J.B Cattley wrote: I was reading Neal Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age' spurts of the ochre slurry from the pore-size orifice at the top of the bottle, which was guarded by a quarter-inch encrustation. LUKE WROTE sounds just like my bottle of Daves . Might I suggest that the author Neal Stephenson is a closet Chile-head who has a genuine copy of the recipe , down to the last ingredient including the 11 secret herbs and spices ! luke in Oz