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The 2008 Secret Santa “Thank-You” Card
By Buddah | January 2, 2009 |
Well it’s time to show what we received, and to thank our Secret Santa for making this holiday something special.
Buddah:
I will start this off by thanking Jodie of Three Hot Tamales who warmed my heart with a very special personal gift for me. It is a little flask with a pepper insigna and a “Buddah” engraving. Not only that she gave me a load of chili chocolates to sweeten the pot, and a homemade snowflake that I have hanging from my ceiling fan in my bedroom. Thank you so very much Jodie, you did well with me!!!
Turk:
Our Secret Santa was Tony Legner. Sorry about the bad pictures; we had to use the camera phone because our good phone is broke. I included a picture of how the wonderful USPS leaves their mark on every package they touch. The box was funny because Tony stuck one of his stickers on it and wrote: 3rd place label design winner behind some company named Bisummo. Its joke from a comment I made on a blog about our 2nd place win and Tony said something similar about his 3rd place win at the Fiery Food Challenge.
We received Tony’s complete product line which included:
Tony Legner’s Cat 5 Hot Sauce
Tony Legner’s Habanero Premium Steak Sauce
Tony Legner’s Cat-5 Food Polish
Bloody Mary Jewelry – Hot Pickled Green Beans
Bloody Mary Jewelry – Hot Pickled Carrots
Now I just need to get Tony to divulge his secret Bloody Mary recipe that he gave me in Fort Worth . Thanks guys, we had fun being involved in Secret Santa this year. – Todd
Blane:
Sue Hard was my secret Santa. I recieved 2 salsa’s, a bag of Holiday chips, and the Royal Pimpin’ Stein as pictured.
Now I can bitch slap Buddah in Style. 
Bret:
S.S goodies from Buddah:
A gold platter that reads, “Bwana Bret’s Official Weekend Of Fire Dessert Tray”.
A package of green Curry Sauce.
Archway Cashew Nougat Cookies
2 packs of Peppermint Pig Candy
2 Chocolate Bars 1 Applewood Smoked Bacon and 1 Chipotle Chili
Christmas soda julmust from Sweden
Bag of Cajun creole Hot Nuts
A Candy Shot Glass
And The super dooper reindeer pooper jelly bean dispenser
And Sorry Bill, one item did not make the pictures. One Cheesecake. I was going to take a picture of the cheesecake on the platter. Well, what happens when you stick a cake in front of Bret? DUH, it’s gone! Thanks Buddah.
Flaming Joe:
From Zane & Zack’s
bottle of Three Brothers Hot Pepper Sauce
bottle of Four Brothers Hot Pepper Sauce
jar of Honey Habanero Sauce
jar of Honey Chipotle Hot Sauce
package of Not n Spicy Truffles. – FJ
Bill & Sandi:
From Betty, I (Sandi) got a hand painted jalapeno 3 part condiment server, Chili pepper pasta, a variety of Ass Kickin’ nuts, Arizona gunslinger popcorn, a little rubber ducky wearing a sombrero and a pepper corer/de-seeder! She must have watched my struggle with a paring knife and peppers before! Very cool gifts!
There was also a wrapped pack in there for Drew with some Hot Wheels! But he’s now mixed them with his other cars and I don’t know which is which so I couldn’t get a pics of those. But he loved them! He was excited.
Bill got Lindt Chocolate bars…. chili dark chocolate and cherry chili chocolate from DK. Also a tray of baklava. Oh and a mystery bottle of sauce all wrapped in bubble wrap and covered in bows! It was funny once he got it unwrapped to see Ron Jeremy hot sauce! Needless to say all of the edibles are gone except the hot sauce!
DK:
My SS was JD of All Spice Cafe. JD sent me a VERY SWEET gift box containing his Cayenne Habanero Sauce, Chipotle Garlic Sauce, and Caribbean Spice. Did I mention it came in a VERY SWEET wooden gift box with the VERY COOL logo engraved on the front cover? I just have to decide whether to add this great looking set to the shelf or to open it and enjoy the sauces! Either way it’s a very cool gift! Thanks JD! And thanks TTF and Buddah for sponsoring the Secret Santa again this year. It was a hoot!
