Hijole! Tequila Con Inciendo…

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Ashley Foods Releases a Potent Blend of Fire and Alcohol

Sudbury, MA (PRWEB) -The fabulous fire-crafting geniuses over at the Ashley Food Company are doing it again. Only this time, they are mixing your two favorite things together into the most potent blend of fire and flavor you can imagine. That’s right; Mad Dog has married tequila. The result is a potion so powerful that it can’t be sold in a bottle bigger than 1 oz.

According to David Ashley, the founder of Ashley Food Company, “Tequila is the perfect partner to the ghost pepper (bhut jolokia) as it doesn’t do anything to dull the fire, and it enhances the naturally intense fruity flavor these chilies can have.” And one drop of the Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Extract – Tequila Edition is all you need to believe it. “Ghost peppers can boast over one million Scoville units of otherworldly heat. That’s so intense that we have to plaster cautions and warnings all over our packaging.”

The Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Extract – Tequila Edition is the latest addition to the Mad Dog family of extreme hot sauces, extracts and oils. Each product is unique, as is the newest mouth-melting release, but they all have something in common too. Each sauce is hand measured and made. Ghost Peppers grown in India are steeped in 80-proof salted tequila to create small, handcrafted batches of Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Extract – Tequila Edition. It’s serious business; so intense actually, that the recipe took over 2 years of testing to perfect.

The Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Extract – Tequila Edition is packaged in a small bottle with an eye dropper because of the killer fire and flavor of this mixture. It’s the perfect addition to chilies, soups, stir-fries and, of course, cocktails. The capsaicin found in chili peppers can do some remarkable things, and a drop of this mixture can also alleviate your headaches. “As long as you respect just how blazing this extract is, you’re in for a flavor revolution,” claims Ashley.

David Ashley founded the Ashley Food Company in 1991. But Mad Dog was born five years earlier in David’s Brighton, Massachusetts kitchen. Glowing reviews and multiple national hot sauce awards followed the development of their hand-crafted artisanal Mad Dog sauces. The acclaim came with collaborative inquiries from rock stars Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. Together, they produced products such as Joe Perry’s Rock Your World Boneyard Brew Hot Sauce and a line of Wok Sauces with Bob Weir. The Ashley Food Company still uses only the finest all natural ingredients, importing peppers and spices from all over the world as well as growing them locally for the hottest sauces you can stand – and some that are much hotter than that.
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Drink the Tequila and Create a DO-IT-YOURSELF Gift!

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What to do with those pesky old tequila bottles? It’s holiday time and there are some pretty clever Do-It-Yourself ideas out there. 

One of my favorite things about Mexico is the tropical climate of the country and the lush foliage that beckons the birds. My favorite bird being the Hummingbird. I have sat through meetings in the dullest of conversations and gotten lost in a view of a garden out the window and the flittering hummingbirds that dance and flirt with one another in the greenery…

Combining my love of tequila and my love of the hummingbird is a no brainer here…but remember, before you make the feeder, drink the juice….responsibly…….

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I love the idea of repurposing my tequila bottles! With the variety of shapes, colors, glass, each feeder is as bound to be as unique and one of a kind as the tequila itself.

I saw this idea once in a small shop in California. I thought “what a way to make a living! Drink and create; it doesn’t get any better!”

The tequila bottle hummingbird feeder essentially hung from a wire “cage”, or sheath, if you will, that wrapped around the body of the bottle decoratively and served to suspend the weight of the bottle and the nectar within. The additional bright bead embellishment served to not only make it aesthetically pleasing but drew the birds to the feeder with the attraction of brightly colored beads that reflect light and color with the sun.

You Will Need:  

Tequila Bottle (Drink it!)      Bucket (not for THAT)

Dish Soap (Look Under the Kitchen Sink!)         Wire (Hobby, Craft or Hardware Store)

Wire cutters (Hobby, Craft or Hardware Store)

Beads(Bead Specialty Shop or Craft Store)

Bottle stopper with feed tube (pet store or Garden Center)

How It’s Made:

 

Step 1

Choose from a variety of tequila bottles you have saved from your tastings, parties, or moments of self preservation and peace. Submerge the bottle and soak in warm soapy water. After it soaks for a day, the label will peel or scrape right off.

Step 2

 Cut the wire to 36-inch lengths. You’ll need four pieces. You’ll cut off excess later, but it is better to have too much than not enough length.

 

Step 3

You’ll need to identify the middle point of each length of wire. Start with the midpoints of two of the pieces of wire, and wrap each around the neck of the bottle crossing the two in opposite directions. As you crisscross the wires, twist at the point of the crossovers on each side. Twist five rotations at each crossover. Repeat this step with the second set of wires. Make sure this step looks nice and neat. The rest of the project will go smoothly if the first twists are uniform.

 

Step 4

Thread each twist with two beads and spread to separate the wires. This will keep the beads in place before the next step.

 

Step 5

Continue to crisscross, twist five times, thread the beads, separate wire, and repeat until the bottle is encapsulated in the wire and bead cage. Make sure you twist tightly for a clean appearance on all twists and to be consistent throughout the project.

 

Step 6

 For the last set of crisscrosses, continue to twist past the five twists and on through to the ends. You’ll end up with four sets of two-wire twists. Cut off excess wire and make all four ends the same length, being careful to give yourself enough length to make a hanger loop. Take two adjacent sets of twisted wires and twist them together to the end. Repeat with the other two sets. Loop the twisted wires around your finger or a dowel and twist the ends, finishing off the loop. And again, maintain a nice clean look.

 

Step 7

Make the hummingbird nectar by heating up a sugar water solution of four parts water to one part plain white sugar. Allow to cool before filling the bottle. (Please do not use food coloring or honey in the water. This could harm the birds.) Insert the feeder stopper to fit snuggly, hang the feeder on a hook in your garden (preferably next to red flowering native plants), and enjoy!