hot sauce taste-testers needed-

(26 may 2009- all samples on the way!)



Hi Y'all!

I need some willing victims....ummm,errr..........VOLUNTEERS to sample a new hot sauce I'm making. I make and sell a few products locally and some of them are hot sauces.

My latest recipe is made with chipotle peppers, habanero and bhut jolokia peppers. Lots of garlic and spices.


(note the Modelo in the photo for size reference-:saint



I have 20 samples available for folks to try and I need some feedback on the hot sauce. It's pretty hot with a smoky spicy flavor. Made with cider vinegar, spices, and peppers.

BUT WAIT! THERE"S MORE.....!

for those of you who respond to this request and subject yourselves to the taste testing, you'll recieve another sample of my "tropical ghost hot sauce". It's a fruit-based finishing sauce. Use it on fish, chicken, rice, stirfry, you get the idea. It's a little sweet, and not so scorching hot.




Made with mandarin orange, pineapple, ginger, spices, habanero, bhut jolokia and red peppers.


I'd like to send some down into MX, but mailing and shipping is pretty crazy. If someone is traveling across the border soon and will be meeting up with Nomads south of the border, I can send a couple bottles to you.

U2U me with your mailing address. I'll be using US Postal Service (not UPS or FedEx) so make sure you u2u your MAILING address. I can mail to Canada also.

Thanks in advance for your help. I really need some feedback from some serious chileheads. Please, if you would like some samples, be willing to send back the survey form.
U2U me with your mailing address.

For those of you haven't heard about the Ghost Pepper(aka bhut jolokia) here's a link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_Jolokia
It's currently the hottest pepper in the world. YUM!

[Edited on 5-18-2009 by BajaNuts]

[Edited on 5-27-2009 by BajaNuts]

[Edited on 5-27-2009 by BajaNuts]

Boy oh boy am I looking forward to trying this hot sauce! Gonna taste real good, she sez, before it strips the lining from my innards. Oughta be good for whatever ails me.

Nena

Good morning, chileheads!

I have a few bottles not spoken for yet. And an offer from someone willing to put a package on the bus to get it further south. I've never sent a package on the bus before, so if someone wants some samples, I'll get a box set up for a bus ride, but you'll need to tell me the details.

thanks again for all the willing victims!

Ann

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going....going....GONE!

susanna got my last pair of samples. There is still the one set going Mulege direction with a traveler and a couple pairs going to Ensenada to the Baja500 rally in June. dtbushpilot is taking those.

And Natalie Ann, I'm making that "Special Edition" for you. I just can't resist a challenge when someone says "it can never be hot enough"

we'll see...................

thanks to everyone else who has requested samples, I'll be getting them in the mail tomorrow. And if you want one of the above mentioned "traveling" bottles, let me know.
Thanks-
and I hope you all enjoy it painfully!
Ann

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Originally posted by BajaNuts And Natalie Ann, I'm making that "Special Edition" for you. I just can't resist a challenge when someone says "it can never be hot enough" we'll see................... Ann

Oh dear - I said that?

ummmmm.... actually, Ann.... I was thinking your description already sounded pretty darn hot what with those Indian peppers 'n all.

okey doke..... I'll rise to the occasion.
I'll have plenty of milk on hand and look forward to tasting this fiery sauce.
Report at 6.

Nena

From wikipedia-"what is a Scoville unit?"
"Scoville Organoleptic Test
In Scoville's method, a solution of the pepper extract is diluted in sugar syrup until the "heat" is no longer detectable to a panel of (usually five) tasters; the degree of dilution gives its measure on the Scoville scale. Thus a sweet pepper or a bell pepper, containing no capsaicin at all, has a Scoville rating of zero, meaning no heat detectable, even undiluted. Conversely, the hottest chilis, such as habaneros, have a rating of 200,000 or more, indicating that their extract has to be diluted 200,000 times before the capsaicin presence is undetectable. The greatest weakness of the Scoville Organoleptic Test is its imprecision, because it relies on human subjectivity."

I've heard it mentioned elsewhere (even on TV food shows) that Scoville heat units are measured by dilution with water. That appears to be incorrect.

