Lars on 9/3/2007 at 1:18 am said:

Sorry man, can’t make Zest Fest. I’ll be in Bowers, PA at the Chili Pepper Festival there. It’s a great time. If anyone is in the northeast and wants to find aa great ‘hidden gem’ of a fiery food outlet, the Bowers Chili Pepper Festival is the one. Here is the website in case anyone is interested in some info on the event…

http://www.pepperfestival.com/

I would’ve loved to go to that, but I will be in Minnesota for the opening weekend of Football. Maybe next year.

wesley h zebzda on 8/27/2007 at 10:03 am said:

Then aqgain Lars…it depends what type of oil you are using in a deep fryer…and how old it is….what’s the flash point…temp of fryer..etc…
try a wok

This is true. Wok’s are always excellent to use.

Sam on 8/25/2007 at 5:45 pm said:

Cool, are you gonna be at ZestFest?

Sorry man, can’t make Zest Fest. I’ll be in Bowers, PA at the Chili Pepper Festival there. It’s a great time. If anyone is in the northeast and wants to find aa great ‘hidden gem’ of a fiery food outlet, the Bowers Chili Pepper Festival is the one. Here is the website in case anyone is interested in some info on the event…

http://www.pepperfestival.com/

volrathy on 8/27/2007 at 1:14 am said:

These egg roll things you are making can they be baked or shallow fried ?

Perhaps, but nothing beats a deep fryer when you are making food of this type. Plus, using a deep fryer, things tend to be much less greasy than when pan fried! At least that is what i have observed from using this deep fryer for a little bit now. -Lars-

Gildo on 8/25/2007 at 5:02 pm said:

In my opinion, to only list ’spices’ as an ingredient is dangerous to people with food allergies. Not knowing what the spices are may also prompt people with food allergies not to purchase the product because of the potential of harming themselves. There are also certain spices that people do not like which could also prompt them to pass on a product.

We list a single ingredient as spices in our sauces. It was our label manufacturers suggestion. They have been in the biz for alot longer than we have and have seen people ripped off many times.

Gildo on 8/25/2007 at 5:02 pm said:

In my opinion, to only list ’spices’ as an ingredient is dangerous to people with food allergies. Not knowing what the spices are may also prompt people with food allergies not to purchase the product because of the potential of harming themselves. There are also certain spices that people do not like which could also prompt them to pass on a product.

There are several less than nefarious reasons why “spices” is used as a catch all. In no particular order:

R & D in the food business means “rob & duplicate”. Not listing *every* single detail of a product at least means someone will have to do a little work before knocking off your product.

Label space. Lists can actually start to crowd the label a bit, and with the font size mandated by code, simply shrinking it down might not be an option.

Under the heading of ‘you can’t please everybody’- food allergies are not a concern to me as a hot sauce maker. I’m catering to the 99.98% of the four billion people without them. Not that I’m unsympathetic it’s just that the odds someone on this planet is likely to be alergic to *something* is a given. I’ve a relative who is allergic to her own hair. Just as it’s my responsibility to insure what I try to salvage out of the firehouse ‘fridge after a week is safe, so it is their responsibility. I will be the first to encourage them not to buy it if they have doubts. If their diet is that restrictive, they’re not likely to be buying stuff where most commercial sauces are sold anyway.

Lars on 8/25/2007 at 5:32 pm said:

Thanks for the compliments guys. I’m really enjoying doing these reviews thus far!

Now, would i buy this sauce?!? Yes and no. In it’s present state, i’d say no, but if it were kinda thicker, I could see this being real yummy with a few Naans and some Chicken Biryani! One of my favorite Indian dishes. Right along side Chicken Vindaloo. Which is chicken in hot sauce over rice! YUMMY! -Lars-

Cool, are you gonna be at ZestFest?

Sam on 8/24/2007 at 6:44 pm said:

Lars, would you buy it ?

Thanks for the compliments guys. I’m really enjoying doing these reviews thus far!

Now, would i buy this sauce?!? Yes and no. In it’s present state, i’d say no, but if it were kinda thicker, I could see this being real yummy with a few Naans and some Chicken Biryani! One of my favorite Indian dishes. Right along side Chicken Vindaloo. Which is chicken in hot sauce over rice! YUMMY! -Lars-