Posted on 06/09/2022 10:10:33 AM PDT by mylife
Weather conditions affecting the quality of chili peppers have forced California-based Huy Fong Foods to suspend sales and production of its famous sriracha sauce, the company has announced.
In an April 19 email that only recently made its rounds in the media, Huy Fong Foods informed customers that they are facing “a more severe shortage of chili” compared to a similar situation in July 2020. As a result, all orders placed on or after April 19 will be scheduled after Labor Day (Sept. 6) in the order they were received.
“Due to weather conditions affecting the quality of chili peppers, we now face a more severe shortage of chili,” the company said. “Unfortunately, this is out of our control, and without this essential ingredient, we are unable to produce any of our products.”
Huy Fong Foods currently sells three kinds of sauces: sriracha, which is created from sun-ripened chilies pureed into a smooth paste; chili garlic, a thick, “chunky-style” hot sauce with a hint of garlic; and sambal oelek, a “full-bodied” sauce with the pure taste of chilies.
In the email, the company added that those who have not received a confirmation after making their purchase will have their orders on hold until September.
“We understand that this may cause issues. However, during this time we will not accept any new orders to be placed before September as we will not have enough inventory to fulfill your order,” the company said.
Chili peppers have thus joined the list of foods and products in shortage so far this year. Baby formula, for instance, has been scarce since November 2021 and hit a whopping 73% out-of-stock rate on May 22, as per data firm Datasembly.
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serrano’s are the bomb!
ok for wings... but crystal works too...
I think I see the problem.
Just bought a jar of sambal oelek (making my own Chinese food) - glad it was available.
This is more serious than gas prices. I can reduce my driving cars, but impossible to reduce my sriracha consumption.
what will our babies suckle?? FUJB!!!
good stuff
going after Trans Secretary, Peter Butt:
for his malfeasance in the "Transportation"
and "Supply Chain" failures on his watch.
I am vexed, flummoxxed and virtually verklempt!!
Gooing straight to Walmart to restock my ‘bunker’.
That is really a horrible situation caused by the moron in White House. I feel for the parents who need the formula for their baby. Inexcusable.
The documentary made about David Tran, founder of Huy Fong, is very good, and a great American success story:
Well, I guess we need Food Passports to evenly distribute condiments. /s
“ How I’m gonna make my monkey meat skewers without no Sriracha?”
You can make your own in a couple of weeks by planting peppers in a field filled with decomposing Democrat politicians who caused all those shortages.
We’ve heard about these ‘monkey skewers’.
How do you make them? (Unless they’re made of real monkey...)
I’m just not sure how to pronounce it, so it’s known as “rooster sauce” around my place.
I can’t eat the stuff. Not because its hot (its not really) but rather, I can taste the potassium sorbate preservative. the flavor of it stands out like a sore thumb
“...most folks with hot peppers in their garden can’t get rid of them fast enough.”
This has nothing to do with with the weather...that’s manure.
It has to do with this:
Why Did Sriracha Shut Down?
“In a Tuesday ruling, a Los Angeles judge ordered a firm that produces hot sauce Sriracha to cease producing it in partially because neighbors complained about spicy odors being released.”
https://www.ejcl.org/what-happened-to-the-lawsuit-against-sriracha-rooster-hot-sauce/
wy69
It’s a little sweet for me. I like Tabasco.
I have a jerky marinade recipe that calls for some ketchup, but I always replace half the ketchup with sriracha.
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