Talk:Ristra

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NOT especially in New Mexico
Ristra just means string, so whether it's peppers, onions, garlic or whatever, it's still a ristra.

Also the comment of "especially New Mexico"...totally wrong. All over the world, people have been weaving peppers, onions, etc. into braids, or ristras, for winter storage and use. New Mexico didn't invent the method, nor is it the first or only area to do it in the States, much less the world.

So, a ristra, in the culinary/horticultural sense, is simply produce braided into a string or strung, literally, by tying with string, originally for storage purposes, but they are also often used decoratively.

If you want to expand this, you could list some of the kinds of things that may be made into ristras -- not all onions/garlic/peppers are appropriate, they must be ones that dry and store well. You might include some information on how the items are traditionally prepared for ristra-making, how they are strung or braided and so on.

But you really need to take a better look into the history and global usage of food-based ristras at least. Zlama (talk) 02:35, 4 February 2012 (UTC)