Sriracha sauce shortage causes prices to spike upward of $70 a bottle

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

My grandmother made some kick-ass ketchup and earned some decent coin (for the era) selling it to a couple local restaurants and a fancy Inn.

I wanted a copy of the recipe but my faggot-ass cousin got her home recipies upon her death and was making it himself and using/selling it at a B&B he and his faggot "wife" run in WV.

He won't come off the recipe.....I hope he finally dies of the AIDs he's got.

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We've got locally made ketchup at one restaurant in my tiny town. Pretty damn good.

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[1srelluc]

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We've got locally made ketchup at one restaurant in my tiny town. Pretty damn good.

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Is it in WV?

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

My grandmother made some kick-ass ketchup and earned some decent coin (for the era) selling it to a couple local restaurants and a fancy Inn.

I wanted a copy of the recipe but my faggot-ass cousin got her home recipies upon her death and was making it himself and using/selling it at a B&B he and his faggot "wife" run in WV.

He won't come off the recipe.....I hope he finally dies of the AIDs he's got.

you like your cousin huh?...lol

what makes her a faggot wife?....just by marriage?...chuckle

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Is it in WV?

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Nope. SE South Dakota

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[jbrownson0831]

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The Ghost Peppers and Reapers are serious! Ouch!

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Also, this is where the facediaper does play a key role. Wearing one while grinding up dried ghost or reaper peppers will save you from sucking that dust in and convulsing around on the ground.

 

[1srelluc]

you like your cousin huh?...lol

what makes her a faggot wife?....just by marriage?...chuckle

When SCOTUS ruled two men could marry and they did.....That sort of narrows the faggot thing down.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Also time to pick up seeds for my garden.

You don't have a couple years worth of seed on hand????? For shame.

Learn about saving your own seeds. Most things are easy to save from and some crops are biennials that take 2 years to get seeds, but still easy enough. Make sure you have atleast 2 or more plants of that variety for pollination/dna diversity. If you grow 2 or more varieties of the same thing be careful with cross pollination that will give you something different than what you're looking for (hybridization). Not too much with peppers, tomatoes, peas, beans.....but especially with vining crops like cucumbers and squash.

Also, only grow heirlooms for seed saving, not hybrids. Most seeds will last a couple of years, though germination rates may fall a bit. You can check them by putting them in a wet paper towel for a few days to a week or so to see how many actually sprout.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Also, this is where the facediaper does play a key role. Wearing one while grinding up dried ghost or reaper peppers will save you from sucking that dust in and convulsing around on the ground.

you did that.....didntcha??

 

[1srelluc]

You don't have a couple years worth of seed on hand????? For shame.

Learn about saving your own seeds. Most things are easy to save from and some crops are biennials that take 2 years to get seeds, but still easy enough. Make sure you have atleast 2 or more plants of that variety for pollination/dna diversity. If you grow 2 or more varieties of the same thing be careful with cross pollination that will give you something different than what you're looking for (hybridization). Not too much with peppers, tomatoes, peas, beans.....but especially with vining crops like cucumbers and squash.

Also, only grow heirlooms for seed saving, not hybrids. Most seeds will last a couple of years, though germination rates may fall a bit. You can check them by putting them in a wet paper towel for a few days to a week or so to see how many actually sprout.

My granddad had a "seed safe" he kept out on a screened-in porch. It was sort of like a shorter old wooden pie safe with wooden trays but with a framed mesh wire front door to keep the critters out and let the air in.

 

[jbrownson0831]

you did that.....didntcha??

Um, a friend told me that might happen.....cough, cough....

 

[Polishprince]

Why can't people just chill and substitute another brand or variety of hot sauce. Great Value brand hot sauce is a lot less expensive, even before the recent spike in prices .

 

[1srelluc]

Why can't people just chill and substitute another brand or variety of hot sauce. Great Value brand hot sauce is a lot less expensive, even before the recent spike in prices .

I'm not much of a hot sauce man but I understand Trader Joes sells a viable alternative to the "rooster sauce".

I know their cocktail sauce is the best I've had.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

You don't have a couple years worth of seed on hand????? For shame.

Learn about saving your own seeds. Most things are easy to save from and some crops are biennials that take 2 years to get seeds, but still easy enough. Make sure you have atleast 2 or more plants of that variety for pollination/dna diversity. If you grow 2 or more varieties of the same thing be careful with cross pollination that will give you something different than what you're looking for (hybridization). Not too much with peppers, tomatoes, peas, beans.....but especially with vining crops like cucumbers and squash.

Also, only grow heirlooms for seed saving, not hybrids. Most seeds will last a couple of years, though germination rates may fall a bit. You can check them by putting them in a wet paper towel for a few days to a week or so to see how many actually sprout.

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Haven't kept pepper seed because I don't eat peppers. I do save seed out of my garden every year.

Good idea about the cucumbers/squash, but how do I keep them separated in my backyard garden? I know that growing non-edible gourds near squash will taint the flavor of the squash, so next year I'll put my gourds and Halloween pumpkins in the front yard. Will Jack pumpkins also taint the flavor of my squash? Hope not.

Thanks.

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[marvin martian]

Sriracha sauce shortage causes prices to spike upward of $70 a bottle

Businesses and people who have managed to get their hands on a popular sriracha sauce brand are listing the spicy condiment for high prices, but consumers are split on the costs.

www.foxbusiness.com

Fans of sriracha sauce might have to find a new spice alternative.

