Datil Dew Pepper Products Biography
St. Augustine is the only place in the country where 
the Datil Pepper grows abundantly.

Spanish Datil pepper seeds were brought to St. Augustine by the Minorcans in 1777.  Since this time, the pepper has been a prominent ingredient in Minorcan recipes including homemade sausage and pilau, which is meat, seafood, chicken or vegetables cooked with rice.   If you've ever had Minorcan clam chowder, you already know about the great flavor enhancer the Datil pepper can be.  

The Datil pepper is orange/yellow in color and has a pungent distinct flavor that has a taste of its own, rating 300,000 on the scoville scale.

Wanda Bates, owner of Datil Dew Pepper Products, retired in 1991 to help with the care of her husband that had contracted post polio syndrome. When retirement became a bore and fishing was commonplace, an acquaintance that owned a restaurant complained about his Datil Pepper sauces having little or no shelf life in the hot Florida sun.  He mentioned to Wanda, "What is needed is a great tasting Datil pepper sauce that stands up to the rigors of the climate without preservatives."  

A Datil pepper sauce that doesn't spoil without refrigeration.
Wanda was "on the case".  After a year of testing, we presented to the Outback Crab Shack in St. Augustine, a Datil pepper product that will not spoil, has no preservatives and most importantly has a great flavor!  

A variety of Datil pepper products that doesn't spoil.
By using the same formulas for temperatures and selected ingredients, we were able to create another 12 products using the St. Augustine Datil pepper.  

A Datil Pepper Pickle.
One of our biggest accomplishments was creating a Datil pepper bread and butter pickle that required no refrigeration and maintained its crispness.  The Datil Dew Bread 'n' Butter Pickle is a local favorite!

Where can you buy Datil Dew?
You can buy Datil Dew Pepper Products at select gourmet stores and restaurants and online.   Call Wanda at 904-284-8144 and, of course, please email us with any questions you have.

Uses and recipes for Datil pepper products.
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