African Hot Sauces

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Hello Dave,First let me say that I am grateful for all the wonderful information you have posted on the Fiery-Foods web site. I am new in this business and your information has been VERY helpful. I am just returning from South Africa where I have signed a deal to exclusively distribute the Nali Peri-Peri sauce (a product of Malawi) in …

Food-and-strong-drink-inspired Gatherings

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Dear Dave,I am a longtime fan and benefactor of your wayward and devout obsessions, coming back to the trough for another nickel’s worth of wisdom. As a public service, I’d like to place a calendar of monthly events–having to do with our kind of foods–on my web site. Do you know of a collection of those yearly, rural, food-and-strong-drink-inspired gatherings? …

Chocolate Habs and Pepper Spray

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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 …

Sweating way too much

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Hi Dave,I have been a fan of your site for quite a while and was wondering if you could give me some help. I love hot food (now there is a surprise for someone regularly visiting your site) and eat fairly serious heat levels. Here is the problem; I sweat way too much. My mouth can be loving what I …

Seeking Everglades Hot Sauce

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Dear Dave:Please help us find a missing hot sauce. I’m not a hot sauce person like my wife and friends but, love "Blaze Hot Sauces Everglades Brush Fire" and we can no longer find it..:(. It came from Everglades City, Florida and we used to buy it by the case. We loved it so much we would give bottles of …