Tag: National Hot & Spicy Day

Shake Your Sriracha Sauce, A Dried Sriracha Spice From Pereg

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August 19th is National Hot & Spicy Food Day. You could slice up some jalapeños, or add hot sauce to your dishes. Or, you could shake on this new dried Sriracha spice.     SOME LIKE IT HOT Spice manufacturer Pereg has re-formatted Sriracha sauce in a dried form. You can now shake Sriracha on…
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It’s National Hot & Spicy Day: Why Hot & Spicy Foods Are Hot

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[1] Chile peppers contain capsaicin, a chemical compound that burns (photo of jalapeño chiles © Good Eggs). [2] In peppercorns, the heat chemical is piperine (photo iStock Photo). [3] Yellow mustard seeds. When mustard seeds are crushed, the heat is released (photo © Hillshire Farm | Facebook). [4] Yellow onions have the most sulphur, and…
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