2-3 cans of chunk white chicken
2 jars Chi Chi Salsa (hot or mild)
1 jar of Picanti Sauce
1 large can of chicken broth
1 can Pinto Beans
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 chopped onion
1 can of chilies (optional)
salt, pepper, oregano to taste
mix everything in a pot, heat and serve with shredded cheese and crunched up tortilla chips on top.

Delicious!

Angie

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 1/29/2007 at 8:06 pm said:

Problem is Gary, those shows cost more for a weekend then most of us hot sauce manufacturers make in a year! They are incredibly expensive to be at. Last I heard, going price for *just* the booth was $3,500. And, mind you, you’re trying to make that up on wholesale trade at those shows. That’s about a bazillion bottles of sauce to sell

Yah Jim, I checked into it myself and agree that it’s expensive, but great exposure. I wasn’t suggesting to booth at the the show, just commenting on how few hot sauce companies there were. My main point was regarding the inexpensive $35 entry fee and the incredible amount of products to try.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 1/29/2007 at 8:06 pm said:

Problem is Gary, those shows cost more for a weekend then most of us hot sauce manufacturers make in a year! They are incredibly expensive to be at. Last I heard, going price for *just* the booth was $3,500. And, mind you, you’re trying to make that up on wholesale trade at those shows. That’s about a bazillion bottles of sauce to sell

We go to the Fancy Foods show in Manhatten every year, and there really aren’t any hot sauce booths. With the money you’d be spending for just the booth (not including tables, electric, garbage removal, etc, etc, etc), you’re MUCH better off doing actual hot sauce shows.

Granted for $35 where else can you eat gourmet foods, as much as you want, from 100’s of countries in Manhatten?

However, when they offered up her Story, her backgrouind and history, I sat down and gave her my time to see. I still don’t watch her show, but she well deserves her fame and money and her recipes are solid.

I think I’ll give this one a try and let you know when it hits MH, I flat out love white beans.

Biggles

I met Paula Dean last Sunday at the International Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. She was there promoting here line of food products. She’s a really nice lady and every bit as sweet as she is on TV. And speaking of the Fancy Food Show. If anyone has the opportunity to attend this thing, it’s well worth the $35 it costs to get in. The spring show is in Chicago and the summer show is in New York. There were over 1100 venders in over 550,000 sf of space tasting everything you can imaging. It is the ultimate grazing experience — like Costco on Barry Bond’s steroids. Disapointingly though, there were not very many hot sauce companies there. Some who were there that I can remember were Dave’s Gourmet, Walkerswood, Arizona Pepper Products, Bone Suckin Sauce, the guys who make that Gringo Bandito stuff (it does taste like a rip off of Taco Bell Fire sauce) and a handful of others whom I can’t remember because their products aparently were not worth remembering. Anyway, if you live in the Chicago or NY areas, check out this show.