Q: Hello Dave,Love your site! I have spent days searching the Internet for a supplier of heat shrink bands for my homemade sauce. I don’t want those little clear ones that just cover the caps, I want the kind that almost cover the entire neck, in different colors, perforated so they tear off easily. I just need small quantities, something …
Pepper Mash Not for Home Use
Q: Dear Dave,I want to make my own habanero mash and I want to use as little salt as possible. What’s a good salt/vinegar/pepper ratio?–Douglas A: Hello Douglas:You are not giving me enough information to answer your question.–Is this for home or commercial use?–How do you intend to store the mash?–What is the purpose for doing this?The reason I ask …
How to Get Sauces Bottled
Q: Dear Dave,I have a line of Gourmet Sauces that I have reserved for use in my restaurants. I would like to get some of them bottled and on the open market. I know it can be done…I just don’t know who to contact. It seems like every time I ask someone about "how" to get my sauces bottled, everybody …
Web Source for Dried Chiles
Q: Dave,I live in St. Petersburg, Florida and am trying to make a chili that calls for dried pasilla and dried New Mexico peppers. I cannot find any locally. Any place on the web that I might be able to find these?Thanks, Jack Merritt A: Hello Jack:Boy, that’s an easy one. One of the best sources for dried chiles of all …
Prospects for New Jamaican Sauce
Q: Hi Dave:What route would you recommend for a new Jamaican hot sauce to enter the U.S.? Ethnic market…then hopefully mainstream? Or maybe I should ask what are the prospects for a new hot sauce (so far no one else is doing anything like it in Jamaica) to enter the U.S. market at this time?Best Regards, Roxanne A: Hello Roxanne:There are …