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 [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Demon’s Spice Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Demon’s Spice The Power of Chiles Compels You... Chile peppers are considered the ‘Demon’s Spice’ in southern Italy. However, some locals use it for personal protection, or to protect your car or your house from the evil eye and gossipe [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - The Datil Chile Pepper Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - The Datil Chile Pepper The Official Chile Pepper of St. Augustine, Florida A datil pepper is a small hot pepper found in great abundance locally here in St. Augustine. The pepper is a variety of the species Capsicum Chinese also known as "yellow lantern chili. [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Corking, Not Just in Wine Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Corking, Not Just in Wine Chile peppers can get stretch marks? Corking on jalapeño peppers appears as scaring or minor striations on the surface of the pepper skin. When you see jalapeño skin cracking in this manner, it simply means that it needs to st [..]
January 11 2023 Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Colorado vs. New Mexico Administrator Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Colorado vs. New Mexico My Chile Peppers are better. No way, mine are way better than yours... The heated rivalry between Colorado and New Mexico is a hot one! It’s over Hatch versus Pueblo chile. And it's a heated debate... Heated, get it. The battle be [..]
