Chilli Sauce - My Addiction by Humphry
Chilli Sauce - My Addiction by Humphry Some say variety is the spice of life, but I believe spice is the variety of life! On the back of Jillian's smashing post about Kefir grains, I thought I'd write a little about one of the loves of my life. No, not my wife - chilli sauce. Just as Kefir helps to promote a healthy gut flora, capsaicin, the active component in chilli peppers, possesses powerful antibacterial properties and may do a similar job in keeping bad bacteria away. Healthy guts may be bound (no pun intended) in preventing heart disease. I love adding chopped fresh chillies to dishes for that cutting-edge spiciness (admittedly it's usually just me, as others don't seem to have a Teflon-coated tongue). But when the latter are in short supply, I turn to hot chilli sauce. I've usually got about 5 bottles on the go that I never get tired of. I've kept the list simple and will do a proper review of some of the more extravagant titles out there i...