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 …
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 …
Capsaicinoids determine Heat Sensation
Hi Dave,I have learned a lot from your book, "The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia", which I purchased a few months ago. A subject of great interest to me is to understand exactly how one pepper type is hotter than the next. From your book I have learned that the crystalline alkaloid makeup of all chile peppers is exactly the same with …
Hottest Habanero?
Hi Dave:Need help to settle a bet at work. Who holds the record for the hottest habanero?–Mark GMark:The hottest habanero record is held by Frank Garcia of GNS Spices, and certified by the Guinness Book of World Records at 577,000 Scoville Heat Units. To my knowledge, this record has never been duplicated or verified. The same variety, ’Red Savina’, was …
International Association of Fire Eaters
Hi, Dave.It’s Jim Fergusson of the International Association of Fire Eaters, way down yonder in New Orleeens. Hope this finds you well and with capsaicin induced beads of perspiration on your brow!Dave, I have scoured the internet for a decent picture of Paul Bosland because I wanted to send him an ID card, but I can’t find one that is …