Thousands of “fire eaters” set to enjoy world’s largest spicy foods show

For Immediate Release ? February 14, 2012

Contact: Tom Garrity, The Garrity Group (505) 898-8689
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Albuquerque, NM ? The 24rd annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show is prepping for a sizzling weekend of gourmet foods, sauces, spices, sweet-heat treats and rubs at Sandia Resort and Casino March 2-4, 2012 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Show highlights will include cooking demonstrations, exciting new exhibitors, the release of “Dave DeWitt’s Chile Trivia” book and a special exhibit devoted to New Mexican grown super-hot chile peppers…

Copyright 2011 ScottRobertsWeb.com.

To millions of Van Halen fans, bass player Michael Anthony was not only the cucumber-cool glue that held the band together and provided their distinctive high harmonies, but was also the member of the band they could identify with the most; more specifically, a down-to-earth, real guy that you’d want to sit down and have a beer with.

Unfortunately, in 2004, Michael was unceramoniously ousted from Van Halen to make room for Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang in the bassist role. Not to throw a pity party, Michael instead formed a new group with close pal and former Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar, legendary guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers stickman Chad Smith. They dubbed themselves Chickenfoot, and have since released two albums; the second of which is humorously titled Chickenfoot III. The four-piece unit is currently gearing up for the second leg of their U.S. tour in support of it.

Many hard rock fans also know of Michael’s extracirricuar pursuits – hot rods, collecting Mickey Mouse watches, acquiring old unrelased and bootleg Van Halen tapes, and fiery foods. It’s that last passion that chileheads have taken an keen interest in.

Mike – or “Mad Anthony” as he’s sometimes nicknamed – is a well-known heat freak in the rock ‘n’ roll world who hooked up with Ring of Fire Hot Sauce creator Mike Greening of Mike and Diane’s Gourmet Kitchen. Between the collaboration between the two Mikes, they unleashed Mad Anthony’s Hot Sauces, which include a lineup featuring the his original Hot Sauce, the XXXTra Hot Private Reserve (read my review of this here), Fiery Mustard Sauce, Original Style BBQ Sauce and Extra Hot BBQ Sauce, plus an upcoming (and as of this writing untitled) bhut jolokia-based seasoning.

Oddly enough, although I at one time I was a diehard Van Halen fan who once maintained three different VH websites (VHTrading.com, VHFAQ.com and VHGuitar.com), it wasn’t until I become a fiery foods writer that I was granted the opportunity to interview Michael Greening, and now Michael Anthony. Now withour further ado, here’s Mike chatting with me a little about Chickenfoot and a great deal about the wonderous foods that make our mouths feel like it’s on fire…Copyright 2011 ScottRobertsWeb.com.

Now that news has broken that the Moruga Scorpion has become World’s Hottest Chile Pepper on some of the big news outlets – ABC News, Yahoo! and the L.A. Times, just to name a few – ANYONE with Moruga Scorpion info of any kind has gotten flooded with e-mails, Twitter direct messages and phone calls about the new record holder as well as inquiries about where to buy Moruga Scorpion plants, seeds and pods. I am no exception to this. It’s far more frenetic than when the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T become the planet’s hottest chile year year.

It’s gotten so crazy that I have to post something about it to help field some of the requests on where to purchase these super-hot goods. Well, below is a list of growers and suppliers who should be able to help most people buy not only the new heat king, the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, but other coveted super-hot chile peppers as well, including the aforementioned Trinidad Scorpion Butch T, the Bhut Jolokia (aka Ghost Pepper or Ghost Chile), the Trinidad 7 Pot Douglahs and Jonahs, and more…

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