Hot Sauce Log 2012
Frost Ghost in Cumberland Jeffery's
Contents Bottom Gold Thaienne a Bottle Wildfire Hell
Cayenne Peppers 5 c. 4 c. 4 1/2 c
Thai Peppers 1 c. 4 c
Habanera Pepper 5 c. 1 c. 2 1/2 c 4 c
Serrano Pepper 1 c 4 c
Tabasco Pepper 4 c
Ghost Peppers 12 Peppers
White Wine Vinegar 2 c 2 c 2 c 2 c 4 c
Red Wine Vinegar 1/2 c 1 c
Water 1 c
Tomato Juice 3 c 3 c 1 c
Lime Juice 3 c 1 c 3/4 c 2 c
Lemon Juice 3/4 c 1 c 2 c
Salt 1 tsp 1 tsp 1 tsp 2 tsp 3 tsp
Garlic 6 cloves 6 cloves 6 cloves 7 cloves
Onions 1 large 1 large 1 large 3 med
Carrots 15 oz.
Yield 12 bottles 15 bottles 16 bottles 12 bottles
Preparation: Chop all peppers. Chop onions, garlic and carrots as required and saute in 1 tsp olive oil till soft. Combine mixtures with other ingrediants a little at a time in blender and liquify. Age in mixture in fridge for 2 weeks minimum before processing.
Processing: Heat sauce on a propane stove (outdoors or it will wear you out), bring to a slow boil for 15 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then strain and bottle.
Bottling: 5 ounce woozy bottles with reducers and lined lids, shrink wrap seal and label.
Note: These sauces should be stored in refrigerator up to one year maximum. No chemical preservatives are used, vinegar and lime juice contain acetic and citric acids which along with salt are natural organic preservatives, but I do not consider it shelf worthy until further testing. however it should be fridge safe.
The Real Story of Jeffrey's Hell Trail(not many know the true history)
There is a trail in the Tellico Mountains that goes from Citico up to Rattlesnake Rock. I first learned about it from my grandfather Ervin Weiss. Ervin was the first forest ranger (then called game warden) when the State of Tennessee purchased the Tellico Mountain area shortly after the depression. At that time he and his family (my mother was a young child then) lived in the Ranger Cabin at Pheasant Field (where the trout hatchery is) just up from Bald River Falls on Tellico Creek. In the late 60's and early 70's we used to make trips with my dad as far up Citico Creek as his jeep would go up an old road (just past Ike Camp Branch) and camp. From there we would travel up this old trail over a high ridge and thru "switch backs" and occasional dense laurel thickets (my dad hurt his back crawling thru that mess) to where finally the creek catches back to its elevation then the trail parrallels the creek. We took this short cut to get to the top of the creek head area to catch native rainbow and brookies. Pop Pop (as I called Ervin) told me the story of that trail. Ervin knew the mountains well. Before he was hired by the forest service, the government hired him to lead a group of "CC Boys" and cut that original trail (as well as many other in Tellico) we took which is now known as Jeffrey's Hell Trail. This area also has over-grown sections where an old logging company spur ran along it in places. You can still see pieces of old cable here and there where the railroad took the logs they pulled out of the forest and ran them on cable all the way across the hollow over the top of Citico Creek from the south side of creek over to the railroad spur. Pop Pop showed me where it ran across, it looked like a span of about 1/4 mile! He told me of an old uncle he had that worked on the railroad, they had a hole in the spark supressor which as throwing out hot coals as they went thru the mountain. Coming back the train was trying to outrun the fire, he thought the train would never make it around a switch back (where it goes into the back of a deep hollow and back out) before the fire came up the hollow. He jumped off to run accoss the hollow to the track on the other side and was caught by the fire. It has a special place in my memory from all the fishing and hunting trips we did along that area!
Anyway, Jeffrey was a guy who lost his hunting dogs in there and told folks he was going in there to find them if he had to go thru hell and back, he was never seen again. Thus, the place was named Jeffreys Hell. Jeffrey's Hell Trail has now been developed and maintained by the Cherokee Hiking club and runs about 8 1/2 miles from Rattlesnake Rock Parking lot down to the South Citico Creek Trailhead.
