TALMAR Gardens
1994 Cromwell Bridge Rd
Baltimore, MD
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Snake Oil is made from Chesapeake fish peppers that are ground, aged in oak barrels, and brewed following chef Spike Gjerde’s circa-2009 recipe.
Snake Oil is made from Chesapeake fish peppers that are ground, aged in oak barrels, and brewed following chef Spike Gjerde’s circa-2009 recipe.
Fish peppers, popular among African cooks who brought them to the Mid-Atlantic, were a nearly forgotten crop until Spike learned about them from food historian William Woys Weaver and encouraged local farmers to cultivate the seeds. Denzel Mitchell, then of 5 Seeds Farm, was the first to heed Spike’s call, bringing a case of the spicy red heirloom peppers to Woodberry Kitchen in 2009, which became Snake Oil Batch No. 1.
TALMAR Gardens
1994 Cromwell Bridge Rd
Baltimore, MD
78 Acres
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31,695 lbs of fish peppers
$79,237.50 returned to growers
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