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 Post subject: Siracha supply might be endangered
PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:09 pm 
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On Monday the city of Irwindale sued Huy Fong Foods claiming the scent of ground peppers is a nuisance. Here's a link to the LA Times article. Might be a good idea to stock up!

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sriracha-supply-endangered-20131030,0,6178895.story#axzz2jK8iLbfo

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 Post subject: Re: Siracha supply might be endangered
PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:45 pm 
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Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!

I am going to hit the grocery store on the way home. I put that sh@t on everything! (wait, that's the Frank's Red Hot commercial). I also love their chili garlic sauce, so will stock up on that as well.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:33 pm 
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My grocery store is already out of stock. All that was left was Lee Kum Kee. I guess everyone else beat me to it. Plus they were down to 4 jars of chili garlic sauce.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:41 pm 
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Heh,

Huy Fong is the single largest employer in Rosemead, and the largest purchaser of peppers in SoCal. There's no way that Irwindale can shut it down in any permanent way. Also, this whole thing stinks of politics:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... z2jMxqKPEE

Fortunately, the judge agreed, and decided that Huy Fong will not be forced to do anything until the pepper harvest is complete:

http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/l ... z2jMyZqC7H

In the meantime, expect some blogs from The Oatmeal. ;-)

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:49 am 
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... and here we are:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/sriracha_odor

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 3:52 pm 
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Oh no! Looks like things have been shut down: http://ca.delish.com/food/recalls-reviews/sriracha-factory-shutdown-by-judge

I wonder if the judge lives nearby.....

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:59 pm 
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Read the comments, the factory is not actually shut down.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:29 pm 
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Related to this, there is now a documentary about Siracha.

http://laist.com/2013/12/04/sriracha_do ... ebut_d.php

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:09 am 
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Who knew there was still a Keynesian in California? It sure looks like the artificial Sriracha shortage has been created by and with any luck thousands of new fans will be appear. Prices will rise into the vacuum formed the apparent lack of supply. Huy Fong Foods will be a awash with cash so they can afford to buy enough politicians to make the problem go away.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 6:39 pm 
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Jim,

You forgot the part where Irwindale is forced to shut down the city websites because of DOS attacks by Anonymous and fans of TheOatmeal.

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