It’s Official! Pepper X – 2,693,000 SHU! Hottest Pepper in the World!
Table of Contents The Hottest Pepper in the World: Pepper X Attention, spice lovers and thrill seekers! Get ready to meet the reigning champion in the world of spiciness: Pepper X. This fiery pepper has taken the culinary world by…
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Exploring How Hot Sauce is Made: Origins, Traditions & Contemporary Recipes
If you’re a fan of spicy foods, then hot sauce is probably in your pantry…but have you ever wondered about the ingredients that make up this fiery condiment? In this blog post, we’ll be breaking down the different components of…
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Hot sauce endorphins: highs and lows
Hot sauce has become a common table condiment in many house holds not just for flavor but also to add spice. Many consumers appreciate the variety of hot sauces available simply to try the spiciest sauces available. There is an…
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My Dog Ate Hot Sauce, Are They OK?
If your dog has eaten an excessive amount of hot sauce call your veterinarian and assess the situation to determine how much and what kind of sauce they have eaten. Providing milk, ice cream, or other dairy products will help…
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What is Capsaicin?
Hot sauce is continually reaching new heights of spiciness due to the increasing heat level of the hot peppers used to create them. However, the peppers that are used in hot sauces also contain a compound responsible for the spiciness…
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Hot Sauce: Past, Present & Future
As a hot sauce expert, I appreciate the depth and complexity that hot sauce can bring to a dish. Many people from many cultures have also appreciated hot sauce over time. The history of hot sauce can be traced back…
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The Hottest Sauce In The World!
Hot sauce has come a long way since it was first popularized and bottled for consumption over 200 years ago. Many varieties of flavors are available that use unique combinations of ingredients and exotic processes to complete. In addition, many…
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Why Is Hot Sauce So Expensive?
Recently gourmet hot sauce has become a newly discovered condiment and is being consumed more than ever. This demand has enticed manufacturers to make new hot sauce flavors using rare or uncommon ingredients and some sauces combine complex processes that…
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Scotch Bonnet Hot Sauce – What You Need To Know!
There are hundreds of varieties of hot peppers, and many are used to make hot sauces. Some are more common than others for their unique flavor and heat level. Scotch Bonnet peppers are not as widely known as other popular…
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How Hot Is Nashville Hot Sauce?
A Nashville sauce has often been compared to a buffalo sauce, buffalo wing sauce, or chicken wing sauce. They are similar in contents, spiciness, and foods they are consumed with…chicken. Nashville hot sauce has become popular with the mainstream consumer…
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Understanding Hot Sauce pH
Creating hot sauce can be a science but you do not need to be a scientist to understand the importance of certain pH levels and what needs to be done to maintain them for the duration of its shelf life.…
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Mexican Hot Sauce: Authentic or Imitation?
Chili peppers and spicy foods have been a part of Mexican cuisine in one form or another for centuries. Contemporary hot sauce has been paired with Mexican foods since its modern-day introduction to consumers. Some Mexican hot sauces stand out…
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What Is The Difference Between Wasabi and Hot Sauce?
Hot sauce and wasabi have a completely diffident effect on the way they deliver their spiciness during consumption. Wasabi is a quick and sudden rush of spicy vapor throughout the nasal cavity and to the front of the head. Hot…
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Is any Buffalo sauce really vegan?
Is pretty safe to say that many hot sauces are vegan but anyone who supports and practices a vegan diet may argue that. It is kind of an oxymoron to call a chicken wing sauce vegan considering the intent on…
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No sodium, sodium free and low sodium hot sauce…find out the difference!
Salt is a very desired flavor and spice in our diet. It has a versatile use and is very difficult to get away from because it is so prevalent in many processed foods. Salt can be used to enhance foods…
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Scoville Scale: Then and Now
The Scoville scale is a classification system measuring the amount of concentrated capsaicin in a hot pepper and is also used to determine the heat level of hot sauce. The scale has been used for over a hundred years although…
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This is why hot sauce has become so popular!
Eating spicy food and hot sauce condiments is not a new phenomenon in dining. Spicey foods can be traced back for centuries and nearly every culture has some form of spicy cuisine. The idea of spicing up a meal is…
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What is a Louisiana style hot sauce…and why has it stood the test of time?
Many styles of hot sauce are identified by their origins of where they come from either by the climate of the region where the hot peppers grow or by the culture of cuisine that is consumed there. These sauces are…
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How blender wattage affects consistency of a hot sauce
I was amazed the last time I cleaned out my kitchen cupboards and found how many slicing, dicing, chopping, mixing and, blending appliances I have. I started to clean out the cupboards to make room for a new blender, but…
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Here’s your answers to refrigerating a hot sauce
If you mass-produce hot sauce for sale it may not get shipped immediately and will have to be stored while orders are taken and it gets shipped for delivery. You should not make more sauce than what your projected sales…
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Know the difference between gourmet, artisan, and craft hot sauces
Hot sauces have come a long way since a simple mixture of hot peppers and vinegar was introduced over 200 years ago. Rare and exotic ingredients are used, the sauces are given, unique, funny or eye-catching names, and the costs…
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Blender Buying Guide
I have been making my own hot sauce and usually do it in small batches with some standard kitchen appliances. I have found a great recipe and want to make large batches to give to friends as gifts, bring to…
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The Shocking Truth About Alkaline Hot Sauce!
Making a hot sauce with a high alkaline level goes against the naturally acidic ingredients of most hot sauces and will require ingredients that have a higher alkaline content to them. Most of the ingredients that comprise a simple hot…
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19 Ways to Relieve Your Hands From Hot Sauce Burn!
I never where gloves in the kitchen when I am making hot sauce. Not wearing gloves while making hot sauce is a very irresponsible thing to do. However, I seldomly use any peppers hotter than a jalapeno or serrano as…
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Can Dogs Eat Hot Sauce?
I was making a batch of hot sauce from a new recipe I had and some splashed onto the floor. The family dog came over and started sniffing around and I went into panic mode. What happens if our dog…
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3 Ways To Dry Hot Peppers
I have grown a large crop of hot peppers in anticipation of making many varieties of hot sauce. However, I am not able to work fast enough to use all the peppers I have grown to make sauce so some…
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9 Things You Can Do If Hot Sauce Is In Your Eye!
I make a lot of hot sauces in my kitchen, and I almost never wear gloves so there have been several occasions where I have gotten hot sauce in my eye. Also, when I am making new hot sauce recipes,…
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