January 11 2023 Hot Sauce Fun Fact - To Refrigerate or Not to Refrigerate, that is the Question Administrator Hot Sauce Fun Fact - To Refrigerate or Not to Refrigerate, that is the Question Oh, The Great Debate... An often-debated topic is whether to keep hot sauce in the fridge or not. Generally speaking, unopened hot sauce doesn’t need to be kept in the fridge because capsaicin, the active [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Species of Chile Peppers Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Species of Chile Peppers Did you know that there are Five Main Species of Chile Peppers Peppers, like any other plant-based food, originally came from a naturally growing, undomesticated plant. Wild peppers look more like berries than the peppers you’ [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Fish Chile Peppers Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Fish Chile Peppers There's something fishy here... Fish peppers are a spicy pepper variety within the Capsicum annuum species. They are slightly hotter than a Jalapeno pepper, but much less intense than a Habanero pepper. Perhaps the most fascinating thi [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Filius Blue Chile Peppers Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Filius Blue Chile Peppers You're my boy Blue! One of the most beautiful of both ornamental and edible peppers, the Filius Blue pepper produces beautiful ovoid chillies that start out a deep purple blue color which they remain for a long time before ri [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Naturally Fermented Pepper Mash Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Naturally Fermented Pepper Mash Naturally fermented pepper mash begins with freshly picked, washed, chopped or ground Capsicum peppers and salt. The salt and peppers are combined in jars or vessels, then naturally occurring Lactobacilli assist in creating and promoting the [..]
January 11 2023 Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Fermented Hot Sauce Administrator Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Fermented Hot Sauce Fermented Hot Sauce, don't mind if I do Fermented hot sauce is easy to make and so versatile you'll want to put it on everything. The sauce takes just minutes to prepare—cut the peppers, garlic, and carrots, pack them into a jar, then add a sim [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Elephant Trunk Chile Pepper Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Elephant Trunk Chile Pepper Let's address the elephant in the room... This awesomely shaped chile – there is no mistaking this one does in fact look like its name – the Elephant Trunk. A beautifully prolific plant, the Elephant Trunk pepper pl [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - The Chicken or the Egg Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - The Chicken or the Egg The Chilies have come to roost! Did you know that chili powder is what famed chefs Dan Barber and Dominique Ansel use to change the color of their chicken egg yolks bright red? Chili Powder also has a surprising health benefit it’s been shown [..]
January 11 2023 Hot Sauce Fun Fact - What are they called anyway? Administrator Hot Sauce Fun Fact - What are they called anyway? So, what are those little things are called on so many hot sauce bottles... Dripper Fitment Orifice Reducer Ever get a sauce that pours out to quickly, but doesn't come with one of those reducers that restricts the flow? [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Using Dried Chilies All Year Long Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Using Dried Chilies All Year Long Fresh vs Dried Pepper Names... Dried chilies are used throughout the world because drying is the best way to preserve peppers for year-round use. From mild peppers to very hot chilies, there's a dried chile pepper that everyone can [..]
