Hot Sauce and Hot Pics

This past week I had a little accident while trying to eat some lunch. I had a bag of premade Dole Southwest Salad and was planning on gussying it up with a little hot sauce, namely some homemade habanero hot sauce that had been made several months prior. Only problem is that when you have a sauce that works via fermenting, then you leave it alone in a fridge for months causing it to separate, and then you shake it up, it becomes pressurized. Now when you keep it in a glass container you can’t noticeably feel this happening, so when you open it up it is very easy to be surprised when it explodes upwards in a cloud of habanero gas which ends up in your eyes and you spend the next 5 minutes wondering if you’ve been permanently blinded. Fortunately I wasn’t and learned that I should just stick to nachos and not dabble in “salads”.

Anyhow, we have talked a little bit about hot sauce here, and in space, and covered capsaicin thoroughly in The Field Guide to Nachos, but what you should be checking out is the Illustrated History of Hot Sauces over on Nachonomics favorite First We Feast, because frankly they are killing it on the hot sauce history.

In other cryptic nacho news, allow me to present you with this image, the viewing of which is the beginning of a mysterious experience fit for a gift from The Mysterious Package Company. Could it be the beginning of something beautiful, or go absolutely nowhere at all? Only time will tell!

Obligatory Valentine's Day Post

When people think of the heart, typically on days like Valentine's or during a break up or quadruple bypass, they typically envision the classic upturned butt shape with a triangle below it rather than the fist sized pumping organ that dwells within us all.  This is fine, as after all organs are gross and don't really get one in the mood for love, and if they do you should consult psychiatric help ASAP least the police find you in the pit full of dismembered body parts you are living in while you chow down on heart after heart of your unlucky victims. Every now and then you should think of your heart though, especially as a nacho fan for the dish itself is not the most heart healthy. This Valentine's Day, give your loved one the ultimate gift, get your heart checked out to make sure you aren't at risk of a heart attack from the massive amount of nachos you consume. 610,000 heart related deaths occur a year in the United States so be sure to take care of yourself, because you don't want Death to be your date for Valentine's. The more you know, play theme twinkle.