Passow Visits Heather’s Heat and Flavor

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Passow Visits Heather’s Heat and Flavor

By: Passow on August 27, 2006- 1:25 pm

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All I can say is bless my mom’s heart. The day I arrived in Cleveland to visit her (Heidi) and dad (Richard), she immediately whisked me away to Legacy Village in Lyndhurst, Ohio. There it was, Heather’s Heat and Flavor! I walked directly up to co-owner, Brian Marx, and introduced myself as a fellow chili-head. We immediately hit it off. He gave me the grand tour of the shop (read: he stood behind the counter and pointed at things with his laser pointer).

They have a vast collection of chip dips, BBQ sauces, rubs, over 100 different kinds of hot sauces, collectable and much more! Even more impressive is their collection of spices and dried peppers, including their own brand of blends, which include “Brian’s Cajun Blend” and “Brian’s Chili Powder”.

Brian and I then spent a good ten minutes bantering back and forth about chili peppers and hot sauces. He kept feeding me samples (on toothpicks) of sauces and testing my heat tolerance. One of the first things he gave me was a pin sized drop of the 7.1 million SHU extract sauce that is known as… The Source. After about the fifth sauce sampler, Brian’s assistant, who was now very wide eyed, exclaimed, “WOW! You just put the whole toothpick in you mouth ever time! You don’t test for the heat level first, you go all out!” To which I grinned and retorted, “Never fear the heat, embrace it.”

Overall, I was extremely impressed with this store. The co-owner, Brian, was extremely knowledgeable of ALL of his product and of most things hot. He’ll point you in the right direction, give you suggestions of what to put certain sauces on, and hand out easy to do recipes (I am looking forward to making the Hallowevil Pumpkin Pie). You can visit Brian and Heather in the Legacy Village location at; 24687 Cedar Road, Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124. Or you can visit Brian’s mom at the First and Main location; 94 First Street, Hudson, Ohio 44236. Be sure to tell them Jon from The Hot Zone Online sent ya!

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7 Fiery Comments »

I remember this one, you brought it out to Hollywood for me to try. It was tasty!

Comment fired by Jonathan Passow — July 17, 2006- 9:01 pm

Actually we brought out a couple of the less hot ones, the Chipotle BBQ and the Chipotle Habanero. You would have certainly remembered this one with its heat level. Very much akin to the “Ace” sauce we left with you.

Comment fired by Joe & Linda — July 17, 2006- 9:03 pm

Oh, oops…never mind that last statement…

Comment fired by Jonathan Passow — July 17, 2006- 9:59 pm

Yeah this was my gals previous favorite until I came up with the Oblivion sauce, which is even Hotter still as joe can attest to. First reaction of people who taste the sauce is that it has a great flavor until the heat hits and then its Oh My GOD!!
And then they throw me a look like what did you just do to me!! Ha!! Priceless
As Uncle Big’s puts it - Taste my Pain!!
Thanks Chuk and Joe & Linda
Scotty B

Comment fired by Scotty B's Hot Sauces — July 17, 2006- 10:45 pm

Well, Scotty, I think I’m going to have to order me up some of your sauces and do some reviews