Bumped 12/05/05 12pm Eastern -
Blair wants your feedback: 648 BOTTLES ORDERED BY 219 CHILIHEADS. WHAT SHALL WE DO????? DO YOU THINK I SHOULD OFFER 199 BOTTLES… EMAIL ME YOUR THOUGHTS BLAIR@EXTREMEFOOD.COM - Be sure to tell him you saw the post on the HSB!

Blair’s 2005 Holiday Reserve is now on sale. Only 99 will be produced so get yours quick!

Am I going totally crazy??? Well maybe, but that is what makes this so much fun…You see My Chilipals…I have again gone over the top for this one..By creating a Special version of Dry Death Rain Nitro as a base in the bottle, Then I seal it with a layer of 12.8 million Scoville units that has been gently heated to be able to flow…Finally..Topped off with 1.33 million Of Power to Light up ANY Holiday… This Bottle is packed in The Famous Reserve Bottle. (60ml)

ONLY 99 bottles will be made…..Thats it..Very Special….Very Select….Very Happy for your Chili Home Will Ship by Dec 16th 2005. #1 and #99 are Now Available. $100 Donation will be made in your name to American Cancer Society For Bottles #1 and #99

You can buy Blair’s 2005 Holiday Reserve here.

TAKE NOTE!
In a effort to get the bottle in as many hands as possible all orders for the 2005 Holiday Reserve are limited to 1 bottle per person. If you have ordered multiple bottles, you will be charged for and will only recieve one bottle. Orders will be fulfilled based on past Reserve ordering. The Loyal Chiliheads get orders filled first. IE those who have ordered 4am, 5am, 6am, Caldera Etc..
** Also: There was a glitch in Blair’s newsletter, so the announcement of this reserve has not yet gone out to his newsletter subscribers.

Originally posted 12/02/05 9:50 PM Eastern.

Merry F#$%ing Christmas

Here we have a bottle of Merry F#$%ing Christmas Hot Sauce in front of one of the ‘mini’ Christmas trees within Rockefeller plaza. Unfortunately the security guards would not let me get close enough to the larger and more famous tree in the plaza
in order to get the grand pooba of Christmas tree photos. So I settled for the mini-me version.

If you have a picture of a bottle of hot sauce in a weird location, feel free to send yours (send to nick ‘at’ hotsauceblog.com) and I’ll put it up as well.

Previous Episodes:
Episode 1
Episode 2

DEVIL’S DELIGHT COOKIES
Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

For dough:
• 10 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 c. plus 2 tsp. flour
• 3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. chipotle chile or cayenne pepper powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 5 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 c. plus 1 tbsp. sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp. Mexican vanilla extract
• 1 (3.3-oz.) Vosges Red Fire chocolate bar, chopped
• 1/2 c. (3 oz.) cinnamon chips, such as Hershey Cinnamon Chips

For dusting:
• 4 tsp. sugar
• 4 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. chipotle chili or cayenne pepper powder

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

In a double boiler over simmering water, melt bittersweet chocolate until smooth. Remove from heat and cool melted chocolate for 10 minutes.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, chili powder and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until crumbly.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue to beat until mixture is pale, light and creamy, about 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low, add lukewarm melted chocolate and vanilla, and beat until just combined. Fold in flour mixture, then fold in chopped chocolate bar and cinnamon chips. In a small bowl, whisk together sugar, cinnamon and chile pepper powder.

Drop batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Sprinkle a pinch of dusting mixture over each cookie and bake 16 minutes, or until tops are evenly cracked but cookies are not yet firm to the touch. Remove from oven and cool cookies completely on baking sheets.

I’ve found that the colder the hot sauce is the hotter it is.

I bought a bottle of Dave’s from the store and poured it over my food. It made me sweat but my tongue felt NOTHING. Repeat a day later except that I had the chance to chill it over night. That led to a big burn.

Aside from the ingredients, maybe that’s why every bottle is labeled KEEP REFRIGERATED