Although we try to keep our posts relevant to the world of hot & spicy fare, we also realize that life happens all around us all the time and that we don’t live in a bubble. Below is an excerpt of a letter we sent about our dog, Loki, who passed away yesterday at an all-too-young age and will be very sorely missed. He made quite an impression on everyone he met and was well-loved by all. Goodbye, dear friend!

It is with great sadness and truly heavy hearts that we are writing to let you know that Loki passed away yesterday, at the young age of 5 years & 9 months. As you know, he had been suffering through the deadly disease of canine lymphosarcoma. He had fought the good fight for nearly a year, and handled the chemotherapy better than most humans would have. A few months ago as we prepared to move from Kentucky to Ohio after my (Joe’s) graduation from medical school, we found that we could no longer afford the intravenous drugs as we had used for the previous 8 months. So, we continued on just oral meds and TLC for as long as he would last.

Over the past week, Loki began to slow down quite a bit. The enlarging lymph nodes under his chin were no doubt affecting his airway and he was starting to retain fluid. When he lost interest in eating, we knew the time had come. We drove back to Kentucky to visit Loki’s friends at our last vet so we could all say goodbye together. We were with Loki as he left this world, just as we were when he entered it. Saying goodbye was harder than we ever imagined, and there was (and is) no shortage of tears shed about his passing.

He was our best & most loyal friend, protector of our house & home, and was as dear to us as either of our children. To say that we are emotionally devastated is not doing justice to how we feel right now, and the house seems way too empty without him.


Loki wasn’t just a pet to us. He had a wonderful soul, and his main mission in life seemed to make us happy, secure, and comforted. We may someday have another dog, but there never will be another Loki. Despite our grief, we consider ourselves lucky for the time we did spend together. Go in peace, dear friend.

We always love seeing the companies whose products we taste, use, and especially do Features on be successful. That being said, David Lynch and the guys at TorchBearer sent us a quick note to give us the heads-up on the lastest news on them & their company. We’re still using their sauces almost everyday, so hopefully you will too. If you missed the TorchBearer Sauces Feature page, please go check it out as well.

October 13, 2005

TorchBearer Sauces website is finally fully operational. And to celebrate they are having a Grand Opening Sale at their online store. You can get 10% off all of their national award winning sauces until mid november. Go to www.torchbearersauces.com to take advantage of this sale. Enjoy the sauces and let us know what you think on the comments page. Go to the news page and read the articles and reviews of us, and then pick a sauce or two to try and enjoy the great taste.

TorchBearer Sauces was formed in September of 2004. It is headed by David Lynch, Ben Smith and Tim Wortman and is located in Harrisburg, PA. The company has been growing vastly in the last year and has had the honor of six awards at Zest Fest and the Louisiana Hot Sauce Festival. TorchBearer Sauces goal is to become a major name in the condiment market within the next 10 year.

- David Lynch, TorchBearer Sauces

It’s always good to hear from Dave. When we find some of this stuff for sale around town, we’ll try to report on it for all of our adoring readers to hear about it. See Dave’s message below….

Joe and Linda,

We just launched some really cool items. You can find them on our website. Some pictures attached.

Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce – This pump spray sauce allows you to turn the dispenser top and actually change the heat level of the sauce. It has been featured in Time Magazine and on the Today Show.

Garden Spray & Hot Sauce – this sauce is delicious on food but also keep deer and rabbits out of your garden.

Insanity Cheese Straws – we have a license with J&M Foods to make these delicious spicy items.

Precocious Pepper Vinegar – delicious spicy vinegar for all your bbq, fried foods, salads, etc.

Palette Fine Foods – we bought another company that has several really cool items on their site www.palettefinefoods.com

Thanks,

Dave

Dave’s Gourmet, Inc.

415-401-9100

www.davesgourmet.com

“Dave’s Condiments and Salsa’s are legendary”

-The Washington Post

The Torchbearer fellas are awfully swell in our book for sending a rather tastefully designed basket full of hot sauce goodies to us for our devious culinary pleasures. Our only complaint is that there was so much sauce to taste that we had to work EXTRA hard to get through them all…which isn’t such a bad thing. Thanks again to Vid, Ben, and Tim.

Torchbearer Sauces is an up and coming star in the hot & spicy food world. If their cache of Scovie awards is any indication, then the mad geniuses at TorchBearer Sauces have a darn good shot at success for many years ahead. Their initial sauce premise is simple…take some tasty ingredients like habanero peppers, mandarin oranges, carrots, onions, etc…and manipulate their respective amounts to create a variety of heat levels and taste profiles. Only their Sugar Fire sauce deviates from the formula. We caught up with the gang from TorchBearer and had them share some info with us while snacking and playing with their brand-new Mystery Machine….
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