De La Viuda, literally meaning “of the widow”, is a sauce with a history dating back over 50 years in Mexico though its introduction to the US market is much more recent. The recipe for the sauce dates back to a widow from Jalisco, Mexico who sold the sauce from a street cart and was…
I’ve recently become more of a fan of beef jerky. It’s a great protein-packed snack that’s excellent for quelling hunger without a ton of calories and certainly better than binging on bags of chips or cookies from the office vending machines. While occasionally some very tasty brands show up on the shelves of the local…
I’ve always been a fan of Tabasco products. With a long history steeped in tradition they’re also not afraid to experiment and try new things. While the original and Family Reserve varieties rely on their age-old three ingredient formula of fermented peppers, vinegar, and salt, they’ve taken inspirations from global cuisines and other styles of…
On a recent order from Puckerbutt Pepper Company I had to get my total up a bit in order to get free shipping, and as I’d already selected the remaining sauces that interested me from the company and that I hadn’t added to my stockpile yet I decided to throw in this chocolate bar. Linda…
Steve’s Snaketuary, in Shreveport Louisiana, dedicates itself to helping ease fear of snakes through education about their benefits and interesting biology. They also run a service to safely remove unwanted snakes that wander into homes as well as providing an adoption and rehoming service for pet snakes to prevent them from being destroyed or released…
Firecracker Pepper Sauce hails from Toronto, Canada and was born from the union of a Canadian man and his ethnically Indo-Trinidadian fiancé who were looking for something unique to give out as wedding favors. They decided on a Trinidadian style pepper sauce using a recipe from her family and the sauce was such a hit…
Miso, the umami-packed Japanese ingredient made of fermented soybeans, has been gaining popularity continually outside of Japan. While a range of styles exist for miso, the most common are made from Koji, rice inoculated with Aspergillus oryzae mold, which is in turn added to soybeans and left to ferment them over a period of time,…
Elijah’s hot sauces, especially their Xtreme line, have been popular in online hot sauce forums for their combination of solid heat and flavor. The has been a father-son duo since its inception, with this particular sauce being the first one launched by the company. I had been wanting to try some of their lineup for…
I don’t have positive feelings about Pepper Palace. The company began as a retailer of hot sauces and other spicy specialty foods and became quite successful in doing so. Their move that I take issue with is that eventually they decided they didn’t want to share their profits with craft hot sauce makers and opened…
I’ve never followed the UFC or other fighting sports (football is quite violent enough for me and I actually understand the rules vs UFC and boxing) but from what I understand Dustin Poirier is a mixed martial arts UFC competitor and is generally known as a pretty nice guy as far as the sport goes….