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Entries for June, 2008

Next incarnation of the ZERO Habanero Elixir coming in August 2008

Incoming transmission……..
Well, it looks like it’s time again to do another of our infamous releases of the evil ZERO Habanero elixir. Those of you that are not aware of this stuff, it’s the hottest stuff we make. It’s been over a year since the last release (The Batch #4), and due to popular demand, we [...]

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9th Annual Houston Hot Sauce Festival

Houston Hot Sauce Festival
http://www.houstonhotsauce.com
The Original Houston Hot Sauce Festival, an annual event “Always in September”, featuring hot sauce, salsa, chipotle, jams, spices, marinades, chips, dips and more fiery food products. Thousands of Chiliheads pour into the Arena to sample 100’s of award winning products. There’s also ongoing stage entertainment, free kids activities, cold drinks, a [...]

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2008 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Catch the fever Sunday, August 24th! Join the fun, music, and hot sauce from 11am – 5:30pm at Waterloo Park, 12th and Red River
Admission is FREE with a donation of three non-perishable food items for the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas.
In the eighteen years since its inception, what started as a friendly contest between [...]

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Hot Habañero Salsa by Sting N Linger

Sting ‘N’ Linger Salsa Co.
“Habanero”
Ingredients: Diced Tomatoes. Fresh Chiles, Fresh Onions, jalpeno Peppers, Fresh Garlic, Lemon Juice, Red Wine Vinegar, Crushed Chiles, Fresh Cilantro, Habanero Peppers, Spices, Salt.
Appearance: This salsa has a dark read color, almost like a bowl of chili. There are some large chunks of tomatoes and other ingredients are in decent sized [...]

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The “Killer” hot sauces by CaJohns Fiery Foods

Has it really been over four months since we’ve reviewed a product from the product line of CaJohns Fiery Foods? Inconceivable, I say!! Given how much these sauces have been in regular rotation here at home, it should have been easy to crank out a review at any given time. We recently [...]

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What ever happened to…?

Companies come and go in the hot and spicy foods business, usually without a whole lot of fanfare. Unless you are of the businesses that relies solely on sales of your products as their main livelihood, a large percentage of those who are manufacturers, distributors, or just plain ol’ make-it-yourself producers have primary jobs [...]

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Passow Visits A Local Pepper Farm

It was a dark and stormy night…well, not really. I’ve just always wanted to start something out like that. Actually, it was a hot, bright, and sunny day and I was driving out to a local farm in Kirkland, Ohio. After a 45 minute drive with the A/C on full blast I had arrived at [...]

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All American Hot Sauce: the hot sauce review project

Announcing the next great thing in hot sauce reviews, and a project that we are both honored and privileged in which to be involved, here is the introduction from Al “Buddah” Goldenberg, hot sauce aficionado and chilehead:
All American Hot Sauce: A Review to be a part of
I met the Suffern Bros. of All American Hot [...]

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Chile peppers, southwestern food, and hedge funds…oh my!

We never thought we would post such an economics-based article, but here is one we just couldn’t pass up. Take an article that focuses mainly upon a regional economy, throw in some chile peppers and spicy food, and you have this article from the Rightsideadvisors.com site talking about hedge funds and such. An [...]

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Grillmasters Festival 2008

Everyone has their own type of adventure. Some go mountain climbing, white-water rafting, skydiving, whatever. For me, it turns out that it’s taking my boys (ages 2 and 5) down to the North Market for the Grillmasters Festival 2008 and hoping that things will not go awry. This was not our first [...]

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