There is always room in the fridge for one more condiment. And if that one more condiment happens to be a mustard/chocolate/chili flake combination, well, then perhaps it’s time to clean out the fridge. Clearly, Uncle Roy’s Chocolate Chilli Mustard is the last condiment you will ever need.

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The 2010 winner, "The Balboa" (aka, the Italian Philly). Click image for the recipe.

Got a sandwich that doesn’t mess around? (Actually being messy is probably okay, though.) Mezzetta, the pepper and olive people are sponsoring a recipe contest calling for killer sandwiches. Considering that peppers are most likely to be involved, these look to be some flavorful entries for sure. Click through to read the whole press release, including information on how to enter.

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A lot of people go on vacation to a specific area in order to experience the cuisine of that region. If Albuquerque is on your list, here’s a chance to go for free! Doesn’t that bowl above look tasty? Yum.

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Hot pepper fanatics will often go to great lengths to fuel their obsession. As they eat their way up the Scoville scale they climb into ever-higher heat territory with each new pepper variety offering more of a kick than the last. There is only one way such a devotion to all things hot can end up: at the top of the scale.

The Grow Your Own World’s Hottest Pepper kit offers an easy way for the capsaicin-addicted to achieve new heights for their endorphin rush. Just pop open the kit, add water and sunlight and soon your very own Naga jolokia (aka: Bhut jolokia or ghost chili) will be sprouting up, offering its temptation to all those brave enough to try. And of course, if the obsession ever gets out of hand, you can always nip it in the bud.

Kind of like a burrito (at least a San Francisco burrito), but wrapped in a pepper instead of a tortilla, stuffed peppers provide an amalgamation of ingredients that become something more when placed together. Rice, meat, spices, cheese, tomato (or salsa): put it all together in a pepper and you have a complete meal. Top with sour cream, maybe some hot sauce, add slices of avocado on the side and suddenly the humble stuffed pepper is transformed into a meal that offers something for every taste palate. (Well, except for those that have some weird aversion to bell peppers, that is.)

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Nuclear-hot red chili peppers add a decisive kick to what could be an otherwise boring meal. However it’s exactly the fact that they are so damn hot that can make them too hot to handle. Literally. Releasing endorphins is great and all, but it doesn’t count if they’re triggered via hot pepper in the eye. The same volatile oil that can make eating hot pepper so enjoyable, is the same one that can stick to the fingers and end up in the most unwelcome of places.

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