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Another Sriracha shortage?

Summer of 2024 may bring another Sriracha shortage
Three Nine Mile hot sauces in a line
No short supply on local sauces, though. | Photo via Darby Communications
A summer without Sriracha? It’s a possibility now that Huy Fong Foods plans to stop production until after Labor Day. “All orders that have been scheduled beginning on May 6, 2024, will be canceled,” the California-based hot sauce company said. That’s nearly a four-month pause on the production of Sriracha, chili garlic sauce, and sambal oelek.

This isn’t the first time Huy Fong couldn’t deliver the heat. Last year, we reported a Sriracha shortage due to droughts in Mexico (where the jalapeno peppers are sourced). This year’s culprit? The peppers are “too green.”

Huy Fong’s “red rooster” Sriracha is known for, well, being red. When jalapenos are too green, they dilute that iconic color. It isn’t just the hue that’s halting the hot sauce — green peppers are also less spicy than their more developed red pepper peers. And what’s Sriracha without spice?

Our advice (as per usual) is to go local to prepare for the shortage. Because luckily, there’s no shortage at all on amazing Asheville sauces.

To get you started, we’ll give just a few recs:
  • Firewalker has six hot sauces to choose from, like the smooth + sweet Mango Blaze, the mild Green Glow, and the uber-spicy Running with the Reaper.
  • The fiery sauce line of Good A#!, cooked up by local musician and comedian Larry Williams, kicks up the heat on tropical tastes like kiwi and strawberry.
  • Or you can trust your tastebuds in the seasoned culinary hands of Nine Mile, with three vibrant sauces that have “hot with flavor” as their motto.
Asked

Would you rather...
A. Have green Sriracha sauce?
B. Endure another Sriracha shortage?
What's your hot take?
 
Events
Tuesday, May 28
  • Hoops and Flow Arts Jam | Tuesday, May 28 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Pritchard Park, 67 Patton Ave., Asheville | Free | Dance, spin, groove, and show off your hula hooping skills as a live DJ pumps up the jams.
  • Are You Bearwise? | Tuesday, May 28 | 6-7 p.m. | Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain | Free | The NC Wildlife Resources Commission will teach you to live safely with the black bears in your community.
Wednesday, May 29
  • The Wake Vol. 3 | Wednesday, May 29 | 7 p.m. | Eulogy, 10 Buxton Ave., Asheville | $16 | Get down with a hip hop showcase presented by local artist Peter the Poet.
  • Gagging! Queer Comedy Showcase | Wednesday, May 29 | 8 p.m. | The Odd, 1045 Haywood Rd., Asheville | $15 | Celebrate all aspects of queer life with comics Josie Beers, Christian Lee, Julia Macias, and more.
Thursday, May 30
  • Plein Air Painting Workshop | Thursday, May 30 | 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | The Canopy at Art Garden AVL, 191 Lyman St., #320, Asheville | $150 | Get a comprehensive introduction to landscape painting in oil from artist Cleo Vilett.
  • Literary Pop Quiz | Thursday, May 30 | 7-9 p.m. | DSSOLVR, 63 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville | Free | Break out your niche knowledge of a range of literary genres + the bizarre antics of authors throughout history.
  • Grand Opening Party | Thursday, May 30 | 7-10 p.m. | Ananda Hair Studio North, 308 Merrimon Ave., Asheville | Free | Meet the staff, tour the new space, take pics in the photo booth, and enjoy drinks, bites + live entertainment.
Friday, May 31
  • Trails and Trains Day Festival | Friday, May 31-Sunday, June 2 | Times vary | Downtown Old Fort, 24 Water St., Old Fort | Free | Celebrate the NC outdoors with activities, vendors, fly fishing demos, movies, music, and shuttles to popular trails.
  • Family Fun Night | Friday, May 31 | 5-7:30 p.m. | Asheville YMCA, 30 Woodfin St., Asheville | Free | Bring the whole family to take a dip in the pool, try exciting activities, watch a movie, and grab food truck snacks.
  • Cuban Coffee Night | Friday, May 31 | Times vary | Coffee Curious Workshops, 45 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville | $10 suggested donation | Help raise funds for building the bar at Haywood Famous with a laid-back lesson in Cuban coffee, recipes, and family traditions from Eva Rodriguez-Cue.
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News Notes
Civic
  • The Homelessness Division of the City of Asheville Community and Economic Development Department are hosting another iteration of the Homelessness Learning Series in June. The three-part learning opportunity will start on Friday, June 7 with a focus on understanding homelessness. Pre-registration is recommended.
Environment
  • At the next meeting, WNC Sierra Club will be exploring how housing can help abate climate change. On Wednesday, June 5, MountainTrue will discuss its newest program, Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC, and how its working to address the housing shortage + the climate crisis simultaneously.
Biz
  • UNC Asheville Environmental Studies student, Ava Ingle, led a research initiative alongside local organizations and microbreweries to study energy efficiency in brewing. Learn more about the identified reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and utility costs — and how Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency hopes to continue the work.
Eat
  • Did the hot sauce article spark a craving? Well, here’s some spicy news — Nine Mile is extending its hours for the summer. The Montford and West locations will be open daily from 4 to 10 p.m., and the South location will be open 4-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 4-10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Award
  • She’s on the right track. Sherrye Perry was presented with the eighth annual Trailblazer Award by the Land of Sky Regional Council. The Director of Client Relations for Brightstar Care was recognized for her advocacy work with older adults in rural Madison County and throughout the state. (Mountain Xpress)
Finance
  • If you spent your whole Sunday reorganizing your closet, here’s another spring cleaning suggestion: Move your credit card debt. This card offers 0% interest on a balance transfer until nearly 2026. That’s almost two years to pay off your balance, sans interest. Plus, you’ll earn 2% cash back on purchases.*
 
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Buildings along Patton Avenue
The study looks at the stretch from Jeff Bowen Bridge to Pack Square. | Photo by AVLtoday
In some sense, the Patton Avenue Corridor project has been decades in the making. But it was in 2022 that years of ideas and visions for this western gateway into downtown were assembled into a report.

Then, in August of last year, a feasibility study was launched to create recommendations for transportation, design, and land use. Central to the study’s purpose are a few goals:
  • Turn the area into a downtown gateway
  • Begin developing Patton as a mixed-use corridor
  • Make the street safe for all users
  • Improve connections at Hillcrest to unite the community with downtown
  • Create better connections from downtown to the river + other neighborhoods
  • Plan a network of multi-use paths
Now that we’re approaching the end of the study’s one-year timeline, the City of Asheville is hosting a second public open house. Stop by Harrah’s Cherokee Center tomorrow, May 29 to see concepts for traffic and multimodal operations improvements.
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Molly
From the editor
If you pay close attention to these Wraps, then you might have noticed that I love astronomy. Tangentially, I also love strange creatures (like extraterrestrials) — so when WLOS shared an article with the headline “On remote trail, man stumbles upon heavy, mysterious object possibly from outer space,” I dropped everything to read it. Justin Clontz found a three-foot-tall object made of metal and carbon fiber. Aerospace experts are so far stumped, but if you can identify it, I really want to know.
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