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It’s Sunday, It’s Sushi, It’s Saucy Everything!!!! Intensity Academy Stays Saucy Once Again!
Saucy Everything Adds spice and dimension to Sushi!
I’ve been craving Sushi lately! So today after church I stopped and picked up a Spicy Tuna Roll. I don’t often crave sushi, but I’ve had a really good reason….I needed a vehicle for Intensity Academy’s latest offering…..Saucy Everything! This spicy creation from Michele Northrup’s kitchen is a “mayoish” sauce that sends subtle messages like “Put me on Sushi!” And “Hey You! Miracle Whip?! Seriously?! Do your Ham and Cheese a favor and get lost!” Really…..I think I actually heard voices…..little voices…….okay, fine, it’s the medicine, but this stuff would if it could! And speaking of medicine, Saucy Everything has what ails ya!
Looking at the ingredients, it starts out sounding like Mayo….egg yolks, canola oil, lemon, etc. But then this spicy concoction spreads it’s fiesty little butterfly wings and takes off into flavor tow…….Oh wait, that’s the line the uber cool, spiky hair dude from Food Network uses…..so let’s say “Flavor Village”! Cause we all know it takes a village! Okay, I digress…… But it is the inhabitants of this Spicy, Saucy Village that makes Saucy Everything so special…..they veer off from the boring, middle class existence that mayo inhabits! With organic chai tea (one of Michelle’s signature ingredients), thai peppers, red jalapeños, rice wine vinegar, garlic, cane sugar, and other spicy villagers, this sauce offers so much more than almost anything you could pick up in the grocery store!
Intensity Academy Saucy Everything shows a ham sandwich some spicy love!
Saucy Everything enhances and works with so many foods….. it complimented my spicy tuna sushi roll perfectly. The peppers, garlic, and vinegar combined to add a nice undertone to the tuna while at the same time rescuing the boring brown rice from itself! And on my ham sandwich, it brings out the savory notes in my sweet ham, adding to the satisfaction and announcing to the village that “no one boring lives here!” And on a BLT….OMG! Bacon (candy of the Gods), Lettuce, and Tomato never had a better neighbor! What kind of neighbor, you ask? Well, imagine if Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt moved in next door! Your neighborhood instantly added a layer of exotic beauty and spice that never existed before! That’s what I think of when I use Saucy Everything! Well, fine, it doesn’t take much to make me think of Angelina Jolie, but hey, the analogy totally works!
So, what’s the verdict!? 4 1/2 Fiery Worlds from this reviewer! It is another addition to the outstanding stable of products that Intensity Academy offers! So go out and get you some! I gave you just a few examples of Saucy Everything’s potential uses! Heck, use it for a dip! In your deviled eggs! Cole Slaw! Potato Salad! Yea, I’m going through the whole mayo stable of uses, but that’s the point! Send your mayo packin’! Add some Saucy Everything to that village you call a refrigerator! But why, you ask? Because, Ladies and Gentlemen-It’s a Fiery World!
Ho Ho Chipotle, Santa! Jac’s Tailgaters $3.50 Black Friday Weekend Sale!
Now if you know me, you know I love me some Jac’s Tailgaters sauces, rubs, and mixes. So when Tracy Carter, aka JAC’s himself, asked me to help get the word out about his Black Friday thru Cyber Monday sale, I was all over it!
So I asked him for the detail and he replied, saying……..wait for it………..it’s coming………and I’m not lying………honest….. EVERYTHING ON THE JAC’S TAILGATERS WEBSITE IS $3.50 EACH FROM BLACK FRIDAY THROUGH CYBER MONDAY!! EVERYTHING!!!!!
That means Cajun Garlic Essence, Fling On Spice blend, Bayou Gold Mustard, my favs Raspberry Chipotle and Pineapple Orange Habanero…….everything is only $3.50 each (plus a nominal shipping fee per shipment)!!!! What a deal! What a steal! What a Ho! Ho! Ho! Holiday Spectacular!
So not only is it a Fiery World, Virginia, it’s a great day to experience your after Thanksgiving turkey and dressing sandwiches with Jac’s Raspberry Chipotle or Pineapple Orange Habanero sauce! Or either sauce on vanilla ice cream (just trust me on this one….they’re great on both… honest-would I lie to you?!). How about adding some Cajun Garlic Essence to your Christmas party marinara dip, or whipping up a quick and easy 30 minute pot of chili or gumbo with Jac’s Bayou Chili or Gumbo mixes!?
