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I say play, I say go for it, you know.

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No bars held, or hold, or whatever.[br](Laughter)

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(Liza) No holds barred.

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(Sonia) No holds barred.[br](Laughter)

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I say play with it,[br]I say go all in, you know.

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No bars... what the hell?

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I can't even frigging remember[br]how to say this.

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And now I just moved out of your...[br](Laughter)

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- (Liza) No holds barred.[br]- (Sonia) No holds barred.

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(Liza) Maybe you need[br]a different sentence.

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(Sonia) Forget it. I won't say it.

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♪ ♪

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(Sonia) The reason why I love peppers[br]is that... it's like chocolate, you know,

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it's very sensual, [br]but it's very dangerous.

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And these peppers are really dangerous.

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(Laughter)

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When I told my aunt that[br]I was gonna be making pepper sauce,

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she was like, "Make sure you cover[br]your face and your hands",

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and it's so true.

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This is no joke.

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You need to be really prepared for this.

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Hi, my name is Sonya and [br]I'm the owner of Bacchanal Sauce LLC,

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and the maker of Bacchanal Pepper Sauce[br]here in Brooklyn, New York.

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♪ (music) ♪

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I'm preparing to get down[br]and dirty with the peppers.

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First of all, people just get excited[br]when you say you make pepper sauce.

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(Laughter)

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People get excited [br]when you talk about peppers,

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when you talk about heat,

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I always love pepper sauce.

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You know, in the Caribbean[br]everyone makes their own pepper sauce,

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and so, it was me[br]taking something that I knew

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and kind of taking it to the next level.

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So, we're in the kitchen

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and I'm going to show you a little bit [br]how we make the bacchanal pepper sauce.

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First of all, we have[br]a lot of amazing fruits

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and that's what really give it[br]a lot of flavors.

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The pepper sauce is called <i>bacchanal</i>[br]because a bacchanal is like a party,

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it's like, you know, you have revelers,[br]you have people enjoying themselves,

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and when you have the pepper sauce[br]that's what it feels like you're doing,

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not only you have all these flavors[br]coming together and it's like a party,

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but also, you know, [br]when you put it on something

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it really enhances your food,

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and that's what the word[br]really means to me.

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You're having a party, [br]you're relaxing, you're chilling out,

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and you're having your pepper sauce!

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♪ (music) ♪

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Now, we're at the fun part,

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we get to blend everything together,

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and it's like a real bacchanal,[br]it's a party so...

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Everyone gets to go into the blender[br]and get all mixed up together.

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♪ (music) ♪

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I love to use Scotch Bonnet peppers[br]and also Habanero peppers,

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and that's because... of course[br]they are from the same family,

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and they also meld well with [br]all of these like, very unique fruits.

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(Liza) You grew up on this.

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(Sonia) Yeah, I mean, well, [br]I grew up on pepper. (Laughter)

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I grew up on pepper, I grew up on heat,[br]that's something I'm very familiar with,

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it's so funny, because when I started[br]making my pepper sauce,

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I went out and got a lot of hot sauces.

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And I just tried a lot, and...

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I was like, absolutely amazed[br]because I really felt like,

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maybe there would have been[br]something a little bit like it out there,

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or something at least,[br]you know, very flavorful,

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and I find that so many hot sauces[br]that I tried were either full of mustard

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or they just weren't even hot![br](Laughter)

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♪ (music) ♪

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So, when it comes to the spices,

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I made the sauce, you know, several times,

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but I thought it needed[br]a different type of heat

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so I decided to add the cayenne,

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and then, the all spices, cinnamon,[br]very traditional Caribbean spices,

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and so they all [br]really blend well together...

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nothing sort of stands out, you know,[br]it's just a a very nice blend.

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(Liza) You're not out to kill people.

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(Sonia) No, I'm not out to kill people...

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I'm not out to kill people with heat,[br]however, it is hot.

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It's fun, it's lots of fun![br](Laughter)

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I'm being a little careful here

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because you can already feel[br]the fumes coming out from the peppers.

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♪ (music) ♪

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(Sonia) Yeah, baby!

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♪ (music) ♪

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(Sonia) Yeah, baby!

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(Sonia) The type of food that people[br]can put this on...

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You can really put it on anything,[br]I'd say be creative,

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I'm about being creative in the kitchen

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and I think that when you have [br]any type of condiment,

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be creative with it!

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Because you can really excite yourself,[br]and excite your friends and families

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when you start to really be[br]creative with your food.

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But I think that it is amazing[br]on chicken wings;

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I think it's amazing on corn,

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I love it on sandwiches...

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you can put it on [br]just grilled vegetables...

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I just think it pairs well[br]with a lot of different things,

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so I'd say, go for it!

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♪ (music) ♪

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(Sonia) I'm just looking to be able[br]to taste all of the flavors...

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I'm looking to be able to taste[br]a little bit of tartness, of sweetness,

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and then, the heat.

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Here it goes!

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Yeah, baby!

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Oh my God...

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You get that heat at the back, [br]the heat at the front,

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and you get the sweetness.

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So good.

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- (Liza) Does it hit you right away?[br]- (Sonia) Hits you right away.

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(Liza) You almost couldn't take that!

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(Sonia) I couldn't, yeah![br](Laughter)

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(Sonia) When people eat it, I just imagine[br]they're enjoying themselves,

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I imagine... I love food![br](Laughter)

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And I love eating something [br]and feeling like I'm trying to pour it,

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and that's what I really want for people[br]when they have the pepper sauce.

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♪ (music) ♪

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Yeah, baby!

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You get the heat, [br]you get the heat right here...

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It's just good! (Laughter)

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(Sonia) It's fun work, it's good work,[br]it's work that I love.

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(Liza) You're proud of it.

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(Sonia) Yeah, and I'm very proud of it,

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I'm very proud when people taste it,

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I'm very proud to show it off,

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I'm proud to be a pepper sauce maker.[br](Laughter)

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♪ (music) ♪

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Can you tell I'm all about flavors?[br](Laughter)

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♪ (music) ♪

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(Sonia) My favorite reaction[br]is when people love pepper

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and they eat it and they are,

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"Hmmm... yeah, this is good!"

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and you know, those are the people[br]that are the real pepper heads,

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the people that, you know, love pepper,[br]it can even be hotter for them,

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I love those people!

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When those people come up to me[br]when they taste the pepper sauce,

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I'm like, yeah, you're man, [br]you're woman to my own heart, you know,

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because they get so excited about it[br]and I love... I love those people!

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But I also love the timid people too,

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I also love the people, who are like,[br]"Just give me a little drop".

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(Laughter)

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♪ (outro music) ♪

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