Hey hey hey! If you followed the events around my Valentine's Day Mystery Pack on Instagram this year, you remember a petite Hottie, the bottle of the hot sauce. He appeared on postcards and stickers, and you never heard of him again. But all the time this guy lived quietly in my desk drawer…
It was a beautiful spring day when I put a spoon into my big bowl of rice and beans, took a bottle of local hot sauce with a blue stripe on it, and suddenly heard, "Meet! It is my cousin Crystal! Thank you for giving her a ride home from the store!"
Yes, it was Hottie.
For the rest of the day, Crystal and Hottie told me about the history of their spicy tribe.
It turned out that Hottie is their last name.
Their pedigree goes back over two hundred years. Impressive, right?
They have relatives all over the world.
And Sriracha Hottie is pronounced correctly as see-rotch-a! Did you know? Yes, I didn't either.
I live in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans, for more than four years, but it was surprising to find out that we have here a headquarters of the company that makes Crystal Hottie sauce.
Before hurricane Katrina, Crystal Hottie wore her name on her deep green cup, but after the hurricane production moved to St. John the Baptist Parish, and her name disappeared from the label.
You probably will not believe it, but Crystal Hottie is more popular in Saudi Arabia than anywhere else, even in Louisiana. And you know why?
Because Crystal makes everything edible, Saudis are very careful about their traditions, and sometimes refusing to eat something means causing a deep insult. But Crystal Hottie will always get you out of this trouble. Just add her on top!
For a long time, they vied with each other to tell me fun facts about the history of Crystal Hottie and their other relatives.
I put them both in front of me and started painting.
I called her "The small hot thing that can fix everything."
Today, this girl was finished and made it to my website. You can take her home as a reminder that there is always a way out of any situation.
Just take Crystal Hottie with you!
By the way, don’t forget that this Friday will be Friday the 13th :)
Soooo, stock up on amulets and wait for my stories about battles with local cockroaches :)
Eat cake, smile, and may the great day be with you! Honk honk!