be patient and wait it out a couple more weeks, in which case you\u2019ll be good to go for the next eleven-and-a-half months approximately. We report, you decide!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of post-bedtime highlights from last night\u2019s (Tuesday\u2019s) late action: at St. James-Winnipeg, Man.<\/strong>, #1 Piccata Prince<\/strong> (.238 Win Prob \/ 3.20-1 Fair Odds \/ 3.92-1 Premium Odds) served-up your Race 7 finale<\/strong> at $10.60<\/strong>; at New Cumberland, W.Va.<\/strong>, it was another Race 7<\/strong>, though not the finale, in which #1 Lost Bikini<\/strong> (.381 \/ 1.62 \/ 1.99) found the top at $6.60<\/strong>, and your winning $36.40 exacta<\/strong> was completed by #6 Romantic Jewel<\/strong> (.202 \/ 3.95 \/ 5.19), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $24.63.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to your today (Wednesday)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Canandaigua, N.Y., opener<\/strong> was won by #3 Seams Like Destiny<\/strong> (.281 \/ 2.56 \/ 3.16) at $11.64<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Shelbyville, Ind.<\/strong>, Race 6<\/strong> was lousy with firsters, and the best of the experienceds was #4 Cash Per Trip<\/strong> (.339 \/ 1.95 \/ 2.45), who got the money at a sorry-not-sorry $8-even<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Grantville, Penna.<\/strong>, Race 7 finale<\/strong> had a late scratch that elevated #3 Bourbon Time<\/strong> (.226 \/ 3.42 \/ 4.31) to playable status, and he responded with good legs and a smooth finish to win at $10.20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Race 4<\/strong> from Erie, Penna.<\/strong>, had a late scratch that propelled #5 Alexander K<\/strong> (.273 \/ 2.66 \/ 3.40) into playability, which resulted in a win at $10-even<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Race 5<\/strong> from Saratoga Spgs., N.Y.<\/strong>, #6 True Legend<\/strong> (.282 \/ 2.55 \/ 3.26) mapped-out a win in a field lousy with lousy with firsters at a sorry-not-sorry $10.46<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To end this evening now, two Race 7s ahead from Assiniboia<\/strong> & The Mountain<\/strong>, plus a bonus Race 8 finale from the latter…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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