Head to Head Sauce Competition

This weekend I pitted two sauces against each other: Uncle Brutha's Allsauce No. 9 and The Boulder Hot Sauce Company's Smokey Serrano. I made a quick open faced sandwich with: Sourdough bread Swiss Chard Garlic Scapes EVOO. Toast the bread. Heat oil in pan. Chop chard and scapes and saute them in the oil until tender. Arrange on top of ...

A Newbie!

Hello! I'm the Saucy Mama, newest member of the Contessa's team.  I'm very excited to be writing for the Saucy Contessa, and you all will be seeing me here a lot.  Right off the bat, I'd like to make a confession. I don't know much about hot sauce. I know, it's quiet shameful really.   Currently ...

Headache Relief from Capsaicin…

A recent study found that 75 percent of headache patients felt relief when they rubbed capsaicin (the component that makes chile peppers hot) on their nose.

New Use For Chile Peppers

Costs squeeze New Mexico's peppers Chile breeders at New Mexico State University have developed a gem of a new chile variety that produces the reddest pigment commercially available. “NuMex Garnet,” a paprika chile for natural food coloring, was unveiled today at the 20th Annual 2002 Chile Conference in Las Cruces. ...

Welcome

Welcome to Saucy's new Wicked Fun online shopping for spice and sauces and great gift items! Many of you have visited us in our storefront on the Coast of Maine in enchanting downtown Boothbay Harbor. We're adding new products daily, so if you need something you don't find here, send us an e-mail at info@saucycontessa.com ...