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Horror Stories

The group over at the HotPepper got me thinking about my all time worst experience with a hot sauce: One day while arranging some of our collector bottles, I accidently touched a bottle of Blair’s 5AM that had a slight cr...
 
 
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Rejected Hot Sauce Names

Props to Chris from The Joint for pointing this out to me: Rejected Hot Sauce Names 11. Not Quite FDA-Approved 10. Cheaper than Arsenic 9. Kenny Rogers’ Lip Melter 8. Edible Napalm 7. Feces O’ Flame 6. I Can’t...
 

 
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Cooling a Recipe Down

From the Whole Chile Pepper Book. If a prepared recipe is too blistering, here are some ways to cool it down: – Reduce the amount of chile in the recipe to begin with. More heat can always be added later. – Remove t...
 
 
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eBay Hot Sauce Items

I often log onto eBay to check out what people are selling in terms of hot sauce, there’s always something interesting, so I though I’d share some. eBay “hot sauce” items: Larged Framed Maurin Hot Sauce ...
 

 
 
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Fun BBQ facts

Fun BBQ facts: Cooking on the good ol’ “Q” has become the number one summertime leisure activity among families with one in three households owning a grill. Charcoal is still considered to be the favourite BBQ fuel with many gr...
 
 
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Addicted to Chipotle

Burritos are supposed to be big, but this one may have been too big. Are you addicted to Chipotle? I’m not talking about chipotle peppers, but Chipotle – the growing restaurant chain that’s owned by the McDona...
 

 
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ChileHeads Monopoly: Redux

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that a few months back the ChileHeads Monopoly Edition hit the stands. I pre-ordered my edition right away and like any true collector, I wasn’t going to even o...
 
 
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Hunan Hand

Okay, my wife is a lot smarter then me. I admit it. And I benefit greatly from her being smarter then me, the following case in point. She was reading an old edition of the New England Journal of Medicine and came across an art...
 

 
 
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Dave's Ultimate Insanity Dare

Now, if your reading this blog, you must be a fan of hot foods in some way. Which should also mean that your familiar with the heat level of Dave’s Original Insanity Sauce. In case your not, Original Insanity clocks in at...
 
 
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Hot Food Kicks the Cold

Okay, on Thursday of last week I started getting sick, so I vowed to beat the cold by consuming as many peppers that I could. Well, I succeed. I kicked that cold’s ass. I made a small serving of pasta that had 2 habaneros...