Dave:I’m a police officer and I was wondering if they use the ’Chocolate Habanero’ pepper for pepper spray, and if it is the same as oleoresin capsicum. Thank you.–GaryHello Gary:Oleoresin capsicum can be made from any hot chile and is usually made from foreign chile sold in bulk, like cayenne or African bird’s eye. It could be made from ’Chocolate …
Hot Food and Health
Hi Dave,First off, great web site! My question is this: Is there any evidence, clinical or anecdotal, of ill effects from a diet rich in very, very hot food? Some people have told me that eating too much spicy food (what’s too much?) can increase the risk of stomach or other gastrointestinal cancers. Is there any evidence of that, or …
Quicker Way of Making Chipotles?
Dave: I grow alot of different hot peppers and dehydrate some and smoke some in my Brinkman Smoker. However I would like to find a better way to smoke my peppers….Any suggestions? Mike Hello Mike: Cut the pods in half length-wise. Dehydrate them in an electric dehydrator. Then smoke them for maybe 4 to 5 hours. This should really cut …
Sauce Separation
Hi Dave: I bottle my own hot sauces and it just seems that I can’t find a consistency when it comes to the sauce separating. I’m hoping that getting the correct method/amounts will help. Karen Hello Karen: Generally speaking, the cause of such separation is either too much water in the sauce, or two non-miscible substances (like oil and water) …