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Entries for the ‘Spice mix’ Category

Heather’s Give Passow a Jolokia Treat

With the spread of what I call Naga Mania comes more and more interesting, super heated product. From Jolokia Peanut Butter, to sauces and powders, this trend is really sweeping the industry and Brian Marx from Heather’s Heat and Flavor is surely taking advantage of it!

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“Truckee” BBQ Rub by Big Dawg Salsa

We use spice mixes a fair amount these days. While most of them are simply sprinkled lightly over dishes to give them a little extra flavor, there are some that are worth highlighting as truly adding something extra to a meal. We had gotten a sample of this “Truckee” BBQ Rub recently, and [...]

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“Salvage” Cajun Seasoning by Big Dawg Salsa

While we have several new products from Big Dawg Salsa that we want to review, courtesy of Darrell and Candy at the Weekend of Fire show, we wanted to go back and touch on one of their products we use constantly that deserves some mention. “Salvage” is the Big Dawg version of Cajun seasoning, [...]

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First On-The-Spot Review

Live from Jungle Jims…
I’ve been walking around the show trying old and new products and I came across one company I haven’t tried before…Lee’s Hot Mustard. While I liked all of Lee’s products, one stood out for me. It’s called Lee’s Key Lime.

Ingredients: Granulated sugar, lime juice powder, jalapeño peppers & salt.

I tried [...]

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“Herbal Red” spice mix by Texas Select Seasonings

Ever since doing our Featured product writeup of Texas Select Seasonings a little while back, we’ve been raving about their stuff to all our friends, family, and coworkers. Those kudos were mostly about their more spicy products, so we were fortunate enough to receive some stuff that was a little less spicy…but some of [...]

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Texas Select Seasonings

Taking a slight turn off from showcasing the hot sauce makers of the world, we proudly bring to you the fine folks at Texas Select Seasonings. Hailing from Sante Fe, Texas, William Powell and his family have been putting together some fantastic spice blends for nearly two decades. Their products include some really [...]

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Review: Cin Chili

One of the interesting thing about attending ZestFest was trying a fair amount of chili mixes. As people who regularly host chili cookoffs, we have generally spurned chili mixes because we have wanted our ‘contestants’ to make their chilis from scratch. It just seems that you can take a lot more pride in [...]

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