Hi Dave:I live in England and have tried growing chiles for the first time. I managed to get some habaneros a couple of years ago from one of our large supermarket chains and pickled them with good results, but I have been unable to find a source of chiles since, hence trying to grow my own. Do you know of …
Dry Spice Suppliers needed
Hi Dave,Thanks to you for answering the questions in "Ask Dave!" I am starting a brick and mortar Hot Sauce and Spice store in the next year. I have done well (I think) in hammering out suppliers for the sauce side of the business (many heartfelt thanks to you for some of the leads your site provided) I am having …
Recipe Conversion Help needed
Dave-I have a question for you. My little sauce business is picking up and right now my recipe roughly makes 4 bottles per batch. I want to increase my batches, I’ve been experimenting with the amount of ingredients that is going into my batches to get a large output. But the taste isn’t exactly the same. Do you know of …
Salsa Maker seeking Pepper Destemmers
Hello!I am trying to help some friends of mine take their very delicious hot pepper salsa to market and one thing that we need is some way to mechanically stem the peppers (the peppers are small – Thai peppers I believe). Are there pepper destemmers out there? Or is this something that has to happen at harvest time? In other …
Making/Marketing/Distributing Hot Sauce
Dear Chile;Can you recommend a resource (e.g., "How to" book/web site) for making/marketing/distributing your own hot sauce?TX! NinoHello Nino:Regarding making your sauce, nearly all states and municipalities require that foods be produced in an inspected, professional kitchen, so if you’re thinking about cooking a hot sauce in your own kitchen, forget it. You should find a co-packer, or contract packer …