Author: Scott Roberts

This was posted a few days ago on the Telegraph.co.uk:

An amateur chef died the day after eating a “superhot” chilli in a bet with his friend over who could make the hottest dish, an inquest heard.

Andrew Lee, 33, suffered heart failure the morning after he ate the chilli.

Toxicology tests are now being carried out to see if the fork lift truck driver suffered a fatal reaction to the dish or whether anything else contributed to his death.

Mr Lee, of Edlington, Doncaster was apparently in perfect health and…

I don’t know exactly how I felt after watching this – disturbed, scared, or nauseous. These Children of the Corn-esque kiddos conjure up images of the pre-programmed communist North Korean populace or the Hitler Youth. And yes, this is apparently real and not a parody.

“Sing For Change Obama”:

(This may sound like an extra long Twitter post, but so what…) Lately the craze at our house has been the new Spore game. It has to be hands-down the game of the year. It’s majorly addictive – my sons and I are constantly jonesin’ to play it. So far I’ve only gotten to the beginning of the Tribal Stage, whereas the boys are still in the Creature Stage.

Blair Lazar has just sent this message:

“Dear Chilipal,

It is with the greatest Honor for me to Announce the Pre-Release Of The All New Death Sauce Line-up, New Labels, New Boxes, Ultra Death Sauce, Not to mention, This is the First Batch Of sauce that Contains Habanero and Jolokia Chilis From our Very Own Pepper Farm just North of the Equator. For the First time ever, I am offering a Mega Pre-Release Special for the Hard Core Chilihead. A First Run Set including all 9 bottles of My Kick your Ass Hot Death Sauce Line up, That I personally cooked, Bottled, Labeled, Sealed and blessed with all every ounce of Karma in my Soul.

I made a Total of 36 Pre-Production Bottles of Each sauce. I Kept and Use half a dozen of each for myself, friends and Family and I am making the remaining 30 Sets available to my Chilipals around the World. Each Label and Awesome New Box is Signed and Numbered, Plus I am adding in a Secret Special Bottle that only you will receive. So it’s Ten Bottles Total. How Much you ask??? $10,000. Per Set. Ok, Only F-in With ya. And yes, I am aware The Death Sauce Phenomenon has brought in over $12,000 for a single rare bottle. But that’s from resellers; Bless um all I say. So here’s the deal, direct from the Source (That’s Me) and Never available again, $499 Per Set, I know you say “Blair that’s only $50 Per Bottle”. Yep, So Good For you, Re-Sell um if you choose to or better yet Keep um as the rare of rarest I have ever done. Your Call, Just Enjoy um. I have so much more to share but that’s it for now. Order at extremefood.com

Your chilipal,
Blair

PS And Yes a Very Limited Halloween Reserve will be announced soon.”

Computer wallpaper sites are a dime a dozen, but the very best place in the world for free wallpapers is InterfaceLIFT. It offers hundreds of high quality wallpapers for FREE, for all sorts of screen resolutions ranging from dual and triple monitors to widescreen to mobile devices, from 2560 x 1600 to 320 x 240 pixels. What really sets this site apart from most other wallpaper sources is the abundance of absolutely mind-blowingly gorgeous photography present in these graphics. Some are so good you’ll want to change your desktop background every other week. Believe me, this is a place you’ll wanna bookmark…

The Wired How-To Wiki has published an easy-to-understand guide describing how to download MP3s from streaming music sites. Using Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, File2hd, or StationRipper (the last of which can access Pandora.com, Slacker.com, and AOL Radio), you can easily grab downloaded MP3s that have streamed to your hard drive using the browsers’ caches or by using the software programs.

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This motorcycle-riding clown sets new standards of craziness and wrecklessness:

1. My girlfriends won’t let me out of bed long enough.
2. Busy perfecting a new spicy food recipe.
3. Can’t stop laughing at all those Joe Biden gaffes.
4. I like sleeping.
5. Trying to finish the next Great American Novel.
6. Still trying to figure out what “meme” means.
7. Too busy hanging outside Drew Barrymore’s house shirtless trying to impress her.
8. Waiting in line for those Labor Day sales at the mall.
9. Found myself in Tijuana with only one kidney and only three cents to my name.
10. One word: LOLcats.

A long time ago, in a kitchen far, far away…

It’s CaJohn’s Flavor and Fire in Jolokia Sausage Wars, a clever little commercial with a Star Wars theme. You’ll see CaJohn Hard (of course), Chef Steve Lawrence, Doug “DK” King and Al “Buddah” Goldenberg of Taste the Fear, Jonathan Passow of The Hot Zone Online and others. Feel the heat force, Luke.

Here’s a brand of generic habanero pepper sauce I stumbled upon at one of my area grocery stores for only one dollar: Savory Collection’s Diablo Hot Sauce. Ingredients: Cayenne peppers, vinegar, water, salt, habanero peppers, xanthan gum, and other preservatives,

While perusing the dried snack/nuts aisle at one of my local Trader Joe’s, I noticed bags of Chile Spiced Mango slices on the shelf and thought I’d give them a whirl. Hey, I’m all for combining spice and heat with just about food item, including ones that are predominantly sweet. Some of these types of culinary partnerings are successful, while others are a complete flop. Trader Joe’s Chile Spiced Mango slices fall somewhere in the middle.

Ingredients

Dried mango slices, sugar, paprika, salt, citric acid, and cayenne

Smell

The aroma given off by the open bag was light yet borderline…

Ever want to know more about the world’s most popular hot sauce? Joey Green of the Wacky Uses website has compiled a nice little list of Tabasco Sauce facts and information…

I’ve written a list of my viewpoints and preferences on several serious and trivial subjects so that you may get a better idea of who the “real” Scott is. As a contrast, I’ve also created an “Anti-Scott”, who would be the complete opposite of me…

Don’t want security cameras snapping pictures of you everywhere? Here’s a brief video showing how to make an “invisibility mask” using an old baseball cap and LED lights:

It may not exactly be practical or comfortable, but it might be fun to try out even if you aren’t a privacy nut or plan to use it for nefarious purposes (which I don’t advocate, by the way:-)).