We know this article has a few days lag time with us since its publication, but does anyone know where to find this sauce or what company manufactures it? Even the wisdom of Google only lets us find distributors and eBay listings. Anyhow, this article from the Ascension Citizen was pretty cool, so we feel like it needs publication again:

High flying sibling of ‘Butt-Burner’ soars with International Space Station
By Wade McIntyre, The Weekly Citizen
Published: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:08 AM

PRAIRIEVILLE – Somewhere, orbiting the earth in cold, dark space, a chili-head astronaut is playing with fire.

Hiram Davis, the Prairieville hot sauce creator of Bayou Butt-Burner Louisiana Pepper Sauce would have it no other way.

When Davis received an email from NASA in late September asking if he sold a particular one of his nine hot sauces in a packet or plastic bottle, the hot sauce maestro responded with alacrity.

“My sauces are normally packaged in glass bottles, so I produced some bottles in plastic with a small opening for squeezing,” he said. “I told NASA if the sauce was to accompany an astronaut, I would be super-thrilled.”

Davis was so happy with Japanese-American Astronaut Daniel Tani’s request for “Fireball Hot Sauce” so he could take some into space that Davis sent the space agency a free case.

“Fireball” sports a label inviting hotheads to “Get a tan where the sun don’t shine,” which is “Butt-Burner” parley for heat that burns, but does not torch.

The high flying sauce is “pretty hot” according to Davis, but not the hottest in his line created over the past ten years. It is made from equally balanced portions of cayenne and habanero peppers, plus minced garlic, vinegar, spices and sea salt.


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