Blair's Death Sauces and Snacks

A Hot Discovery

A few weeks ago, my other half was given some samples of Blair's Death Sauce. This got me excited as I do love hot sauces, especially ones that come with skull key rings! I'd never heard of Blair's Death Sauce before, so when my boyfriend got home from work, we did some research. It turned out to be a fascinating story.

In 1989, Blair Lazar was a 19 year old bartender in Gimpi's restaurant in New Jersey. Lazar was tired of the late night drunks who wouldn't leave his establishment. So he figured out a way to get rid of them. He made a hot chilli sauce that he cooked chicken wings in and offered them to the late night drinkers, he told them that if they could eat four of the wings, then they could stay drinking all night. The wings were so hot due to the chilli sauce, that no one could manage four and so everyone always left.

Word got out about the 'chicken wings of death' and so more and more people visited Gimpi's restaurant to try them. This was the birth of Blair's Death Sauce.

Stinking Bishop Cheese

I Love Stinking Bishop

Firstly, I must say that I love cheese. All kind of cheeses. Though none come anywhere near close to my love for Stinking Bishop.

When I lived in Sussex on the South coast of England, I used to visit the best farm shop I have ever been to called Middle Farm. The produce they sell is amazing and at the back of the farm shop there are two refrigeration units that house one of my biggest weaknesses; obscure cheeses.

Picture a refrigerated shelving unit, and on those shelves are toothpicks and saucers with little samples of the best cheeses produced in the UK. There's 50 to choose from, and you are free to try as many as you like!

This was where my love of Stinking Bishop developed. One little sample on a toothpick and my main love of Roquefort was instantly a distant memory.