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Herald on Sunday - 31 July 2010
AUCKLAND-MADE
GRINGO Killer chilli sauce is so hot even its creator wont
eat itbut dozens of food lovers braved the burning sensation
at Aucklands Food Show yesterday.
Margaret Dagger is the creator of Gringo Killer (gringo
is a Mexican term for whiteman). She said she grew one of
the worlds hottest chillies, Bhut jolokia, in her Titirangi
backyard and whipped the hot produce into a sauce called Bhutt
Burn. I mix it with onion, garlic and roast capsicums,
which I roast myself at home, so it has three times the ingredients
to give it flavour, Dagger said.
The medicinal herbalist, who uses natural products for healing
purposes, creates the sauces in her kitchen wearing
gloves, a face mask and swimming goggles because the chilly
fumes are so potent.
Natalie Knight, a quantity surveyor from Remuera, said it
took about five seconds before a wave of intense heat hit
her body after sampling Bhutt Burn. It sits on
your tongue and I didnt react at first but then five
seconds later I was like wow its so hot . . . Ive
still got a red face, Im off to the wine stand now,
said Knight.
Taste of Auckland, November 18th - 21st 2010
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Elysia Adamson
working on the stand
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Customers deciding on what
sauces to taste
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A customer that has just
sampled the Big cojones
chilli sauce
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Sunday Star Times 25 July 2010
This range of handmade New Zealand chilli products uses local
produce.
Read more...
Interview with Charlotte Ryan on 95 bFM Monday 29th May
2010
Discussing how the business was started, uses and recipes
for the Gringo Killer range.
http://www.95bfm.co.nz/assets/sm/195888/3/gringokiller.mp3
Smashfest Saturday 3 April 2010
Gringo Killer helped sponsor a Nissan Skyline driven by Mark
Chinnery-Brown or better known as MCB. He was against another
95 cars to see who would be the last man standing, or actually
the last car left running.
After being in 12th position at last years Smashfest
he did not do so well in this one. After completing a few
laps the car died, he was then spun around to face oncoming
cars, and the inevitable happened. A car equivalent to a head
butt put him right out of the competition and out of the running
for the $10,000 prize money. But hey, there's always next
year.
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Before
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After
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The Food Show 2009
The chilli challenge, was if you could eat a habanero chilli
you got a free bottle of sauce. 85 people were either silly
or brave enough to take up the challenge.
The women in the group photo looking a bit teary eyed are
Linda Cameron, Briar Mirabito, Alanna Whitlock all from Kaukapakapa.
The other photo is Nicola Anderson from St Johns Park. She
did rush off to find something to cool her mouth with.
All a lot of fun, and a few worried moments when I thought
some people had bitten off more than they could chew.
Editorial in The Kia Ora Air New Zealand in flight magazine
December 2008

The food show July 31st - August 3, 2008
We had a great time at this food show it
was a first for us, and the response for Gringo Killer products
was overwhelming, plus we had a lot of fun, even though it
was hard work at times.
There
was lot of interest and feedback from media representatives,
with the one question being asked a lot "What gave you
the idea to make chilli sauces? "
This excerpt from Russell Browns Hard News after
he attended the show.
"I also liked the Gringo Killer Extra
Hot Smoked Chilli Sauce. It's part of a large range of products
created in West Auckland by Margaret Dagger, who organically
grows (and in the case of the smoky sauce, smokes) her own
chillis. I like her attitude. When the Back of the Y guys
tasted that sauce during their bFM show last week, they praised
its flavour, but observed that it was not as hot as all that.
So she sent them her Big Cojones sauce, and brought in a radio
to listen to the show while she kept her stand yesterday.
Apparently, the Big Cojones sauce was hot enough."
I also met Carlton Crisp who along with Chris
Strapp and Matt Heath had tasted the sauces that I had sent
to the station.
Mangere Bridge Village Food and Wine Festival
in April 2008
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Margaret Dagger and Elysia Adamson
meeting the Prime Minister Helen Clark
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Thanks to everyone for their support. This has been very
encouraging for such a young business.
Margaret Dagger
Gringo Killer Gourmet Chilli Products
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