Part three in the continuing drama of the transition from chile pepper hobbyist to full time grower… and the “Open Fields”.
The brilliant business plan that I had, discussed in parts one and two, that consisted of nothing more than “throw chiles in ground, see who’s interested when crop comes in” actually succeeded beyond all expectations. [...]

There are a couple of new additions to the Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire list of vendors, one of which we’re quite thrilled about. My Favorite New Mexico Foods will be there as a Show Sponsor. If you’ve not tried any of their products, this will be your chance to do so in [...]

We have patiently waiting all week for both the weather to warm up and for Joe to get off work early so that we could try soem of this Nando’s marinade out on some chicken on the grill.
Today’s forecast: Joe out early and 68 degrees F.
Grill time, baby!
So what to use with [...]

Big Dawg Slobber Sauce Ingredients: Ketchup, mustard, water, chipotle peppers, onion powder, garlic powder, sea salt, black pepper, natural smoke flavor.
“It’s like when you were a kid, you mixed ketchup and mustard together. That is basically what we did for this sauce”. That’s what Darrel, creator of Big Dawg Sauces, told me when I picked [...]

I’ve had this little jar of goodness sitting on my shelf since ZestFest last year, and was gifted it to me in person by Chuk after he had the opportunity to wow lots of industry people with its flavor and prodigious heat. In fact, there is a pair of pictures from the post we [...]

It’s been a hugely long time, but the fine products of Tahiti Joe have made their triumphant return to Joe and Linda’s house! TJ’s products were amongst the very first ones we did during our early Featured Product writeups so long ago. In fact, you can see the the Tahiti Joe article we [...]

From just up the road in Canton, OH, this article from the CantonRep features a guy who’s hot sauce collecting hobby might be one that Joe could really talk about with him. Check it out:
Take a trip to a hot place
Saturday, April 14, 2007
By JIM HILLIBISH
Once upon a time, vacationers brought home Luray [...]

Wow, a vacation that was far too short for our own good! After taking the red-eye flight back last night, we arrived home all safe and sound. We’ll attempt to recap, in photo format, a little about our trip. Much of it has nothing to do with hot sauce or spicy food, [...]

BLAIR’S SEXABI Hot Sauce
“…with Horny Goat Weed!”
I found this at Spec’s Liquor Store which opened their first store here in Austin recently. Specs is a grocery-store sizd store with a huge selection of wine, beer, cigars, “ finer” foods ( they even have a deli and olive bar!) and of course Liquor …and lots of [...]

Jackson’s Extreme Habanero Beef Jerky …
…Featuring Scotty B’s OBLIVION!
What a fine thing it is to find an unexpected package in the mail…unless it’s ticking. That was what happened the other day when out of the clear blue sky I find a package from Arizona Jack in my mailbox!
I open this sucker up and it’s a [...]