The fermented foods industry is growing, and if you take a look into craft hot sauce, you’ll notice a number of hot sauce makers creating fermented sauces.

Are you lucky enough to be part of a hot sauce loving office? As I’ve eaten with colleagues over the years I’ve learned that it’s not as cut and dry as a being a hot sauce lover or not. In fact, there are many different flavors of hot sauce users!

With hot sauce being a competitive market, sometimes it takes a funny or unique hot sauce name that will make you laugh and be that perfect gift for a friend.

Hot sauce has been around since humans started eating chili peppers. The Aztecs are known to be the first group to use chili peppers as long as 9,000 years ago.

In April an influx of chilliheads and hot sauce explorers entered the Brooklyn Expo Center to attend the NYC Hot Sauce Expo, put on by Steve Seabury of High River Sauces. The event was a huge success for Steve with 45+ vendors and the 5,000+ attendees.