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How To Grow Your Own Hot Peppers
by Gregg Hall Have you ever seen recipes for homemade salsa? They certainly do look fresh and tasty. More and more people are discovering how easy it is to make their own tasty condiments, right at home!
Another option would be to get into the habit of preparing your own hot sauces, of which there are many varieties ranging from Asian to Louisiana and Mexican. Before on embarking on this particular culinary adventure, it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the method of measuring hotness, known as the scoville scale. And no hot sauce would be the same without the addition of jalapenos, as many as you can stand.
If you are going to take the plunge into growing your own hot peppers, you might well want to consider including other ingredients you will need for salsas and sauces, including tomatoes, onions, and sweet peppers.
A good gardening guide (check out the offerings at your local public library before you purchase one) will give you an idea of what types of vegetables would grow well in your geographic region. You will also need to consider how large a garden you will plant, which will depend in part on how much time you have to devote to your hobby.
Another factor in deciding what and how much to plant is the amount of space you need to leave between the different types of vegetables. The Internet is a great source of information about gardening, and you may have some friends or relatives who are avid gardeners who may be able to give you some assistance in this matter. A garden center will be able to provide you with the necessary gardening tools and fertilizer.
One thing you will also want to take into consideration is how many vegetables your garden is likely to yield. You might end up with a lot more vegetables than you were originally planning on. Not to worry, though: your friends, family, and co workers will have reap the benefits of your gardening efforts when you share your bounty with them. Another option is to donate extra vegetables to a food bank, shelter, or church organization.
Once you get to the point where you are ready to harvest your veggies, you can check out some yummy salsa recipes to try. If you find one that you particularly like, don't be shy about making some changes to the recipe to really make it your own. A slight change in the combination of seasonings and types of peppers will make the basic salsa recipe into your own creation. Some people have even taken the additional step of starting their own business selling their wares at flea markets, fairs, and to local grocers. If you were to market your foodstuffs online, you could well end up having customers from any place in the world! Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as hot sauce at http://www.hotsaucesonline.com
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Why Adults Love Hot Sauce And Kids Fear It
by Gregg Hall Most of us are familiar with using hot sauce to spice up food. Just a few drops certainly gives a jolt of flavor to many popular items. Hot sauce has also come to the forefront recently as a method for disciplining children. This practice is referred to as "hot saucing" or "hot tongue" and refers to a parent punishing a child for bad behavior by putting a drop of the highly seasoned substance on the tip of their child's tongue.
This may be some parents' way of trying to make sure that the punishment fits the crime in situations where the youngster has been caught lying, biting, or using inappropriate language. Some other parents choose to use this method of discipline for other types of unacceptable behavior, like hitting.
While this way of dealing with children originated in the traditions of the South, news of it has gone nationwide. No statistics are available with respect to how many parents have tried it, but many experts who deal with children's health issues on a professional basis are certainly aware that parents do resort to the hot saucing.
The word about hot saucing has been referred to in a parenting guide, a written publication aimed at women of the Christian faith, and on various Web sites. It has been the subject of several heated discussions on Internet message boards.
The controversy hasn't been confined only to parents. In some states, legislators have waded into the debate. A day care center in Michigan was issued a warning because it was discovered that workers there had used hot sauce as a punishment for biting. The twist to the story is that the mother of the child in question in the 2002 incident had given the center's employees permission to deal with the child in this fashion.
The state of Virginia has added hot tonguing to its list of unacceptable disciplinary practises, so called "bizarre behaviors". Other disciplinary options so described include confining youngsters in closets and making little ones get on their knees on a hard gravel surface.
Not surprisingly, this issue has caused heated debate between those who advocate using hot sauce and those who would not recommend it. Those individuals who have posted message on online discussion bulletin boards have received several responses with other parents enquiring how they can justify using this method for trying to stamp out bad behavior. Those who do try it are quick to point out that they save hot saucing as a last resort, to be used only when other methods of discipline have failed. The other methods tried, without success, are cited as being such methods as time out, negotiation, withdrawing privileges, etc.
It should be noted that child rearing experts do not recommend that parents try hot saucing as a form of discipline. Perhaps we should just keep the hot sauce for our food? Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as hot sauces at http://www.hotsaucesonline.com
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