Re: [CH] Walker's Wood

John Benz Fentner, Jr. (jbenz@courant.infi.net)
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 02:20:33 -0500 

Celeste or Dave Anderson wrote:

> Gee John,
>
> I have a bottle each of Jonkanoo Pepper Sauce and Scotch Bonnet
> Pepper Sauce which I bought at the factory when Jim Campbell and I
> were on our "Jamaican Crusade". Found the receipt from Cottage
> Industries. Paid $43.60 for the Jonkanoo and $42.30 for the Scotch
> Bonnet. The exchange rate was about 35 to 1. Someone else can do the
> math, but I would say you got a pretty good deal. I haven't opened
> either yet.
>
> The best deal was when Jim and I went to the Pickapeppa factory in
> Shooters Wood. They gave us a case of Pickapeppa and a case of their
> new Red Hot Pepper Sauce. Being nice people Jim and I shared them
> with our Jamaican friends.
>
> Dave Anderson
> Tough Love Chile Co.
> http://www.powernet.net/~chilehed1
>
> >
> > Had the usual New England Selection of hot sauces, running the gamut
> > from Frank's to Tabasco...but also a selection of Walker's Wood stuff
> > from Jamaica which I have never seen locally. Bought Jonkanoo Pepper
> > Sauce ($1.69), Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce ($1.69) and Jerk Savory Sauce
> > ($1.98). Anybody able to comment on these?
> >

Interesting...the copy addressed to me came right through...the one to the
list took 6 days to show up    :)

In any event...got the chance to try the Walker's Wood stuff in the last week
or so. The Jonkanoo is pretty hairy stuff, very strongly flavored and hot.
Lots of pulp and seeds so it has a nice consistency and appearence. I like
hot sauce on eggs but this just blew them away...made a heck of an addition
to horseradish though. :)

The Scotch Bonnet sauce is not quite so hot so it worked better with bland
stuff like eggs. Again, nice consistency and appearence. Tried the jerk sauce
with chips just for flavor (very nice) but haven't tried cooking with it yet.

Did these for nibblies before dinner Saturday nite (with Black & Tans):

Cracker (Triscuit etc.)
Slice of very sharp Vermont (none a that wimpy West-of-the-Hudson stuff)
Cheddar
Layer of horseradish
Couple drops of the Jonkanoo pepper sauce
Slice of pepperoni
'Nother Cracker

Messy as hell and the horseradish fumes make you sneeze just about the time
the pepper sauce kicks in. A truly unique dining experience. :)

JB "o"o===="
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