People's Fair was a big Summer kick-off event for Flaming Garden and it was so exciting to see all of you who stopped by to taste our jellies. I must say that we were all impressed at the smiles and happy greetings we received in our booth Saturday and Sunday even though the sun seemed relentless at times. After all, making our jellies is only half of what Flaming Garden is about, sharing them with you is the best part. It is such a thrill for us to watch your reactions as you taste one of our delicious flavors for the first time.
Despite Saturday's wild storm, we enjoyed introducing peppers to people who have never tried them. For instance, many of our customers have never tried the Jolokia Pepper before and are surprised at its smokey, latent heat. We offer this extremely hot pepper from India in two flavor combinations, one with strawberry and one with orange bell pepper. They both offer their own distinct flavor profile to set off the Jolokia, whose heat tops the Scoville Scale. (this scale measures the heat of a pepper)
One of the greatest things about events like People's Fair is being able to meet you, our customers, in person and hear your comments about our jellies. For instance, many of you are surprised that you can actually taste the pepper itself in our hotter pepper flavors. This is what we work so hard for in our recipe development. We are not trying to make you cry or sweat we just want you to enjoy the great taste of the Jalapeno or Habanero pepper.
So, all of us here at Flaming Garden hope that you enjoy our jellies and visit us at our website or an event or market this year. Meeting you and receiving your feedback is a big part of what inspires us.
Feedback:
Our owner, Becky, asked many of you who stopped by our booth at People's Fair if you had tried Pepper Jellies before. If you answered no, she was heard to say:
"Let us ROCK your world!"
We'd love to hear from those of you who have tried our products. What do you think about the jelly flavor(s) that you tried? Make a comment on this blog or send us an email. Tell us what flavor(s) you have tried, if you liked it/them and why.
Recipes:
Our website http://www.flaminggarden.com/ has some terrific recipes and tasty ideas for using our jelly flavors.
One of our favorite taste treats is to put the Strawberry Jolokia jelly over ice cream. The sweet/hot of the jelly and the cool ice cream are an exciting blend that never disappoints. We like this so much it has become a standard in our recipe repertoire.
If you have used any of our flavors in a unique and tasty way, we'd love to hear about it. Send us an email or comment on this blog. We're always looking to add to our collection of great recipes. So take that jar off the shelf and get cooking!
Coming Events and Markets:
Pride Fest:
As I mentioned in an earlier post, look for us at Pride Fest next week, June 16-17, in Denver. http://glbtcolorado.org/renderContent.aspx?contentId=16
The Colorado Experience:
We will also be at The Colorado Experience June 21-24. http://www.thecoloradoexperience.com/
New Market:
We will have a booth at a new Farmers Market beginning June 18, 2012, at the Havana Exchange in Denver. This runs on Mondays through the summer so look for us there, as well as, our two Saturday markets at Southlands Mall in Aurora and the Lone Tree Farmers Market.
Future Blog Topics:
As the official blogger for Flaming Garden, LLC., I consider it my sworn duty to create an interesting blog that keeps you informed about our company and products. Since you are someone who is interested enough to find and read it in the first place, I want the blog to keep you interested and coming back. So, you will find posts about the peppers we use, why we have chosen these particular peppers, the uses of our pepper jellies, how our recipes are developed, the Scoville Scale, our company and its founder, your feedback, and the big events that we will be part of in the future.
See that Feedback section up there? Well, please send us some. If you have topics you'd like me to cover, I'd be happy to include them in the blog. You never know who is asking the same question you are or has an idea for cooking with your favorite jelly flavor that you haven't tried yet.
I will put up a survey once in a while as things get heated up just to keep you on your toes. Oh, and don't forget to subscribe to our blog so that you don't lose track of us.
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