Saratoga Salsa & Spice Company
398 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
I, ________________________________, hereby agree and affirm that in exchange for the purchase of Da’ Bomb Final Answer, One Million Scoville, Satan’s Blood, Smack My Ass & Call Me Sally, Pure Cap – 500,000 Scoville Units, Black Mamba, Mad Dog 357 or any other products from Saratoga Salsa & Spice Company, its affiliates, its employees, its suppliers, distributors or manufacturers, that certain conditions and promises are required.
They are as follows:
Due to the extremely hot nature of these products, I agree that these products will only be used as a food additive. I fully understand that these products can cause serious injury if directly consumed, ingested and/or applied to the skin, eyes, or any other bodily organs.
Any of the products will be used at my own risk, and I fully understand the potential DANGER if handled improperly.
If I give these products as a gift, I will make the recipient fully aware of the potential danger if these products are directly consumed or handles improperly.
If I share these products with other individuals, I will make the recipient fully aware of the potently danger if these products are directly consumed or handled improperly.
I hereby release, disclaim, and relinquish Saratoga Salsa & Spice Company, its affiliates, its employees, it supplies, distributors and/or manufacturers of any and all claims, actions and/or lawsuits that I, or any of my dependents, heirs or family members may have relating to any damage and/or injury that results, or is alleged to have resulted, from the user, consumption, ingestion, and/or contact of any bodily part or organ from any of these products.
I am not inebriated or impaired in any way, and I am fully able to make a sound decision about the purchase of these products.
I HAVE READ THIS DISCLAIMER, AND
AGREE AND ACCEPT ITS CONDITIONS:
Name:________________________________
Date: _________________________________
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Hatties Restaurant, Saratoga Springs, NY
www.hattiesrestaurant.com
Oh my, oh my, oh my. This is the reason why I started this blog. I almost do not want to write this because I’d like to keep this little treasure as a secret to myself. Not like anyone reads this blog and reacts but I can dream. I plan on returning to this place and want to make sure I get a table whenever I want!!
July 2007, Roger sent me an email saying we need to try Hattie’s sometime while we are in upstate NY because they won a Throwdown contest with Bobby Flay with their fried chicken. So he sent me the information and we even did a Google map to get directions from our NY home to the restaurant. Then this info sat in a drawer for over a year, we never seemed to find the time to go, it is almost an hour away. Then, this past week, I was cleaning up my NY paperwork, filing and such and came across the printed email and map again. I figured it was time to go. I called and found they are only open for dinner and are closed on Tuesdays.
We asked some friends of ours to join us; they had never been there either. They came to pick us up and on the way there, they pointed out lots of other restaurants they had tried and enjoyed on the way. I felt that we were okay then, if we couldn’t get in, there were other choices on the way back home. On the way, Flo told us that they were having an event in Saratoga Springs that night, a Christmas parade and more. As we approached Broadway St (the main street in the downtown area), we hit heavy traffic, both vehicles and pedestrians. It obviously was a very busy night downtown and we thought we would have trouble getting a parking place but luck was with us and we found a parking spot practically in front of the restaurant.
When I had called earlier that day, their recording said they did not take reservations even though they are a small restaurant. They were not kidding but once again, luck was with us and there was ONE open table and big enough for four. This place is small and the entire floor area is crowded with many small tables and many, many chairs. And it was packed, except for the one table we took. As we ate dinner, many other people came in and waited for seats to open, a very popular place.
I was hesitant to stay because I thought the couple we were with would not enjoy it. It was very cramped, very noisy, very crowded and they even had a guy playing acoustic guitar in the corner with his speakers turned up pretty loud (at one point, I saw an employee tell him to turn down the volume, which he did thankfully). It was so crowded; no one could get by him to leave without hitting the microphone. I’m not kidding on how crowded it was. The biggest group of people there appeared to be college students or at least young couples. Frank said that we are close to Skidmore College so they are probably from there.