Such a deal! Such flavor! Such variety! Everything on their site for $3.50 a bottle, bag, or, shaker! So stock up on Bayou Gold Mustard, Bayou Blaze BBQ Sauce, Fling On, Q-Rub, or any one of the excellent lineup of products from Jac’s Tailgaters! Just click the link and get started!!! And don’t forget to tell them, Ladies and Gentlemen, that It’s a Fiery World!
Fueling Fitness with Fiery Food – Pass the Peppers, Please!
Those of you that know me know that in the last year and a half, I’ve become extremely health and fitness minded – I lost 100 pounds, started exercising, and have basically re-tooled my life. I look better, feel better, have a better attitude, and have more confidence. How cool is that?! And having the obsessively addictive personality that I have, I channel a ton of energy into whatever and wherever I’m focusing my attention. So it stands to reason that I would work to combine my life of all things hot, fiery, and spicy into my new healthy, fitness focused lifestyle.
Now Don’t get me wrong, ladies and gentlemen – I LOVE to eat! I LOVE food! You don’t live in South Louisiana as long as I have (most of my adult life, which is quite a while, at this point!) without developing a love affair with full-flavored, richly spiced cuisine. So when I went on “the diet” as I call it now, it derailed my standard approach to reviewing hot sauce and fiery food. I honestly started wondering if the two could co-exist. What an idget! Not only did I discover that they co-exist, they are almost joined at the hip, two peas in a pod, PB & J, Ricky and Lucy, Watson and Crick…..okay, I know…….you get it!
Diet proponents have long espoused that food should be about flavor, not calories and fat. And that by flavoring what we eat with the spices (and heat) we enjoy serves to enhance our tastes, our experience, and our overall enjoyment of the culinary experience. And to top all that off, research shows us that eating a diet rich in spice and heat boost our metabolism, and some studies have even linked a diet full of sweat-inducing, nose running, hot peppers (pick a pepper, any pepper jalapeño hot or hotter) with improved gastrointestinal health!!! Plus, those wonderful, hot little buggars are chock a block full of vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants. I didn’t put any formal links to studies, cause this is more of an op ed piece, and Google is your friend, so my musings are easy to research and validate.
So don’t be shy! Spice it up! Whip out that Captain Thom’s Thai Monkey on your stir fry, CaJohn’s Oaxacan on that veggie omelet, High River Sauces Grapes of Wrath on your salad, Jac’s Tailgaters Raspberry and Chipotle on your ‘nilla ice cream, Volcanic Peppers Hot Onion & Garlic Powder on….anything! And pick from among a virtual cornucopia of hot sauces, powders, and spices for that next whole wheat thin crust pizza with veggies and Canadian bacon (I may be cravin’ that one just a little….ya think?!) Your culinary well being will thank you…your metabolism will thank you….and your overall health and fitness will thank you! And why is that, you ask? Because, Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s a Fiery World!
Chile Pepper Extravaganza Schedule Released!!
After you finish your spicy revelry in Houston this weekend, folks, get yourself down to New Orleans for the Chile Pepper Extravaganza! I just got the schedule from the festival organizers and it’s going to be a great show! Click the link directly below to hear the radio spot playing all over New Orleans! And click the second link further down for the complete show schedule!
Click the link below to see show times, schedule, cooking demos, and more!!! Lots of great fun and demos along with some of your favorite spicy vendors! Come see Tracy Carter from Jacs Tailgaters, Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns, Steve Seabury of High River Sauces and the New York City Hot Sauce Festival, “Cin” Cindy of Cin Cindy Chili fame, CaJohn Hard from CaJohn’s, Michelle Northrup of the Intensity Academy, blogger and renowned Hot Sauce Collector Vic Clinco, just to name a few, along with lots of other local chefs and celebrities sharing their knowledge and passion for food, flavor, heat, and spice! I hope to see you at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA September 27-29! Laizzes Les Bon Temp Roulet!
2013 Chile Pepper Extravaganza Schedule
It's a Fiery World 