Whither the Poblanos?

I bopped into Shaw's Supermarket to pick up the on sale butternut squash, and decided to strafe by the International Foods.  There I found the Verde Sauce, and plucked a can from the shelf.  As expected, no poblanos.  Whither the poblanos, New England?

The curried butternut squash soup was totally 100% delicious, a vegetarian delight for meatless Monday dinner.  Yesterday I assembled my chicken enchilada ingredients.  Opened the Verde sauce and tipped the spoon into it.  Disappointment!  Sort of a metallic taste but not much true flavor.  Awfully thin, too.

Cheeseparer to the rescue.  I broiled my peppers: Anaheim, jalapeno and mystery, and peeled and seeded them.  Tasted the "mystery" pepper which the supermarket guy didn't recognize (New England, again) and didn't not know how hot it was.  It was hot, hot, hot, so I only used half.

Into my trusty Cuisinart went the so-so verde sauce, a big handful of fresh cilanro, the peppers, some  fresh from the garden dried oregano, and a pinch of cummin.  A judicious amount of salt and pepper.  Whirl away.

Tasted my concoction.  Spicy but flavorful, with some resonance, which the canned sauce alone lacked.  The enchiladas had the standard preparation.  Sauce in the bottom of the baking pan.  Stuffed with chicken, Mexican cheeses and a tablspoon of sauce. Rolled and placed in pan, and topped with remaining cheese and sauce.  Ran a little short of cheese and used a bit of Parmesan.  Cooking is an inexact art, except for baking.

Baked the enchiladas covered in foil for 35 minutes.  They were delish.  Served with refried beans from the can, just heated in a skillet, and a salad of tomatoes, lettuce and avocado.  A nice Mexican meal.

 The $4.50 chicken provided 6 main course servings plus a snack(leg) and a lunch (thigh).  I already had everything in the pantry except the green sauce.  Next time, I'll hope Whole Foods has tomatillos, or try MexGrocer.com for canned tomatillos.  Still don't know what that spicy yellow pepper was. Ideas?
Tonight is the rest of the meal, a duplicate of last night's.  Looking forward to it.

Keep a well-stocked pantry of provisions purchased when they are on sale.  Like the  99 cent refried beans and the grated Mexican cheese.  It can be used on other casseroles, too.  You can eat well and frugally.  Avocados and tomatoes were also on sale, as well the lettuce.  Hot peppers are cheap.

Cheeseparing to the max, even without poblanos.