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Entries for April, 2008

Welcome to the hot sauce world to Benito’s Hot Sauce

Another new hot sauce hits the market, this one out of the great state of New Jersey. Benito’s Hot Sauce is now offering five different sauces, all of which look to have some promise. Perhaps their next press release will say something like “fresh from their recent review of the sauce on the [...]

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Spicy sushi challenge

While we’re not big fans of sushi, we are always big fans of spicy. There’s apparently a restaurant in Charleston, SC which offers just the kind of mix we would like. Check out this excerpt from an article from the Charleston City Paper:
At Bushido, the chefs have rolled up 10 levels of fire. [...]

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Spice of life

As we prepare to report on the fantabulous trip that we had to Las Vegas, enjoy this article from Desicritics.org about one woman’s search to find food that’s spicy enough for her:
The Spice of Life
April 14, 2008
Amodini Sharma
As I travel to India nowadays, I find that I get “softer” with each visit. Food gets to [...]

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Passow Grows Peppers in Cleveland – Part 1

Well, I admit, I slacked off this week on the reviews, sorry folks. Now I didn’t slack of on sampling sauces, just writing. Another thing I didn’t slack off on though was prepping this years crop!

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Back for another Vegas vacation

With us working our tails off with either grad school (Linda) or residency (Joe), we seldom have had a chance to get away and de-stimulate from our daily lives. That, plus having two young toddlers pretty much keeps us tired during most weeks as well. After months of planning, we are finally getting [...]

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List of vendors update for 2008 Weekend of Fire

The list has been updated by Bret at Jungle Jim’s. Added were Sauce Cartel, Urban Chefs, Flamingo Joe’s, and Rick Bayless/Frontera. You can see the whole list by clicking HERE.

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Some chilehead recipes from Australia

In addition to all the great information about the chilehead scene down in Australia, Mick Stillman also passed along these great recipe ideas. I’m sure that you could tailor the heat to whatever your taste. Check these out:

My CITRUS OYSTERS
12 fresh large oysters
The dressing
1/3 cup of fresh orange juice
a squeeze of lime
pinch of [...]

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Aussie chilehead resources to keep handy

Courtesy of Mick Stillman of Ol’ Man Stillmanz hot sauce, here are some Aussie chilehead resources that were proposed by him for those who want to get a taste of the chilehead scene from down under.
OZ Chilehead festivals that are well received
Perth Chile Festival
Sawtell Chilli Festival
A Taste of Byron
Hot Sauce and Fiery Foods Festival
Some [...]

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Another Sunday off

Not much in the way of writing this weekend. Our little ones have been very ill, so we’ve been taking it easy and using lots of kiddie Tylenol.
Back at it again tomorrow. Stay tuned!!

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Ed & Patti’s Hot 4 Pepper Gourmet Salsa

It’s been a little while since we had some good homemade salsa, so we dove back into the fray with this new arrival from Ed & Patti Wajer called Ed & Patti’s Hot 4 Pepper Gourmet Salsa. This salsa fits into both categories with us…that of a homemade product as well as a commercially [...]

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