We started at a table that could hold as many as 6 people so the waitress asked very nicely if we wouldn’t mind moving to a table for 4 because they had a party of 6 coming in. We were willing to move for them and as a thank you, they gave us an appetizer of Hush Puppies. So good, big hush puppies with a nice coating and tender insides. Great start!
I was pleasantly surprised to see that they offered Snoqualmie Riesling from Washington State. My cousin gave me a bottle of this Riesling when I went to visit her in WA and it was very good. We ordered a bottle and Flo enjoyed it as much as I did. They had a wide variety of wine, beer and mixed drinks, which I was surprised to see.
They have a fairly limited menu, however, which I always feel shows that they only offer what they make well. Roger and I had decided to try their two specialties before we even got there, their fried chicken and their jambalaya. Frank also chose the fried chicken and Flo went with the catfish. Most dishes are offered with 2 side dish choices, and we all chose the same: collard greens and candied yams. All of us were tempted to order the mac and cheese entrée (offered plain or with andouille sausage or chicken) so last minute, we decided to order it with the sausage to split four ways.
Oh my, oh my, oh my! So very good. Everyone was very pleased with their meals, Flo said it was the best catfish she has had as far as she could remember and practically inhaled it. We couldn’t stop raving about the collard beans, BIG leaves but so tender and tasty! The mac and cheese was melt in the mouth good, and we finished that entire big bowl between all of us! The fried chicken was cooked PERFECTLY, with no greasy taste at all. The candied yams, yums! The jambalaya had large shrimp and chicken and sausage and was very flavorful.
We ate until we hurt. Only 2 of us had a tiny bit of leftovers to bring home but we weren’t leaving a stitch of food behind. They definitely know how to cook southern food. The only negative remark was from Roger, who would have liked a little more heat in his jambalaya but he likes heat on everything. We wonder if they would make it spicy if requested but since he and I split our two entrees, it was perfect as far as I was concerned. He can make his special request when he orders his own entrée. But they did have some hot sauces available on the table.
The meals were between $15 and $20 each so it is not a cheap place but is well worth it. They have a few more menu choices we would like to try another time, like their Chicken and Dumplings and their BBQ Spare Ribs. This is definitely on our list of places to return to.
The entertainment was enjoyable and we bought his $5 CD as we left. The guitarist/singer’s name was JT Maple and his CD has the following web address listed: www.soundclick.com/jtmaple. He sounds a lot like John Mayer.
After the dinner, Flo suggested we take a walk up to the main street (about 1.5 blocks from our restaurant) and see what was going on. We could all use the exercise after that big meal, that was for sure. And what a GREAT idea! All the stores were still open and many were running specials. There were carolers and entertainers everywhere, live reindeer, dogs, horses, people making food right on the street and more. We wandered around window shopping and gawking and stopped into one store where Roger bought super, deadly, indescribably hot hot-sauces. It was so much fun I definitely want to put this on my calendar for next year! I hope I can find some shoppers to join me that night!
As for the hot sauce purchases, after doing some taste tests, he bought one called 357 Mad Dog Hot Sauce (357,000 Scoville units) and one called Z (4 million Scoville units). He opened the 357 sauce and it is incredibly hot for me! Unfortunately, I know this from experience because I very stupidly tried a DROP today and almost died. I will NOT be trying the Z sauce. See the attached disclaimer we had to sign in order to buy these two hot sauces. It is too funny.
Oh my, oh my, oh my. This is the reason why I started this blog. I almost do not want to write this because I’d like to keep this little treasure as a secret to myself. Not like anyone reads this blog and reacts but I can dream. I plan on returning to this place and want to make sure I get a table whenever I want!!
July 2007, Roger sent me an email saying we need to try Hattie’s sometime while we are in upstate NY because they won a Throwdown contest with Bobby Flay with their fried chicken. So he sent me the information and we even did a Google map to get directions from our NY home to the restaurant. Then this info sat in a drawer for over a year, we never seemed to find the time to go, it is almost an hour away. Then, this past week, I was cleaning up my NY paperwork, filing and such and came across the printed email and map again. I figured it was time to go. I called and found they are only open for dinner and are closed on Tuesdays.
