Dave:How do I preserve my hot peppers and how do I make a spicy vinegar sauce? I cant seem to get it right but then again I’ve never been good at these kind of things.Thank you.GinaGina:See our article "How to Pickle Peppers".–Dave
Protecting Hands from Hot Peppers
Hi Dave,I bought a few dozen Scotch bonnets to make my first hot sauce and the sauce turned out ok but I thought I was being careful but not careful enough. Got any hints on handling these peppers without getting hot all over? At one point in the process I went to the bathroom and 5 minutes later I wished …
New Find Proves Chile Sauce Use 2000 Years Ago
By Dave DeWitt Using the same technology that proved the use of chocolate at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, researchers have analyzed the contents of the residue of pots from ancient Mexico and discovered traces of chiles without chocolate. This indicates that either chile sauces were being made, or that they were used to spice up other beverages, about a thousand …
DeWitt: Can Superhot Stuff Kill You?
Episode 7: Superhot: Can This Superhot Stuff Kill You? Dave DeWitt reveals how much Tabasco sauce would put you into a coma, how deadly capsaicin is to animals, and how dangerous this stuff really is. {enclose http://traffic.libsyn.com/smallbizamerica/DeWitt-Can_Superhot_Kill_You.mp3}
Hot Stuff at Fancy Foods 2011
By Melanie Yunk On Sunday, January 16, 2011, the four of us arrived at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, ready to sample every one of the 80,000 specialty foods on display. Well, a few of them, anyway. My husband, Kent, and colleague, Kim, and her husband, Tim, helped me navigate the aisles, and we found more than enough tasty …