Continual chili supply disruptions are hampering production within one of the nation’s leading sriracha sauce manufacturers for a second year in a row.

Huy Fong Foods, Inc., a California-based hot sauce company that supplies bottles of sriracha sauce to restaurants, grocery stores and other food retailers throughout the country, has been struggling to keep up with demand while droughts in Mexico kill off essential pepper crops.

Yet resellers on e-commerce platforms such as eBay and Amazon are filling gaps with listings that mark single bottles for exorbitant prices.

Typically, 9-, 17- and 28-ounce bottles of Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce retail for less than $5, according to listings from big box retailers like Walmart and Target, but the condiment appears to be sold out.

Some of the recognizable, green-topped bottles, which are colloquially referred to as "Rooster Sauce," in reference to the brand’s rooster logo, are being listed and sold for around $30 (plus shipping), which includes Huy Fong’s 9-, 17- and 28-ounce bottles.

At the time of publication, some sponsored sellers on eBay who have agreed to pay the auction website a percentage of their sale price for higher placement in search results, have sold single 9-ounce bottles for $26.98, 17-ounce two packs for $54.49 and 28-ounce two packs for $71.99.

Under another eBay listing, the page says 12 of the 28-ounce bottles have been sold for upward of $69.99. One bottle costs $69.99; yet if shoppers purchase more than one bottle, the price slightly goes down, according to the listing.

Bulk size packages that contain 50 packets with under an ounce each are also being sold for $23.94.
Sponsored Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce listings on eBay.

Buying it at that price must be what people felt paying $600 for a case of 9mm ammo or a $1.00 a round for .22LR.

Reminds me of The Great King Syrup Shortage during the covid. NY shut the plant down and it was nowhere to be found but eBay where it was going for $50.00+ a bottle.

I read about the upcoming shortage before it happened and I bought two cases of 28 oz bottles.

PM me if interested

 

[JustAnotherNut]

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Haven't kept pepper seed because I don't eat peppers. I do save seed out of my garden every year.

Good idea about the cucumbers/squash, but how do I keep them separated in my backyard garden? I know that growing non-edible gourds near squash will taint the flavor of the squash, so next year I'll put my gourds and Halloween pumpkins in the front yard. Will Jack pumpkins also taint the flavor of my squash? Hope not.

Thanks.

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Cross pollination is kinda complicated. From what I've read, cukes, zukes, melons and winter squash don't normally cross enough to effect their future crops BUT 2 varieties of the same type (2 different cukes, 2 different melons, etc) will cross pollinate and produce some kind of new hybrid of the 2 parents.

Although, from my understanding if you look to the sub-species name (C. Pepo, C. Maxima, C. Moschata) they don't cross with each other. C. Pepo is the most common of the vining crops, though again a zucchini (summer squash) and pumpkin (winter squash) shouldn't cross.

I'm not sure where gourds fall into those groups, but to be safe when planting fall/winter squash varieties for saving seed, I'd suggest to pick only one to grow, then next year grow a different one. OR grow them far enough apart that the bees and insects can't find each other.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I read about the upcoming shortage before it happened and I bought two cases of 28 oz bottles.

PM me if interested

Just like I heard about the coming shortage of mustard, because it's mostly grown in Ukraine, I bought many jars as well as plenty of mustard seed and powder and printed some recipes for making mustard.

 

[marvin martian]

Just like I heard about the coming shortage of mustard, because it's mostly grown in Ukraine, I bought many jars as well as plenty of mustard seed and powder and printed some recipes for making mustard.

Good call. Mustard is still cheap and plentiful at the moment, but it won't be for long.

The sriracha example is extreme because it's only one company that makes it, and they're located in crime-infested, corrupt Los Angeles.

 

[Delldude]

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Yeah, this year's project is growing a boatload of tomatoes so I can learn the skills of making ketchup and tomato sauce. Add some onions and peppers and it's happy condiments time!

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I bought my house from an older Italian fellow who loved gardening, he had something like 20 tomato plants, and I bought it before ripening time. I had tomatoes coming out my ears all at once. I took bags to work, took bags to bars, gave 'em away to anyone who wanted them. Good luck.

 

[Delldude]

Just like I heard about the coming shortage of mustard, because it's mostly grown in Ukraine, I bought many jars as well as plenty of mustard seed and powder and printed some recipes for making mustard.

Interesting as mustard gas was the bomb during WW1.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I bought my house from an older Italian fellow who loved gardening, he had something like 20 tomato plants, and I bought it before ripening time. I had tomatoes coming out my ears all at once. I took bags to work, took bags to bars, gave 'em away to anyone who wanted them. Good luck.

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I don't need luck. I have twelve tomato plants, ten of which are the right kind of tomatoes for canning and condiment making. I have two canners and about a thousand jars and recipes up the butt. My kitchen will be tomato heaven for a solid month when ripening starts.

But I can see your dilemma. It's common in my part of the country to find big bags of tomatoes camped out on your porch in the morning! Same with zucchini.

If you can stomach the smarmy leftiness of Garrison Keillor, read his schtick about growing tomatoes in the Midwest. Funnier than shit and 100% true.

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