We asked some friends of ours to join us; they had never been there either. They came to pick us up and on the way there, they pointed out lots of other restaurants they had tried and enjoyed on the way. I felt that we were okay then, if we couldn’t get in, there were other choices on the way back home. On the way, Flo told us that they were having an event in Saratoga Springs that night, a Christmas parade and more. As we approached Broadway St (the main street in the downtown area), we hit heavy traffic, both vehicles and pedestrians. It obviously was a very busy night downtown and we thought we would have trouble getting a parking place but luck was with us and we found a parking spot practically in front of the restaurant.
When I had called earlier that day, their recording said they did not take reservations even though they are a small restaurant. They were not kidding but once again, luck was with us and there was ONE open table and big enough for four. This place is small and the entire floor area is crowded with many small tables and many, many chairs. And it was packed, except for the one table we took. As we ate dinner, many other people came in and waited for seats to open, a very popular place.
I was hesitant to stay because I thought the couple we were with would not enjoy it. It was very cramped, very noisy, very crowded and they even had a guy playing acoustic guitar in the corner with his speakers turned up pretty loud (at one point, I saw an employee tell him to turn down the volume, which he did thankfully). It was so crowded; no one could get by him to leave without hitting the microphone. I’m not kidding on how crowded it was. The biggest group of people there appeared to be college students or at least young couples. Frank said that we are close to Skidmore College so they are probably from there.
We started at a table that could hold as many as 6 people so the waitress asked very nicely if we wouldn’t mind moving to a table for 4 because they had a party of 6 coming in. We were willing to move for them and as a thank you, they gave us an appetizer of Hush Puppies. So good, big hush puppies with a nice coating and tender insides. Great start!
I was pleasantly surprised to see that they offered Snoqualmie Riesling from Washington State. My cousin gave me a bottle of this Riesling when I went to visit her in WA and it was very good. We ordered a bottle and Flo enjoyed it as much as I did. They had a wide variety of wine, beer and mixed drinks, which I was surprised to see.
They have a fairly limited menu, however, which I always feel shows that they only offer what they make well. Roger and I had decided to try their two specialties before we even got there, their fried chicken and their jambalaya. Frank also chose the fried chicken and Flo went with the catfish. Most dishes are offered with 2 side dish choices, and we all chose the same: collard greens and candied yams. All of us were tempted to order the mac and cheese entrée (offered plain or with andouille sausage or chicken) so last minute, we decided to order it with the sausage to split four ways.
Oh my, oh my, oh my! So very good. Everyone was very pleased with their meals, Flo said it was the best catfish she has had as far as she could remember and practically inhaled it. We couldn’t stop raving about the collard beans, BIG leaves but so tender and tasty! The mac and cheese was melt in the mouth good, and we finished that entire big bowl between all of us! The fried chicken was cooked PERFECTLY, with no greasy taste at all. The candied yams, yums! The jambalaya had large shrimp and chicken and sausage and was very flavorful.
We ate until we hurt. Only 2 of us had a tiny bit of leftovers to bring home but we weren’t leaving a stitch of food behind. They definitely know how to cook southern food. The only negative remark was from Roger, who would have liked a little more heat in his jambalaya but he likes heat on everything. We wonder if they would make it spicy if requested but since he and I split our two entrees, it was perfect as far as I was concerned. He can make his special request when he orders his own entrée. But they did have some hot sauces available on the table.
The meals were between $15 and $20 each so it is not a cheap place but is well worth it. They have a few more menu choices we would like to try another time, like their Chicken and Dumplings and their BBQ Spare Ribs. This is definitely on our list of places to return to.
The entertainment was enjoyable and we bought his $5 CD as we left. The guitarist/singer’s name was JT Maple and his CD has the following web address listed: www.soundclick.com/jtmaple. He sounds a lot like John Mayer.