- DK
Justin:
I got these bottles from Danny Cash. They are called the Mexican wrestler set. Very cool collectables. The inside of the box they were shipped in says el uno, so i take it they are the only ones he plans to make. That makes em my very first 1/1 bottles and i got 3 of em.
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Topics: Collector's News, Friends, General, Hot Sauce Collectibles | 57 Comments »
So what’s wrong with Ron Jeremy’s sauce?
My secret Santa was some guy that cheers for the Crimson Tide! It was evidenced by the fact that he sent me a bottle of sauce that proudly proclaimed O-bama on the label
He also sent a really special purple and yellow shop rag that must have been sold to benefit some special ed place I think- I made the initials on it out to be “Local Stinkin’ Underachievers” 
Odd kind of co-incidence thing with this also- I sponsored a gift prize for a random drawing for the Houston Hot Sauce Festival & he won that one
What’re the odds!
I didn’t take pics…sorry….but my SS was Xero and he sent me some lovely rubs and a nice trio of salsas……thank you again so much Xero….it was much appreciated!
We had a lot of fun with Secret Santa and are thankful for all of the great people that we have met over the last year.
regifting :bleep:
Re?
Wasn’t that a prize bottle? That I earned? IF not, then oops.
You don’t think I saw your link do ya? You will get yours!
And Blane that is one PIMPTASTIC Pimp Cup. You are gonna make all the playas jealous.
CLICK HERE
Hey Bret, that Green Curry product tastes great just poured on white rice. Just heat it up and its good to go. Delicious. It was my favorite food at the Washington DC Metropolotan Food Show. I saw on their website you didn’t have it at JJ’s, so I knew I was introducing you to something new. How was the cheesecake btw?
FYI: that Lindt Chili dark chocolate is AWESOME! Not spicy, but the flavor is there. Very rich and WONDERFUL!!!! YUMMY!
I really loved those little round chocolates with the white chocolate center, yum. I finished the cherry one and half way done with the pom one. Sweet stuff.
Yea, my family loved those too! Me….I like the peanut butter ones!
I didn’t get to take any pics but we got a nice selection from our freind and secret santa Cajohn. 2 bottles are already gone with 3 to go and one lost to usps. Happy New Year Everybody! Thanks
and TTF.
It did not make the picture does that tell you anything. LOL
Black Hound?
Leroy loves that place.
what bottle got broke? What about the cigar?
It was very good. I had no problem eating that bad boy by myself.
I get the feeling Joe is making fun of our truffles!?!
No SS gift here yet.
Leave it to DC to come up with something as cool as the Mexican Wrestler bottles!
:DC:
My secret Santa turned out to be Dave Mennenoh
all local products from Wisconsin!
of Off Road Fire Sauce fame! I received a bottle
each of his OFF ROAD “CAMP” FIRE, OFF ROAD “FOREST
FIRE, and a proto type of his new “WILD FIRE” SAUCES, the Wild Fire was favorite!
He also sent a pack of smoked string cheese
A smoked sausage/ blueberry concoction that was
quite good,and a “Beer Meets Wine” Cherry Beer!
it was all very very good!
Thank You Dave!
ButchT
Im not sure which bottle was broken. there was Sweet Bhuty,2 killer cayenne,1 weekend of fire and 1 cinco d’ ohio. The broken bottle was totaled in the bubble wrap so I didnt open it. Oh and I forgot to mention the cigar. Can’t wait to try it! Suffering a cold right now.
Thought I had the package USPS break proof. Wasn’t sure if you smoked but took a chance. The white label Killer Cayenne with the cat is a first label run. It may be to old to eat.I’m not sure if you should eat it or not. Enjoy!
now i just hope i will someday be able to meet him and get them sighned.
i havent received mine yet. maybe next week.
I already tried the first run killer. Seemed ok I will let you know when I try the other one. The Cinco is my fav so far. Thanks again Hudd
You’re welcome. Hope you get over your cold soon and can enjoy the stogey.
