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There was an old man From Peru, whose lim'ricks all Look'd like haiku. He   Said with a laugh "I Cut them in half, the pay is Much better for two."

  Yeah it is plastic, but we usually do not fill the bottles hot off the stove. We usually blend it down first and let it settle overnight before we bottle so there is less of a chance of air bubbles getting trapped in there.    We did see the glass jars, but we were hoping for the smaller...

We found the perfect sample bottles in AC Moore yesterday. The mouth is nice and wide (a couple of our sauces are on the thicker side) and it is about 1.5 oz. We haven't actually measured how much it could hold yet, but it looks a little less than half the size of the standard 5 oz bottles.   I...

  Oh, he's everywhere! It's hard not to pay attention to what the guy is up to. So we are definitely taking notes. Whatever it is that he's doing, he's doin' it right. And thank you!! Glad to be here.

   Well I think your take is pretty spot on. I agree with what you are saying about the craft element of it. He definitely left a lot of room for us little guys. ;) Thank you for all of your great input! :D

  Exactly why I stated it's besides the point. He started his extreme hot sauce empire, and that's awesome. I just wanted to know why he was so popular. And we do respect him for that. 

  Ha. But I think you can say that about almost any product though. If Blair's didn't do it, someone else would have. We wouldn't survive on Frank's and Melinda's!!! But that's besides the point I guess.

  Fair enough! Watching old commercial and TV spots for Blair's are pretty cringe-worthy by today's marketing standards, but I can totally see the "cool" aspect they were going for back in the day.    The extract. Dear god, the extract. We can't stand it. BUT we now have an appreciation for why...

Uh oh, what am I getting myself into?  :doh:  

Yep, THAT Blair's. That's all people talk about in our area. I (being just one of the two owners of Hooded Crow) grew up the next town over from where Blair's originated.   Whenever we speak to friends or family about our hot sauce business, they almost always ask if we know of Blair's.    We...

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My good friend is actually store manager at Whole Foods.. I'll look into it. :)

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That's good to know. Thank you again, Salsalady!!

Thank you, we are looking into it now!!   Thank you so much for your reply! Right now we need green, orange and red habaneros, Fresno peppers, cherry peppers and ghost peppers. We will definitely look into contracting with local growers and ordering through grocers. This is all still so new to...