Red Hot Foods

Ventura Street Fair July 2010

redhotsite — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:48:22 +0000

The 4th of July Ventura California Street Fair was a huge hit yet again this year. Here are some pictures from this year’s event.

4th of July Street Fair	Red Hot Foods Booth	Ghost Pepper Plants - Sold!	Ghost Salsa - HOT Seller!
Ghost Pepper Plants	Extreme Heat	Ghost Pepper Sauces	Jolokia Ghost Pepper Products

Instant Death Hot Sauce 4-Pack

redhotsite — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:13:41 +0000

Instant Death Jolokia Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce 4 Pack

Product Info:
Size: Four 5 oz. bottles
Heat Level: 1-4 Jolokia Peppers
Unit Price: $TBDea.
Pack Size: 12 bottle/case
Product #: JolokiaHS-4Pack

Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper Mash

redhotsite — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:11:03 +0000

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Product Info:
Size: 16 oz., 1 gal. and 5 gal.
Heat Level: 4 Jolokia Peppers
Unit Price: $(Coming Soon)ea.
Pack Size: 1 and 5 gal buckets
Product #: (call)

Watch our Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers Grow!

redhotsite — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:10:12 +0000

Here is a photo gallery of our Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers. Follow along as we watch them grow, starting at harvesting the seeds, germinating at the nursery, then on to the fields. We will be adding photos as the season goes on, so check back soon.

Harvesting Jolokia Seeds	Drying Bhut Jolokia Pods	Harvesting Jolokia Seeds	Collecting Ghost Seeds
1st 5000 Jolokia Plants	The pepper nursery	Lots of seeds starting	In the greenhouse
Jolokia Seedlings	More Ghost Pepper Seedlings	Bhut Jolokia Seedlings	Got Jolokia?
We've Got Jolokia	Trays of Ghost Pepper	Bhut Jolokia Seedlings	Ghost Pepper Babies
Trays of Seedlings
2nd Batch of Jolokia
Germinating More Seeds	5000 More Seeds	2nd Batch	World's Hottest Peppers
Getting ready to plant
Ghost Peppers 21 days	Batch #1 45 days	Batch #1 45 days	Batch #2 45 days
Planting Jolokia Peppers	Batch #1 mid-May	Started March 1	1st 5000 plants
Picking up	Ready to go	75 days	Ready to plant
Ready to plant 2	Van load of peppers	Planting location 1	Location 1 rows
Lots of work	Planting Jolokias	Farmer Chris	Location 1
Location 1	Jake	4000 planted	Testing drip
Tim	Prepping Loc2	Loc 2 Ready	Location 2
Ghost Peppers	Location 2 planted	Jolokia Peppers planted

Bhut Jolokia Pepper Grown in California

redhotsite — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:49:07 +0000

For Immediate Release

Fiery News at Red Hot Foods!

Santa Paula, CA, March 1, 2010 – Red Hot Foods of Santa Paula, California will offer the Bhut Jolokia Pepper to the general public, wholesale and distributors starting in May 2010. Also known as the Ghost Pepper, they will be grown in 5 locations in Ventura County’s Heritage Valley for the 2010 growing season.

The Bhut Jolokia from Nagland, India became the worlds hottest in 2007 by the Guinness Book of Records at over 1 million Scoville units… “This pepper is damn hot!” says Butch Baselice, owner of Red Hot Foods.

The Bhut Jolokia is know by several names, the Ghost Pepper, Nagland Jolokia, Naga Jolokia, Dorset Naga, Ghost Chili, and Instant Death Pepper.

This crop will consist of ~~15 acres~~ 5000 plants of Certified Organic Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers and also in four other open farming locations. They will be available in food service, industrial, institutional and retail sizes, for every need.

Come enjoy the advantages of ghost peppers grown right here in Southern California.

About Red Hot Foods Mfg. – Established in 1995, Red Hot Foods is Boutique California Cannery. The cannery is a FDA and State of California Food and Drug Branch Approved Facility.

For more information visit www.RedHotFoods.com

Bhut Jolokia Pepper

Printable pdf version of this article available here.

[UPDATE 4/6/2010]
HOT NEWS!!!! We are growing our own crop of Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers, here in Southern California, in Ventura County. We are documenting the growing process in photos, so Watch Our Bhut Jolokia Peppers Grow (click here).

We are growing Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers!

Sauteed Shrimp with Mango

redhotsite — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:49:32 +0000


Quick & Easy Gourmet Dinner for Two		Use OUR Channel Island Brand: Mild Mango Salsa or Medium Mango Tango Salsa

Ingredients: • Large cleaned Shrimp 1# • 1 Jar of Mango or Mango Tango Salsa • 1 cup cooked rice of choice • add any steamed vegetables you choose to rice (optional) In a small frying pan add 1 tbs olive oil and saute shrimp until done. Add Mango Salsa of choice and bring to a simmer. Serve on a bed of rice. Choose your favorite wine and enjoy!!! Serves 2.

Recipes using Italian Salsa

redhotsite — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:54:07 +0000

OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WITH OUR ITALIAN SALSA

This is OUR #1
What you will need:

1 loaf Italian Bread, whole
1 jar Channel Island Italian Salsa
cooked chicken, beef or pork-optional
crated Motzarella Cheese
What to do:
Cut the loaf of Italian bread in half lengthwise
Top bread with cooked chicken, beef or pork-optional
Top each half with Italian Salsa-use entire bottle
Top each with Motzarella Cheese
Bake at 350 degrees until cheese is melted and browned
Cut into strips, add your favorite bottle of wine and ENJOY!

Italian Red Sauce

Make your favotite red sauce, drain some of the olive oil from our Italian Salsa and add to red sauce, simmer.

Over your favorite pasta and top with Romano or Parmesian Cheese

Italian Spread for Crackers

Drain about 1/2 jar of Italian Salsa and chop as fine as you want
Fold into 8oz creamed cheese
Spread over crackers

Baked chicken with Italian Salsa

Arrange Chicken Breasts in baking dish
Cover each Breast with Italian Salsa
Cover dish with foil and Bake 350 degrees until chicken is done.
Last half hour bake uncovered.

Pizza Base

Spread over uncooked pizza shell
Add whatever you like and top with grated Motzerella cheese
Bake at 400 degrees until done

Instant Cold Pasta Salad

Cook pasta shells
Add as much Italian Salsa as you like
Add hard selami and feta cheese-optional
Ready to eat or refrigerate until cold

Our Plant

redhotsite — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:59:21 +0000

Red Hot Foods is a Boutique California Cannery in Santa Paula, CA.
The cannery is a FDA and State of California Food and Drug Branch APPROVED Facility.

Hot Pickles!

redhotsite — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:25:13 +0000

Habanero Pickles are no doubt “The Hottest Pickles in the World”
Take the Challenge/Challenge Your Friends: BET YOU CAN’T EAT ONE!!!!!!!!!
Lots have tried, some have made it, BUT many have failed………..
Pickles so hot they will make you sweat, see double, and gasp for air. Not for Wimps or the faint at heart!!!

Bhut Jolokia Pepper – Adjustable Grinder

redhotsite — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:29:31 +0000

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Jolokia Grinder

Product Info:
Size: 1.5 oz.
Heat Level: 1 Jolokia Pepper
Unit Price: $(Coming Soon)ea.
Pack Size: 12 grinder/case
Product #: TBD