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January
19
2023

Heartbreaking Dawn’s Artisan Foods, LLC.

Heartbreaking Dawn’s Artisan Foods, LLC.     In 2009 Johnny McLaughlin, started his sauce and seasoning company with his wife Nicole, Heartbreaking Dawn’s. He named the company after a poem, “Winters Lament”, from his favorite French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Like ma [..]
January
17
2023

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - So you want to be a YouTube Star?

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - So you want to be a YouTube Star?  Are you up to this challenge? We wouldn't condone it...  A YouTube star thought it wise to make a video of himself bathing in a tub full of hot sauce. Cemre Candar, who loves to 'share his imagination' (that's what his bio says), ha [..]
January
17
2023

Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Wilbur Scoville

Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Wilbur Scoville  The Man, The Myth, The Legend.... The Game? People have known about the tongue-burning, tear-inducing qualities of peppers long before Columbus reached the Americas. Before Wilbur Scoville, however, no one knew how to measure a pepper's “heat&rdq [..]
January
17
2023

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Why you sweating me?

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Why you sweating me? When hot sauce is consumed, a common reaction by the body is to sweat, particularly on the forehead. The scientific term for this reaction is gustatory perspiration. Gustatory sweating is sweating that occurs on the forehead, scalp, neck, and upper [..]
January
17
2023

Chile Pepper Fun Fact - More vitamin C than an Orange, really?

Chile Pepper Fun Fact - More vitamin C than an Orange, really?  Step aside Oranges, Chile Peppers brings the Vitamin C There's no doubt chile peppers are packed with flavor. They also provide a little fiber without salt, sugar, saturated fat or many calories, said professor Linda Van Horn, [..]
January
17
2023

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - U.S. Hot Sauce Consumers

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - U.S. Hot Sauce Consumers  So, who's buying all the Hot Sauce anyway?  "Hot sauce is clearly part of the diet of many U.S. consumers, and it’s a food that crosses gender, age, ethnicity, and income,” says Annie Roberts, vice president, SupplyTrack, NPD G [..]
January
17
2023

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Beer & Hot Sauce are Twinsies?

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Beer & Hot Sauce are Twinsies? Much like microbreweries and farm to table for foods, hot sauce too is now going through a renaissance. Cutting edge hot sauce companies now have an emphasis on local farm produce and using all natural ingredients. Not only are farmers growi [..]
January
17
2023

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Too much of a good thing? Nah

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Too much of a good thing? Nah Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Hot Sauce? Literally everyone is obsessed with hot sauce, including the two baddest women around: Hillary Clinton and Beyoncé. And who can blame them?  Considering the condiment is only a microscopi [..]
January
17
2023

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Taco Tuesday Version

Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Taco Tuesday Version   You drizzle it on your tacos, but do you really know the history of hot sauce? Surprisingly, its first appearances trace back to the ancient Aztecs in Mexico. They began cultivating chilis as early as 7000 BC, and hot sauce has been a key com [..]