After the dinner, Flo suggested we take a walk up to the main street (about 1.5 blocks from our restaurant) and see what was going on. We could all use the exercise after that big meal, that was for sure. And what a GREAT idea! All the stores were still open and many were running specials. There were carolers and entertainers everywhere, live reindeer, dogs, horses, people making food right on the street and more. We wandered around window shopping and gawking and stopped into one store where Roger bought super, deadly, indescribably hot hot-sauces. It was so much fun I definitely want to put this on my calendar for next year! I hope I can find some shoppers to join me that night!
As for the hot sauce purchases, after doing some taste tests, he bought one called 357 Mad Dog Hot Sauce (357,000 Scoville units) and one called Z (4 million Scoville units). He opened the 357 sauce and it is incredibly hot for me! Unfortunately, I know this from experience because I very stupidly tried a DROP today and almost died. I will NOT be trying the Z sauce. See the attached disclaimer we had to sign in order to buy these two hot sauces. It is too funny.
Channel 4 Irish Pub and Restaurant, NYC, New York
After attending the NYC Chocolate Festival, my friends and I needed ‘real‘ food. We had spent almost 2 hours sampling all sorts of chocolate yummies and actually were getting sick of the smell of chocolate. I recommend every do that at least once in their lifetime!
So with nothing in particular in mind, us 5 young women wondered the rainy streets of New York City trying to find a good place to eat with reasonable prices and with drinks too!. We ended up at the Channel 4 Irish Pub and Restaurant at 58 West 48th Street (between 5th and 6th). I started with a Bikini Martini which had Malibu rum, Bacardi, orange juice and pineapple juice. Didn’t thrill me. I ordered a lobster salad sandwich with saffron mayonnaise, chives, celery, lettuce and tomato.
Several of the girls went in together and ordered a very nice and large appetizer platter. They had a list of appetizers and you could chose any from the list and as many as you wanted (the price obviously is different based on the quantity you chose). It is called the NBC platter and isn’t listed on their main menu, you have to ask to see their pub menu. They chose the buffalo chicken tenders, calamari, crab cakes, minu burgers, scallops with bacon, and Cajun shrimp. Every thing was good but the shrimp got the highest rating! That was determined to be ‘awesome’! The mini burgers were good and the calamari was very bland.
No one was too impressed with their drinks and at about $10 a pop, which was sad but not an unusual price for NYC. Sue liked her pomegranate margarita the best and even got a 2nd one! I think they had good prices on beer but unfortunately I didn’t mark anything down.
So with nothing in particular in mind, us 5 young women wondered the rainy streets of New York City trying to find a good place to eat with reasonable prices and with drinks too!. We ended up at the Channel 4 Irish Pub and Restaurant at 58 West 48th Street (between 5th and 6th). I started with a Bikini Martini which had Malibu rum, Bacardi, orange juice and pineapple juice. Didn’t thrill me. I ordered a lobster salad sandwich with saffron mayonnaise, chives, celery, lettuce and tomato.
Several of the girls went in together and ordered a very nice and large appetizer platter. They had a list of appetizers and you could chose any from the list and as many as you wanted (the price obviously is different based on the quantity you chose). It is called the NBC platter and isn’t listed on their main menu, you have to ask to see their pub menu. They chose the buffalo chicken tenders, calamari, crab cakes, minu burgers, scallops with bacon, and Cajun shrimp. Every thing was good but the shrimp got the highest rating! That was determined to be ‘awesome’! The mini burgers were good and the calamari was very bland.
No one was too impressed with their drinks and at about $10 a pop, which was sad but not an unusual price for NYC. Sue liked her pomegranate margarita the best and even got a 2nd one! I think they had good prices on beer but unfortunately I didn’t mark anything down.
Overdue Seattle Posts
Curried shrimp soup from Pike’s Place Grocery and Deli
Follow Pike’s Place all the way to the end, cross the street. I was told this soup was their specialty and usually is sold out early at lunchtime so I was lucky to have some. They practically scraped the bottom of the pot for me. It was worth it. Creamy, tasty, a little spicy, nice.
