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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.
(Laughter)

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(Liza) No holds barred.

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(Sonia) No holds barred.
(Laughter)

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I say play with it,
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
how to say this.

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

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- (Liza) No holds barred.
- (Sonia) No holds barred.

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(Liza) Maybe you need
a different sentence.

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

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

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it's very sensual, 
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
I was gonna be making pepper sauce,

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she was like, "Make sure you cover
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 
I'm the owner of Bacchanal Sauce LLC,

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

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

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

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(Laughter)

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People get excited 
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
everyone makes their own pepper sauce,

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and so, it was me
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 
how we make the bacchanal pepper sauce.

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First of all, we have
a lot of amazing fruits

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

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

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

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

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

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but also, you know, 
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
really means to me.

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You're having a party, 
you're relaxing, you're chilling out,

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and you're having your pepper sauce!

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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,
it's a party so...

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

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♪ (music) ♪

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I love to use Scotch Bonnet peppers
and also Habanero peppers,

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

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and they also meld well with 
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, 
I grew up on pepper. (Laughter)

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

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it's so funny, because when I started
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
because I really felt like,

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

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or something at least,
you know, very flavorful,

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

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or they just weren't even hot!
(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
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,
very traditional Caribbean spices,

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and so they all 
really blend well together...

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nothing sort of stands out, you know,
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,
however, it is hot.

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

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I'm being a little careful here

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because you can already feel
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
can put this on...

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You can really put it on anything,
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 
any type of condiment,

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be creative with it!

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Because you can really excite yourself,
and excite your friends and families

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when you start to really be
creative with your food.

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But I think that it is amazing
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 
just grilled vegetables...

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

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so I'd say, go for it!

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

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I'm looking to be able to taste
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, 
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?
- (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!
(Laughter)

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

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I imagine... I love food!
(Laughter)

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

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and that's what I really want for people
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, 
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,
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.
(Laughter)

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♪ (music) ♪

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

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♪ (music) ♪

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(Sonia) My favorite reaction
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
that are the real pepper heads,

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the people that, you know, love pepper,
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
when they taste the pepper sauce,

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

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because they get so excited about it
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,
"Just give me a little drop".

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(Laughter)

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♪ (outro music) ♪

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