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As 2005 rolls to a close, I thought it’s be a good idea to take a look at all the things that have happened here on the HSB during the year.
The first post of 2005 can be found here - not much of a beginning for 2005 - at that time the blog was still hosted on the SNS domain.
Later that month we moved HSB to it’s own domain.
February was much more interesting with posts such as:
How to Make New Mexico Red
Blair’s 3 A.M. - Taste Test
How to Make
In March we brought you to the Fiery Foods show:
How to make
Sparx Chipotle Chocolate Chip Cookies
2005 Fiery Foods Show - Pictures here & here.
The only way I really enjoy spaghetti - Deadly style
April was a flurry of activity and fun in the springtime:
Pilarcita’s Carne Asada Marinade - rockin’ some tacos
Blair’s Mega Death: Taste & Heat Test
Manhattan Chili Co - sadly it’s now closed.
In May, we went international & the threat of divorce was quoted worldwide:
Black & Bleu Tenderloins - CAUTION: You may want to lick the screen.
Introducing - The Art of Chipotle
Blair’s Jersey Death Sauce
Blair’s 16 Million Product Review - 94 comments to date.
Ring of Fire Shrimps
June brought some more creative ideas to kitchen:
Cayenne Peanut Butter Cookies
Living with a Hot Sauce Addict - The first post from the wife on HSB
New Favorite Hot Sauce
In July we reviewed some wonderful salsas, watched the world’s best eaters and cooked up one mean steak:
Frostbite Hot Sauce
Preserving Cilantro
Salsa de Rosa Fresh Salsas
The Ultimate Steak
Black Mamba Hot Sauce
Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest
Sparx Cookies
In August we brought in several new reviewers to expand our hot sauce taste buds:
Blair’s 2005 Halloween Reserves
Review: Big Daddy Jake’s Texas Pit Smoked Hot Sauce - Adam
Reviewing: Chef D Rocks Florida Swamp Water - Jim
Peppermaster Hurricane Mash - John
Purgatory Brand Alligator Alley Asphalt Sauce - Bill
How to Make Cincinnati Chili
TorchBearer Sauces hit the blog in September, along with more reviewers & hot sauce comics:
Hot Sauce Comic #1
DC Hot Trivia Question #1
ZestFest 2005 Winners!
Review: TorchBearer Sugar Fire Sauce
Hot Sauce Lover in a Black Pepper World
Review: Slaughter Sauce
October - A year older and none the wiser!
Chipotle Steaks
Review - Uncle Brutha’s Fire Sauce No. 9 - with thanks!
Pure Cayenne Gourmet Pepper Sauce
Blair’s Q Heat Wasabi Ginger Hot Sauce
Real Wasabi
Nick’s No Name Chili
Happy Birthday HSB!
BBG Chile Pepper Fiesta A Bust
We cooked up a bunch of tasty dishes in November:
Hot Sauce Blog Stats & Visitor Info
Playing With Fire
Review: Blair’s Q Heat Chipotle Slam Hot Sauce
Habanero Pepper Poppers
How To Make Buffalo Wings: A Step by Step Guide
Blair’s Le Million Reserve
Creamy Chorizo Fusilli Pasta
We performed Santa’s duties in Dec and brought you the collector’s corner:
Hot Sauce Collector’s Corner - Edition #3
Holiday Reserves Shipped!
Hot Sauce Collector’s Corner - Edition #2
How to Make Chile Verde
Hot Sauce Collector’s Corner - Edition #1
Cleaning Pennies with Hot Sauce
Catalogs are Complete - Finally!
Chipotle Garlic Chili
Blair’s 2005 Holiday Reserve - 155 comments!
A big thank you to all the readers and reviewers that have contributed to the HSB in 2005. Here’s to a HOT 2006!
Chilehead Comments:
Posted by: Nick Lindauer - Categories: Hot Sauce Stuff
Permalink: 2005 Year End Review
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Like eman, my wife was a bit concerned with the amount of time I spent reading this blog…even went as far as to try and find a 12 step program 
But now she asks me every day what’s new on the blog. Now that she knows there are lots of people like me out there, she doesn’t think I’m so weird. Nick, you’ve improved my marriage. Happy New Year!
I also want to thank all the bloggers for being very respectful and making this a fun site!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!
eric
Thanks Nick for this great site, long may it continue.
It’s 22:21 on New Years and still I find myself tuning in! Luckily my wife understands!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE CHILE-HEADS OUT THERE! MAY 2006 BE A HOT HOT HOT ONE!!!!
Nick - Thank you so much for putting together such a great site. I so cool to go to a place that you can read and talk about somthing that us chilliheads are so passionate about. My wife thinks I’ve completly gone to hell with all the hot sauce stuff. I look foward to 2006 and chatting with all my new fellow chillihead friends. Happy New Year!
PS
I had to be called to duty this New Years to make buffalo wings. Challenge was I had limited resources - NO HOT SAUCE! Any way I threw in everything except the kitchen sink and Walla! Everyone liked it. Had a little kick but not what us chilliheads are used to, did the job tough.
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I just wanted to thank you nick for the countless times my wife used to tell me to “quit looking at that site”.
NOW, she wants to know whats going on in HSB and always reading over my shoulder.