I took the above photos of the Pepper Palace in Smithfield, NC on January 2nd of this year. They were closed at the time. Previously the site location was for a kitchen store, which I had visited many times.

Yesterday, they were open, for my first visit and I had a fun time with Acey, the store manager. She directed me and led me around to different hot sauces and spice rubs. And I tried quite a few. I ended up buying a couple of the sauces/marinades that she had mixed together (Asianxxx and a “Sweet and Spicey”). Later, last night, I heated a couple of egg rolls in the microwave, and got some Chinese Hot Mustard out, and used the above mixture as a sort of a hot Duck Sauce. It was all good!

This is going to be eclectic because I came across my Flickr account online, and there are over 8K of photos I’ve taken and posted, but these are older, going back to 2009 with my first photo of the boat landing down on the Cape Fear River at Elizabethtown, NC. This is a photo of one of my favorite food combinations, in the Summer:

Corn on the cob, fried okra (I don’t usually bread them), a freshly sliced tomato… and I see here that I had used Tomatillo with some onion (probably with some vinegar and sweetener) that I now might call a chutney. And you have to wait until the early corn comes in, and okra & tomatoes are available. I like meat, but this is super satisfying meal without meat.

The collage of photos below includes some from the State Farmers Market in Raleigh (different visits) and focused on the various peppers, some tomatillos & dried chilis at Compare Foods in Fayetteville, and various shots of Tiger Sauce.

NOTE: I hope to finish this later, but I need to get to a late breakfast. Want to find pictures of hot peppers at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market. **I realized it was Wednesday, and I like the Turkey Club Sandwich Combo at Subway (with the Onion Teriyaki Sauce), so I will eat a lite breakfast at home and then get an early lunch at Subway.

The photo of me with the Tiger Sauce: I had purchased a couple of bottles of this at the Harris Teeter in Cary, NC. I have since bought Tiger Sauce Original and the newer Tiger Sauce Habanero & Lime through Amazon. I like the Habanero & Lime version better.