Contents Bottom Gold Thaienne a Bottle Wildfire Hell
Cayenne Peppers 5 c. 4 c. 4 1/2 c
Thai Peppers 1 c. 4 c
Habanera Pepper 5 c. 1 c. 2 1/2 c 4 c
Serrano Pepper 1 c 4 c
Tabasco Pepper 4 c
Ghost Peppers 12 Peppers
White Wine Vinegar 2 c 2 c 2 c 2 c 4 c
Red Wine Vinegar 1/2 c 1 c
Water 1 c
Tomato Juice 3 c 3 c 1 c
Lime Juice 3 c 1 c 3/4 c 2 c
Lemon Juice 3/4 c 1 c 2 c
Salt 1 tsp 1 tsp 1 tsp 2 tsp 3 tsp
Garlic 6 cloves 6 cloves 6 cloves 7 cloves
Onions 1 large 1 large 1 large 3 med
Carrots 15 oz.
Yield 12 bottles 15 bottles 16 bottles 12 bottles
Preparation: Chop all peppers. Chop onions, garlic and carrots as required and saute in 1 tsp olive oil till soft. Combine mixtures with other ingrediants a little at a time in blender and liquify. Age in mixture in fridge for 2 weeks minimum before processing.
Processing: Heat sauce on a propane stove (outdoors or it will wear you out), bring to a slow boil for 15 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then strain and bottle.
Bottling: 5 ounce woozy bottles with reducers and lined lids, shrink wrap seal and label.
Note: These sauces should be stored in refrigerator up to one year maximum. No chemical preservatives are used, vinegar and lime juice contain acetic and citric acids which along with salt are natural organic preservatives, but I do not consider it shelf worthy until further testing. however it should be fridge safe.
The Real Story of Jeffrey's Hell Trail(not many know the true history)
There is a trail in the Tellico Mountains that goes from Citico up to Rattlesnake Rock. I first learned about it from my grandfather Ervin Weiss. Ervin was the first forest ranger (then called game warden) when the State of Tennessee purchased the Tellico Mountain area shortly after the depression. At that time he and his family (my mother was a young child then) lived in the Ranger Cabin at Pheasant Field (where the trout hatchery is) just up from Bald River Falls on Tellico Creek. In the late 60's and early 70's we used to make trips with my dad as far up Citico Creek as his jeep would go up an old road (just past Ike Camp Branch) and camp. From there we would travel up this old trail over a high ridge and thru "switch backs" and occasional dense laurel thickets (my dad hurt his back crawling thru that mess) to where finally the creek catches back to its elevation then the trail parrallels the creek. We took this short cut to get to the top of the creek head area to catch native rainbow and brookies. Pop Pop (as I called Ervin) told me the story of that trail. Ervin knew the mountains well. Before he was hired by the forest service, the government hired him to lead a group of "CC Boys" and cut that original trail (as well as many other in Tellico) we took which is now known as Jeffrey's Hell Trail. This area also has over-grown sections where an old logging company spur ran along it in places. You can still see pieces of old cable here and there where the railroad took the logs they pulled out of the forest and ran them on cable all the way across the hollow over the top of Citico Creek from the south side of creek over to the railroad spur. Pop Pop showed me where it ran across, it looked like a span of about 1/4 mile! He told me of an old uncle he had that worked on the railroad, they had a hole in the spark supressor which as throwing out hot coals as they went thru the mountain. Coming back the train was trying to outrun the fire, he thought the train would never make it around a switch back (where it goes into the back of a deep hollow and back out) before the fire came up the hollow. He jumped off to run accoss the hollow to the track on the other side and was caught by the fire. It has a special place in my memory from all the fishing and hunting trips we did along that area!
Anyway, Jeffrey was a guy who lost his hunting dogs in there and told folks he was going in there to find them if he had to go thru hell and back, he was never seen again. Thus, the place was named Jeffreys Hell. Jeffrey's Hell Trail has now been developed and maintained by the Cherokee Hiking club and runs about 8 1/2 miles from Rattlesnake Rock Parking lot down to the South Citico Creek Trailhead.
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Wild Bill's Hot Sauce, Unincorporated
Knoxville, Tennessee
Sauce Pairings
Thaienne: This is a medium-mild sauce, I only used 1/5th Thai peppers.
- I had it last night dotted on top of some stone ground yellow cheese grits along side of a zucchini, carrot, mushroom, onion quiche. The sauce was a perfect compliment. Followed with zucchini bread for desert.....mmm, mmm, mmm!
- Since I am covered up with zucchinni I tried another new one. Yes you can put hot sauce in a spaghetti sauce, don't be silly! A mild sauce blends in nicely with a good sauce if used in proper porportions and gives your meal a little kick.
- Try it with the Chicken-Veggie sauce with Rice
- This sauce would be excellent with oysters also
- This sauce goes good with venison chili or other main dishes that can take a little heat
Recipes
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