March 29, 2024

Who Said That?

Florida's quote of the day

| 2/7/2017

" We had all the rookie problems -- bugs, fungus -- but we worked it out."

-- Danny Colon

The idea came like so many good ones do.

 

“We were just sitting around, drinking and fishing and talking,” said Danny Colon, one of the founders of B&D Sauce Co.

The subject was peppers, specifically the bird pepper, also known as the pequin, grown so often in the Caribbean. And that conversation led to a small pepper farm near Palatka and a hot sauce company based in Jacksonville.

Read more at the Florida Times-Union.

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