Smoke salmon pate piroshky from Piroshky/Piroshky
A little further up the street (still across the street from Pike’s place), I came across this little tiny hole-in-wall bakery. The display in the street window caught my attention, all these individually shaped pastries with different fillings or toppings. I wanted to try everyone of them but decided on the salmon since I was in Seattle. The ‘public’ area consisted of the area where about 5 people could stand in line in one door, to the register and out another door. As I stood in line, several people fell in place behind me and it spilled out onto the sidewalk. I’m guessing that is a popular occurrence at this place. I wish I could have bought more pastries to bring to my relatives!! But the salmon pate was really good and flavorful. The nice crispy outer pastry shell flaked in my mouth.
DeLaurenti’s Market, Pike’s Place
www.delaurenti.com
So, on my last day in Seattle before heading out to Kennewick, WA to see relatives, I decided to do a little day sightseeing. I spent a little more time at the Pike’s Market, buying some smoked and dried salmon to bring home and needed to get some brunch before I headed to the Underground Tour (pretty cool to do at least once, if you are ever in Seattle). I wanted something quick and mobile because I had to catch a bus (which I never found so ended up walking, thankfully it wasn’t as far as it had looked on the map) to the tour office.
So I walked into a very nice Italian market place that was brimming with all sorts of Italian meats, olives, oils, cheeses and more. I really wish I had a way to carry all this stuff with me but since I was taking a bus, walking, taking a tour, being picked up by a car service and then renting a car, I had to limit what I had to carry. But I did get myself a sandwich there. It was called a Parma Panini, with prosciutto, parmesan reggiano cheese, arugula and truffle oil. It was very nice, tasty and great bread. For me (unlike Roger who could live on sandwiches), the bread makes the sandwich for me. I wish I had time to just sit and enjoy it, but it was a great eat on the run sandwich too.
Follow Pike’s Place all the way to the end, cross the street. I was told this soup was their specialty and usually is sold out early at lunchtime so I was lucky to have some. They practically scraped the bottom of the pot for me. It was worth it. Creamy, tasty, a little spicy, nice.
Smoke salmon pate piroshky from Piroshky/Piroshky
A little further up the street (still across the street from Pike’s place), I came across this little tiny hole-in-wall bakery. The display in the street window caught my attention, all these individually shaped pastries with different fillings or toppings. I wanted to try everyone of them but decided on the salmon since I was in Seattle. The ‘public’ area consisted of the area where about 5 people could stand in line in one door, to the register and out another door. As I stood in line, several people fell in place behind me and it spilled out onto the sidewalk. I’m guessing that is a popular occurrence at this place. I wish I could have bought more pastries to bring to my relatives!! But the salmon pate was really good and flavorful. The nice crispy outer pastry shell flaked in my mouth.
DeLaurenti’s Market, Pike’s Place
www.delaurenti.com
So, on my last day in Seattle before heading out to Kennewick, WA to see relatives, I decided to do a little day sightseeing. I spent a little more time at the Pike’s Market, buying some smoked and dried salmon to bring home and needed to get some brunch before I headed to the Underground Tour (pretty cool to do at least once, if you are ever in Seattle). I wanted something quick and mobile because I had to catch a bus (which I never found so ended up walking, thankfully it wasn’t as far as it had looked on the map) to the tour office.
So I walked into a very nice Italian market place that was brimming with all sorts of Italian meats, olives, oils, cheeses and more. I really wish I had a way to carry all this stuff with me but since I was taking a bus, walking, taking a tour, being picked up by a car service and then renting a car, I had to limit what I had to carry. But I did get myself a sandwich there. It was called a Parma Panini, with prosciutto, parmesan reggiano cheese, arugula and truffle oil. It was very nice, tasty and great bread. For me (unlike Roger who could live on sandwiches), the bread makes the sandwich for me. I wish I had time to just sit and enjoy it, but it was a great eat on the run sandwich too.
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