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by Dave DeWitt and Chuck Evans Much of what we know about now-extinct brands of hot sauces comes from bottle collectors. There is not a great body of material on the subject of collectible hot sauce bottles, but we are indebted to Betty Zumwalt, author of Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces: 19th Century Food in Glass, who dutifully catalogued obscure hot sauce …
By Tricia Grissom Recipes: Grilled Beef with Festive Salad DelightSea-Horse WhipHorseradish “Pate”Raz-Radish Spread Horseradish is not for the faint-hearted or sensitive-nosed. I learned this when I attended the International Horseradish Festival in Collinsville, Illinois last summer. The opening ceremony included a ritual tasting of raw horseradish by the organizers. Do not try this at home. On its own, horseradish is …
By Dave DeWitt Illustration by Lois Manno Recipes: Machaca Shredded Beef Classic New Mexico Red Chile Sauce The Enchiladas Picture this: you’re sitting in a typical New Mexican restaurant in Santa Fe. There are red ristras on the wall, the smell of roasting chiles in the air, the traditional melody of “I Shot the Sheriff” by Bob Marley blasting from …
By Dave DeWitt A 135-year-old Tabasco® bottle has been recovered and reconstructed from 21 glass fragments found in an archaeological site of the historic Boston Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada. The recovery of the artifact was announced by Nevada state historic preservation officer Ron James and McIlhenny Company historian Shane Bernard. Ashley Dumas, a graduate student at the University of …
By Molly Wales Ted Nugent rocks. Ted Nugent hunts. Ted Nugent fights relentlessly in support of the Second Amendment. He has received praise from President Bush and Tom Ridge, amongst others, for being “a good man” and exemplifying “the founding principles of this great nation.” He writes without regard for traditional spelling. He eats squirrel. And he, much to the …
