Hello Dave!I’ve been loyal to you and chileheads since the old CP magazine was quarterly. My dedication, however, sometimes proves to be my undoing, as you will see below. I was looking on the web, for what I no longer remember–and found the article below.Repeated e-mails to this guy have resulted in nothing–not even an answer. So, I was wondering, …
Home-made Hot Sauce too chunky
Hi Dave–I bought a couple of pounds of small Indian chillis (chandigars) to atempt to make a hot sauce. As this was my first attempt, the first problem was the deseeding process, there has to be a better way than cutting each pepper in half and cleaning out the seeds. So I ended up omitting that step which resulted in …
Hot Sauce Co-Packer in Texas
Dave,I am a great fan of you and your books. I need resources for pepper processing equipment and requirements for the processing/bottling process. I intend to open a hot shop in Texas and sell many brands of sauce. I do not need equipment designed for producing huge quantities to start, I can expand later if my sauces become a hit. …
Why use Cranberry Juice in Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
Dave:I plan on making some Jalapeno Pepper Jelly. After looking up a few recipes, they all call for cranberry juice as an ingredient. Why use cranberry juice in a pepper jelly?–Bob BirksBob:The reason for this is that people are copying other peoples’ recipes and they spread all over the Net. There is no particular reason for using cranberry juice. Any …
Getting started with Hot Sauce Manufacturing
Dave,I’ve come up with a couple of hot sauces that friends and family think are really good and that I should sell. I’ve been trying to find out what’s actually involved with bottling sauces to be sold. I’d be concerned about anyone getting sick, etc. Eventually, I’d really like to grow my garden and be able to make enough to …