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Entries for July, 2009

Vitamin C Super Pepper Grown

We all know that peppers are high in vitamins but now, thanks to Marks and Spencer they are even higher. Sounds like this is a sweet pepper and not a hot one, which is slightly disappointing.
Vitamin C super-pepper developed by Marks & Spencer

For those who struggle to eat their five portions of fruit and vegetables [...]

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CaJohn and the “art of the deal”

Just ahead of the upcoming Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire show, word comes to us that the CaJohns Fiery Foods home office will be relocating. The fact that a new building was needed was far from being new news to anyone who was familiar with the old place. A former fire protection equipment [...]

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Passow And Company Go To The Weekend of Fire 2009

Yep, that’s right, it’s once again time for our annual coverage of Jungle Jim’s 3rd Annual Weekend of Fire in Fairfield, Ohio!!! I won’t get a change to update on when I’m leaving before I leave so I’m just getting this out of the way now.
I’ll be heading out on Friday (I hope my carma [...]

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Flying Scotsman Habanero Hot Sauce

Flying Scotsman Habanero Hot Sauce

Let me start this review with an apology to Jonathan Smillie, the hobbiest behind this sauce. Jonathan sent me this sample from Jefferson, Indiana, as well as another called “Red Alert” back in April. Here it is July and I’m just now trying this sauce. My bad and my apologies [...]

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Long day’s journey into chilehead nirvana

While we’re waiting for the newsreels to spit out some newer stuff, enjoy this entertaining article from the Ventura County Reporter about one woman’s journey into the life of the chilehead:
For the love of burning taste buds
One woman’s hot confession
By Michael Sullivan
07/23/2009
“Hi! My name is Michael and I am a hot-sauce-lovin’ salsaholic.”
Although I can’t remember [...]

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Passow Catches The Madness

No, not Space Madness, CaJohn’s Bhut “Jolokia Madness”. This was part of my winnings from The Fiery Foods Festival (in particular the Chili-Head Jeopardy match) and I’m not sure if it’s available commercially yet as I can’t find it on CaJohn’s website.
CaJohn’s Bhut “Jolokia Madness” Ingredients: Bhut Jolokia, Habanero, onion, mustard, vinegar, spices.

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The Hot Zone Online getting a facelift

Things are still a little slow right now, so we’re working “behind the scenes” to make some way overdue improvements to the blog. In addition to updating our Wordpress platform, which is a few updates overdue from being current, plans are in place to change around some graphics and even some of the features [...]

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Still looking for a spicy food family for “Wife Swap”

Several months ago, we posted some information about how the ABC show Wife Swap was looking for spicy food fanatics willing to be part of a show featuring a family devoted to fiery foods to swap wives with a “bland” family, or one not into spicy stuff.
Well, it appears that they have yet to find [...]

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Passow Finds The Hottest Non-Extract Sauce

Yep, you read that right folks, after sampling 2,000 plus hot sauces in my career, I have now found one that tops the charts for me. “What can this magical sauce be and why are you wearing duct tape on your forehead” you might ask. Well, I’m hoping the duct tape on the forehead craze [...]

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2009 “Weekend Of Fire” update: Booth participants

Chiliheads, JB here from Jungle Jim’s and the Week End of Fire. No, I am not Jungle Jim and no I am not Brett Vitek, but I have learned a lot from both of them over the last 25 years. I have some big shoes to fill this year and will be leaning on [...]

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