Introducing… The Habanero Pepper
Pronunciation: The habanero is pronounced: hah bahn air oh, or, ah bahn air oh, without the leading ‘h’ sound. You’ll hear it said both ways. When used in English, it is sometimes spelled (and pronounced) habanero. Color: Unripe habaneros are green and the ...
Cure Those Winter Blues
It’s five a.m. and if you are not rolling around you’re staring at the ceiling trying to get to sleep. You can’t you’re sniffling, sneezing, not breathing and you’ve given up hope of even getting a catnap in. The only thing you’re somewhat able to do, albeit diff ...
Jerky is the New Craze!
America is a nation of snackers and Americans have recently started moving away from potato chips and cookies and turning to healthy snacks, or at least “healthier for you” snacks. Among the categories they are turning to is high quality jerky. Premium jerky is the fastest-g ...
A Brief History of Early Key West
Key West was an island called Cayo Hueso – or the English translation of Island of Bones – by early Spanish travelers and has a very interesting beginning. The original inhabitants of Key West were the Calusa people. At the time, a Spanish captive translated Calusa t ...
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion- What?
Peppers of Key West has found that Chile experts identify Trinidad Moruga Scorpion as world’s hottest! Experts at New Mexico’s State University’s Chile Pepper Institute have identified the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion as the hottest pepper on the planet. There ...
History of Spices-Red Pepper & Cayenne
Today we take spices for granted. There they are, always handy on the spice shelf, as ordinary as our daily newspaper; and if we run out, they are as near as the neighborhood grocery or supermarket. We can scarcely imagine a time when spices weren’t commonplace and f ...
NASCAR & HOT SAUCE: GREEN GREEN GREEN
If there is one thing that race fans take as seriously as their favorite drivers, it’s the food that their favorite track has made famous. If you have been a NASCAR fan for any time at all, you will have heard of the infamous hot dogs that are eaten by the thousands on race ...
That Devil made me do it!
Dave’s Gourmet Insanity Sauce Private Reserve 2009 Limited Edition – his first (and subsequently most collectible) using the Indian Jolokia Pepper, also known as the “Ghost Pepper”. These collector’s items are in such demand that it’s har ...
Some like it hot. Really hot!
Maybe it’s that sense of danger that reels you in at first. The crazy name, the wild picture slapped on the bottle. Before you know it, you’re on for the ride, and the best ones leave you reduced to a sweaty and speechless mess. When it’s finally over, you ...
Hot Sauce – Good for What Ails You!
Not only do most hot sauces taste good, they are good for you. Capsaicin, what makes chiles and the sauces and salsas that contain them hot, carry a bunch of benefits. First off, you can improve digestion by eating them. The spiciness in a hot sauce or a salsa stimulates sto ...