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Entries for March, 2008

“Makai” hot sauce by Arturo’s Hot Flavors of Hawai’i

After doing my last review on the Phitia’s Hot Sauce from Arturo’s Hot Flavors of Hawai’i, I was excited to delve into the next hot sauce on my list from them to further explore the world of Hawaiian hot sauce.
For this review, I selected their Makai Seaweed and Ginger hot sauce. Just the [...]

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Passow Crunches The Numbers With Some AlphaNerdZ

One of my buddies from The Hot Pepper forum (his screen name is bentalphanerd) has sent me my first homemade sauce that I have ever received from Australia. The sneaky bastard said he was sending me pepper seeds for my garden this year and I was bowled over when I saw one of his sauces [...]

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More research ongoing about capsaicin and pain management

As a running interest from someone who helps treat pain for a living as an anesthesiologist, I find this information utterly fascinating. Check out this article from WPTV.com out of West Palm Beach, Florida about more research involving capsaicin and analgesia:
Hot Sauce Numbs Knee Pain
Last Update: 3/19 10:16 am
REPORT: MB #2808
BACKGROUND: Capsaicin is the [...]

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Sabrosa Foods to be on MSNBC

We reviewed some salsa by Sabrosa Foods a while back, and were both happy and surprised to get this bit of news about them:
Greetings,
I am sending you this e-mail to let you know about my company, Sabrosa Foods Inc. upcoming national television debut on MSNBC, “Your Business.” On this program, I along with [...]

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Key West Key Lime Salsa

There’s nothing that will warm the heart of someone in central Ohio than thinking about Key West Florida. This is especially true if you like Key West and even more especially if you love Key Limes. I am one of those people. Combine Key Lime into a salsa, though, and you have [...]

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Raising the HEAT for Autism redux

The final tally has been in for our most recent Autism charity project, entitled Raising the HEAT for Autism. As many of you know, we embarked upon our fundraising by selling collectible hot sauces created and donated by CaJohns Fiery Foods, auctioning a ton of donated hot sauces and other spicy foods from various [...]

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Habanero FlatLime Salsa by Big Dawg Salsa

It’s tough for us to believe that this humble jar of salsa has lasted on our “to do” list for this long, but this jar of Habanero FlatLime salsa given to us by Darrell and Candy Fitch finally made it to our kitchen for use over this past weekend. The regular FlatLime salsa has [...]

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List of vendors available for 2008 Weekend of Fire

The first list of vendors who have committed for the 2008 Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire is now in. Here are some of the fine companies who’ll be there:
Booths
1&2 Peppers
3—- Chooch+Pootan
4—- Cajun Island
5—- Mild to Wild
13– TorchBearer
14– Montezuma
15– Csigi
18– Chili Pit
50– Blane, DK, Buddah–?
19– Fat Kid Sauce
21&22-CaJohn’s – SHOW SPONSOR
25&26–Hot Shots
27–Defcon
28–Bodines BBQ
29–Intensity [...]

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Irish hot sauce, showing up in time for St. Patrick’s Day

We missed posting this a few days ago, but this looks like it could be an interesting sauce that’s worth trying. Time will tell if this sauce is more marketing than quality, or if it’s just glorified spicy ketchup. If anyone’s tried it, do leave a message here. This article appeared on [...]

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Passow Enjoys Some Wine In His Salsa

Our friends over at Heather’s Heat and Flavor have come out with their own salsa. I must say, this is quite the tasty treat!

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