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Scovie Awards 1st Place


Scovie Awards - Curt's Triple Hot Recieves Scovie Awards 1st Place

Curt's Salsa Triple Hot Salsa was awarded the Scovie Awards 1st Place for 2009.  With many competitors entering Curt's Triple Hot Salsa was singled out to be the best.  What we have known for years is recognized nationally. 

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St. Paul's West Side Gets Spicy!


Heavy Table - "Make Every Day Cinco de Mayo on St. Paul's West Side"

"Curt’s Hot Salsa recipe, which packs the kind of punch that makes your eyes jump from the sockets, then mellows from there, was perfected 15 years ago by Curt and Betty Hollister of Frederic, WI, and continues to be produced in small batches by family-owned Montero Distributing out of Stillwater, MN..."

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Foodie File: Hot and Happenin'



Foodie File - "Hot and Happenin'"

"He poured his signature salsa into a bowl, and I poured locally made Curt's. Did I forget to mention that Curt's Triple Hot came home with the 2009 Scovie Awards first place ribbon for habanero salsa? Maybe I did..."

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Cinco De Salsa

Twin Cities Metro - "Cinco De Salsa"

"Looking for summer year-round in Minnesota? My own Curt’s Salsa has its roots in the farmers’ market and is packed with the fresh flavors found there. With large chunks of tomatoes, onions and a variety of peppers, you’ll need a chip with some strength (Plocky’s original three-grain tortilla chips are my pick) for this medium-spiced salsa..."

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ChowHound.com

Chowhound - "Best Damn Salsa at the Minneapolis Farmers Market"

"Curt and his Curt's salsa was a farmers market institution. he retired and he and wife betty moved west. he passed away not long ago and betty is in Oregon. but his salsa-- CURT'S SALSA-- lives on..."

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Hot Sauce Blog

Hot Sauce Blog - Curt's Salsa Triple Hot Review

"The label is nothing fancy, just extra hot special recipe Curt's Salsa on a white label, but still I like it though. I shook it around and the consistency is about the same as a store bought bottle of Tostinos salsa which is thick and chunky but with enough juice in it to easily slosh around in the bottle. I take a closer look and see good size chunks of tomato, medium chunks of onion small chunks of green peppers and lots of seeds..."

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Madelia Ttimes

Madelia Times - "Where are they now?  Salsa Entrepreneur Scott Hennis"

"It sits on the grocery store shelf looking rather innocent with its simple black and white label, in four heat levels.  Although the label suggests nothing of its history, Curt's Salsa has an interesting one, and Madelians may be further interested to find out that the man behind the salsa these days is not Curt, but Madelia native, Scott Hennis..."

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City Pages

City Pages - "The Hot Dish - Curt's Salsa: Scovie Award Winner"

"The Scovie awards are an international competition for burnin' hot food (its name comes from the Scoville scale for measuring chili hotness) from all across the world--not exactly a competition that brings Minnesota to mind. Which is why Curt's Salsa has really done us proud. Here's a big high-five to Stillwater's family-owned Curt's, which recently brought home top honors in the salsa/habanero category for their "Triple Hot" salsa.  "

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