Does Roasting or Drying Hot Peppers Reduce Their Heat?
Does Roasting or Drying Hot Peppers Reduce Their Heat? If you love cooking with spicy peppers, you’ve probably wondered whether roasting or drying hot…
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What Is the Membrane of a Hot Pepper? Understanding Where the Heat Really Comes From
What Is the Membrane of a Hot Pepper? Understanding Where the Heat Really Comes From If you’ve ever bitten into a hot pepper and…
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How Should You Handle Hot Peppers – Safe Hot Pepper Handling Guide
How Should You Handle Hot Peppers Learning how to handle hot peppers properly is essential for protecting your skin, eyes, and kitchen while preserving…
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Are All Hot Peppers Equally Spicy? Understanding Hot Pepper Heat Levels
Are All Hot Peppers Equally Spicy? Understanding Hot Pepper Heat Levels Many people assume all hot peppers deliver the same level of heat, but…
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How to Store Hot Peppers: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Peppers Fresh Longer
How to Store Hot Peppers: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Peppers Fresh Longer Learning how to store hot peppers properly helps protect their heat,…
Different Peppers Explained, Hot Sauce Diaries
Unlocking the Heat: All About Serrano Hot Peppers
Unlocking the Heat: All About Serrano Hot Peppers 🔥 Unlocking the Heat: All About Serrano Hot Peppers explores the bold flavor, crisp texture, and…
Different Peppers Explained, Hot Sauce Diaries
Are Poblano and Pasilla Peppers the Same Thing?
Are Poblano and Pasilla Peppers the Same Thing? If you are confused about the various names for different types of chiles, you are not…
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Skiers Consuming Hot Sauce???
Why Do Skiers Consume Hot Sauce? There’s a science behind why skiers—and other athletes—are obsessed with hot sauce. If you’re a winter sports…
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The Correct Way To Store Hot Sauce
The Correct Way to Store Hot Sauce Have you ever wondered what the right way to store hot sauce is? I did – especially…
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What happens to your body after eating hot sauce…
Eating hot sauce can produce a variety of physiological reactions, like a tingling (or pain) in the lips, tongue and throat. Other common reactions…
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Chili Cookoff – If you can read this whole article without laughing, there is something wrong with you!!
If you are a long-time member of our newsletter family, you may remember this story from a long time ago. As it is tax…
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Capsaicin Voted Herb of the Year
Capsaicin Voted Herb of the Year In 1991, the International Herb Association established National Herb Week to be celebrated every year during the…
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Hot Sauce Brand Loyalty
Peppers of Key West 11 Pack As the son of hot sauce lovers and immigrants from Hungary, I noticed as far back as…
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Resurgence of the slow cooker!
When you think of a slow cooker as a means of meal readiness, do you think of the 1970’s mother standing in front of…
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Put Your label On Our Sauces!
Peppers of Key West has a new private labeled hot sauce bottle opportunity for you. We love our sauces and have found that most of…
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The Correlation Between Hops and Heat
Correlation Between Hops, Heat and Hot Sauce Maybe not specifically with Samuel Adams products but most of us have been preforming this test…
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The Fischer & Weiser Spotlight
Fischer & Weiser’s motto is “from the farm to your family table”, what sauce manufacturer can get any better than that! Fisher & Weiser…
Different Peppers Explained, Hot Sauce Diaries
Introducing… The Chipotle Pepper
Pronunciation: The chipotle is pronounced: chee-POHT-lay. A common mispronunciation is when it’s said as bottle but starting with chi (chip-ottle). Chipotle is also pronounced…
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The Ugly Food Movement
There is a food movement in the states that is slowly gaining traction called the “Ugly Food Movement”. In our politically correct world…
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Peppers Are The Cure For What Ails You!
Not only do most hot sauces taste good, they are good for you. Capsaicin, what makes chilies and the sauces and salsas that contain…