Q: Dave,I was wondering if the 5 oz. sauce bottles with the plastic screw top lids work for hot water baths. I make hot sauce and would like an extra margin of safety in the preservation process. If these bottles/lids are not suitable, what would you suggest?Thank you, Jack A: Hello Jack:I’ve never done the water bath with jars with plastic …
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 …
Valuable (?) Chili Sauce Bottle Found
Q: Hi Dave,I’ve been searching the internet for information on a hexagonally shaped bottle patented by Eugene R. Durkee. The only information I could find was your article "A Brief History of U.S. Commercial Hot Sauces" which said that no bottle has ever been found. I have one in my possession, and I wondered how I could obtain information on …
Heat Level of Nali Peri-Peri Sauce
Q: Hi Dave,Two years ago I was in Malawi, Africa and bought some Nali Peri-Peri Sauce. I thought it was pretty hot and tried to order some of it. While searching for a site offering Nali (which was not easy), I found some sites mentioning "Scoville Units.” Can you tell me how many Scoville Units the Nali Peri-Peri Sauce has? …
Why Dairy Stops the Hot
Q: Dear Dave, My son is doing a science project involving hot sauce. He knows that capsaicin makes a pepper hot, but what "stops the hot?” We have heard that dairy is best, but what we don’t know why. Thanks for your help, Alice and son A: Hello Alice:Information I have says that the protein casein in dairy products somehow strips …