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Entries for September, 2008

Flaming Joe’s Caribbean Style Jerk Sauce

Flaming Joe’s Caribbean Style Jerk Sauce
Hey everyone! Devil Duck, here. After an extended absence, I’m back and will be getting some very overdue reviews done. Here’s my first one in a long string to come your way.

Flaming Joe’s Caribbean Style Jerk Sauce (Original Formula, 13.675 ounces)
Ingredients: Key Lime Juice, Soybean oil, [...]

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Key West Conch Cruiser Asian Marinade by Peppers of Key West

My travels took me to Key West in early August and I had the pleasure of visiting a great Hot Sauce Store called Peppers of Key West. I wish there were more stores like this everywhere. Literally, thousands of sauces lined the walls as well as countertops and you could try them all. Pete Legrady, [...]

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How to do hot sauce reviews, Australian-style

It’s easy enough to feel a little provincial about all the hot sauce reviews we do here in North America, but the fact is that hot sauce lovers are critiquing sauces all over the world. Wanna see something entertaining? Check out Neil from the Hippy Seed Co. and his video reviews of various [...]

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News from Intensity Academy

Press release from the fine folks at Intensity Academy:
Bay Area Company wins BIG at two recent national awards competitions!
Intensity Academy has been awarded the Golden Chile Award for Teriyaki in the 2009 Fiery Food Challenge for Chai Thai Teriyaki! Best New Gourmet Product in the Industry was also awarded to this new company along [...]

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The authoritative DEFCON view of ZestFest 2008

Never at a shortage of words, or of pain for those willing to dare a few molecules of the Zero sauce…the DEFCON Creator himself (a.k.a. John Dilley) has graced us with his sage observations of the goings on from this past show. Read it aloud for even more enjoyment! Here it is:
Incoming transmission…….
It [...]

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Passow Bears a Torch

Purchased this next one from the good ol’ folks at Torchbearer Sauces. I always enjoy an excellent dessert sauce and was specifically looking for that when I went to their booth at the Weekend of Fire in August. After trying a sample, I knew this was the one I’ve been looking for.
Torchbearer Sauce Sugar Fire [...]

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Passow Bites A Buccaneer

Starting off my series of reviews from the products I received at this years Weekend of Fire is from Cape Fear Pepper Company. Tracy Campbell’s wife makes this delicious product and has had many people clamoring to try to pry the recipe away from her…the stuff is just that good!
Buccaneer Bites Ingredients: Peanuts, sugar, butter, [...]

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America invades England…with hot sauce.

So nice to see that American hot sauce is starting to have an audience over with our English brethren, but we’re pretty darn sure that the Pain is Good sauces are NOT the hottest sauces compared to others in Great Britain. We know of a few others that are hotter, but not in as [...]

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Rock’s Pepper Farm Open Fields Info

A little bit ago I visited Kevin Malon’s field of peppers at Rock’s Farm and Garden (located at 10935 Route 306, Kirkland, Ohio 44026, did you know the 90 East has an exit for Route 306? I sure as heck didn’t). I promised to have an update for when his Open Fields would be and [...]

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Under the weather

There’s been a dearth of posts by us of late…but with good reason. Essentially, our entire household has been ill. Joe had resisted this until recently, but he finally succumbed to whatever’s been afflicting everyone else in the house for a few weeks. Between a 102+ degree fever and the utter malaise [...]

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