Behold the new hottest thing I’ve ever eaten! This is CaJohn’s Mongoose hot sauce. It’s Bhut Jolokia peppers, fatalii peppers, vinegar, and natural flavors (which I’m told by a reliable source includes extract, but it’s not offensive-tasting). Best estimates I’ve found of its heat level are 800,000 – 1,000,000 Scoville heat units. The hottest jalapeno … Read more
Did/does your mama save bacon drippings? If she’s native Southern, she probably did/does. Once in a great while I’ve cooked some eggs in a bit of just-created bacon grease, but that I can remember, yesterday was the first time I’ve ever saved any. I made a pot of chili for the Super Bowl, and I … Read more
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has died of an apparent heroin overdose. He was 46 years old. Hoffman was an “indicator actor” for me, much like Harry Dean Stanton was for Roger Ebert. If Philip Seymour Hoffman was in a film, then that was going to be worth my time to see his performance, if … Read more