The steaks and potatoes BLANE sent are great, had them tonight. There was more in the box, but they will have to wait for another time. There was another “late” gift you should have opened by now BLANE. Sue wanted to send it with the others, but it wasn’t produced yet. Only one of it’s kind in this country. Sue recieved her gifts from Flaming Joe, she was very appreciative. One of the jellies was a glaze on our Christmas ham. It was excellent!
I forgot to Thank TTF and
for putting this
on! It was a lot of fun figuring out the perfect
gift for my SS recipient , Then getting a really
great gift myself (just between y’all and me, the
best gift I got this year!) Then reading about everyone’s else’s! It was like 3 gifts for one!
THANK Y’ALL!!!
Butch T
That was a pretty awesome gift Butch!
Had to go back and look at what I wrote.
Sorry, just a typo.
Meant to say “HOT n Spicy”.
I was trying to get the picture to :nerd:.
Now I can add – thank you very much. I look forward to trying them all once I get over my holiday bloat. Too much food (& drink)the past 2 weeks.
FJ
Got my SS today from ChiliheadEd. Looks like it travels around the world a few times before making it to me.
:bleep: UPS really took to heat the “fragile glass” written on the box, I think they may have played hockey with it for a week or so.
I got:
Redrum orange hab reserve
Naga pecan brittle
hot pickles
Red Chile pistachios
Danny Cash mini 4 pack
Iguana chipotle sauce
FMK bottle of “no label” hot sauce
And a bottle of Fire dusted peanut butter….Broken in a billion pieces.
Thanks Ed, I’m eating the brittle now. It’s really good!
My secret santa was Michele from Intensity Academy. I got a bottle of Hot^3, Chai Chipotle, Chai Teriyaki and a Chai Chipotle Chup (spicy ketchup) along with a Intensity Academy bag/tote and a toy carrot.
Good Stuff – Thanks Michele, and thanks TTF for putting it together.
No love for Bisummo.
:cry:
I told you not to send a lump of coal.
Blane get’s all the rare stuff. No more orders till I get a 1\1 LOL
Blane I told you Cajohn would thing that meat was Steak.
If you haven’t received your Secret Santa or received notice that your Gift was delivered please say so here. I still haven’t received word on Turk’s gift yet, hopefully soon. I would hope a thank you here or via email would be fine out of courtesy. Everyone wants to be recognized for their gift one way or another, so please give thanks if you hate the gift. Remember it is the thought that counts.
:nerd:, OK,OK,OK,OK,OK,OK!
I know he’s got it. He loved it. Should I fire him because he won’t post? He needs to was it because he wears it every day…
He used the sauce at lunch the day he got it…
Bret, There are many of them in Germany, it’s not a 1/1. But he does seem to get the good stuff…
Calm down CaJohn.
I think :nerd:’s comment was made because of this one from Turk.
I say fire him.
:angel:
DK, I contacted CaJohn twice via phone and left messages about Chilewilly’s gift if it was received or not. It is in response to that for the most part. So that Secret Santa is Turk, so it answers that question on whether it was received or not. I have had some emails on non-receipt, so I was addressing not just Turk, but those others as well.
I totally understand not holding his hand John, but I was mostly looking to see if he received it because Turk didn’t know. Thanks for answering.
No firing necessary. I just wanted to be sure he got the package because of our recent string of bad luck with USPS [unfortunately all government employees aren't as dedicated to their work like our friend :nerd:]. Thanks for the follow-up :nerd:…just didn’t want to ruin the Secret Santa surprise but I guess the cats out of the bag now. Glad to hear Mark liked it.
Never officially posted m loot or thanked my Secret SAnta from Anthem Az. THANK YOU…
Got me some:
(Thanks again USPS)….
Azz Kicken BBQ Flavored Sunflower Seeds
See Jane on Fire Hot Sauce
Azz in H-ll Hot Sauce
Plus another See Jane bottle that didnt make the trip
I posted in another thread a thank you, but here is my official one!
I received from Hudd, Danny and Betty a pound of starbucks….my lust for coffee at FMK must have realy made an impression! a cool Limited edition Hot Wheels TTF Delivery truck, #13! A good looking Cigar and a Hand painted coffee cup with Chile Peppers on it, Thanks again!