And if anyone has ever watched a food show from some of the fiery food festivals, you may have noticed that SUGAR is the antidote for too-much-heat. Not bread, milk, water,............beer works cuz you get drunk and forget why your mouth is on fire..........

From first-hand experience of tasting pure peppers, sugar is the trick! I bought some pepper extract that has a Scoville of 1,000,000 and had to try it. I dipped a toothpick into the extract, touched it to my tongue and about passed out! I had to eat 1/2 cup straight sugar, holding it in my mouth, to finally kill the heat. My new label will have that tidbit of information on it.

Sez you.

Ann - Looking forward to trying your hot sauce. Thanks!!!

Yummy!

DocsMom-

I have another batch on the way!
Send me u2u your addy and I'll get it out to you.

I was hoping to send samples out to private people who love hot stuff and might share it with 1-2 other people. I think you fit the bill. I'm loooking for personal taste preferences from people who like hot stuff. If you are a self-proclaimed chile-head,.....YOU QUALIFY!

Funny thing is, in our story that comes with the samples, we share how my hubby took jars of hot sauce to work and the guys on the jobsite stole the jars out of his lunchbox... true story!

We are in the Methow Valley, about an hour north of Wenatchee on Hwy 97! Actually it's 1 1/2 houras from our house to Costco in Wenatchee...(ya gotta have LANDMARKS>>RIGHT?!?!?)

u2u me and I'll send some for you and the Docs!
Annn

This is wonderful.... my package of hot sauces just arrived along with a wonderful packet of chipolte dip mix. I feel like a kid in a candy store. And being a dessert first kinda person, I immediately opened each bottle of sauce for a taste test. Boy oh boy are these babies delicious!

That special batch of hotness you made up for me, Ann.... wow! Now that is something! Absolute perfection - although I admit to taking a break after the half teaspoon. Gonna have to make me a taco to go under it.

Thank you for your generosity. The survey will be returned in the mail with it's edges scorched by my breath.

Nena

oh Fred...........if that Bleu cheese dressing happens to get mixed up with the survey papers and mailed back to me, I wouldn't tell anyone!

Thanks for the quick replies, and I have the rest of the packages ready to mail tomorrow (Thursday). And I have to send a HUGE apology to the 2nd group, I forgot to include your surprise. It's a little packet to make some chipotle dip. Let me know if you want some, I can mail it. I ran out of regular mailing boxes so I had to raid the recycle bin for some boxes. You'll definitely know if your box came out of the recycle bin!

DavidT- did you send a request to me? I don't have it on my list, so if I missed you, u2u me again. I don't have a website up yet, but am working on it.

Thanks Everyone! I'm looking forward to your suggestions.
A~

I put the rest of the samples in the mail today, Priority. Most should arrive by Saturday, so if you have a PO box, make sure you check it while the office is open. Our post office is only open for 1 1/2 hours on Saturday, so if we're expecting a package, we have to get there while they're open. The boxes are too big to fit into regular PO boxes.
Thanks, everyone, hope you're having painfully huge amounts of fun with the stuff.

Ghost Fire

You better somehow make this a Baja related post. Otherwise we'll all start selling stuff here. I know, call your sauce "Mulege Madness" or Baja Blister Sauce!

Will critique sauce soon, thanks. Corky

OOOOoooo! Nice names! I need that kind of inspiration! Can I use them if other's like them?

Not selling, just testing....

Not to worry m8's, when I get a website up, I'll only add a link to it to the bottom of my ......profile? is that where other weblinks are posted? Sorry, don't know what you call that area at the bottom of people's posts.

Ummm... let's see.............tie in to Baja..................
one contains chipotle peppers (aka smoked jalapenos, jalapeno peppers are grown in Baja) and the other contains mandarin oranges (distant cousins to the naranjas grown in Baja) ....does that count?
edited to include---the sauce is in glass bottles, which are made from sand, which is all over Baja...



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Count me out, you have 3 of the spiciest chiles in the world in a bottle, i rather whip myself watching Golden Girls re-runs.

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I've been waiting for 3 weeks for my "official letter from the powers that be" stating the product is safe.


I'll get it on line soon after that. In the mean time, contact me directly, we can work something out.