Posted on 09/07/2014 12:08:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Edited on 09/07/2014 12:14:57 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
When Mike Kurtz, a 32-year-old Brooklyn resident, was traveling in Brazil several years ago, he stumbled upon a tiny pizzeria and found chile-infused honey on each table.
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>>”It was his holy sh*t moment.”
GIVE THIS WRITER A PULITZER!! </s>
Sounds similar to the bbq glaze idea that is/was the back of the Heinz 57 bottle 30+ years ago...
Whoever designs the labels or packaging for Mike’s Hot Honey should have a really fun time getting racy and a little bit raunchy. All for the bottom line, get noticed, get bought, get needed.
Real lady-like there, Sierra. Can’t say your editor is any more couth. Stopped reading right there.
Just in case anyone is interested. Honey, garlic and hot pepper flakes mixed together is basically what Lo Mein sauce is.
40 years ago, I took honey loaded with ground chile, to ease my sore throat! It was good!
In my order was a hand written thank you note from young Henry - impressive!!
As I constantly tell my staff, “We’re sellin’ the SIZZLE, Baby, NOT the steak!”
And it takes days for the flavor to wear off your tongue.
This is widely available. Have some in the fridge.
Wow! Those cups put the “T” in Tacky, but hey, they move the merchandise, and people enjoy the challenge. “Can you take it?”
Ive been buying hot honey for 20 years.
For a different kind of heat, try to find a jar of Korean “Ginger Tea.” It’s actually closer to a marmalade made of sliced ginger in a honey and corn syrup goo.
It makes perhaps the best tasting complement to peanut butter I’ve ever found. Also great when added to a wide variety of Chinese-style entrees.
Because the stuff is hard to find, I now make my own. Three pounds of ginger sliced VERY thin, then boiled to reduce in a bit of water for half an hour. Add a quart of honey and heat to 225 degrees Fahrenheit. Any higher a temp and you’ll wind up with a cooled goo that’s too thick to spread.
Blech.
However good the hot honey is, that New York slice is fine just on its own.
“This is widely available. Have some in the fridge. “
We used to call that “wood rasp sauce.”
Because that’s what it felt like the next morning when you wiped your butt.
Agree. Honey would be pretty close to the bottom of a list of things I’d want near pizza, chili or not.
Yum
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