Hot Sauce Playing Cards
Each card shows an image of a bottle of hot Chilli Sauce (spelt 'chile' on the cards), a map of where the product is made, a heat gauge plus amusing notes and information about the particular sauce.
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![]() Hot Sauce Playing Cards a series of four different collector's decks for the gourmet.
"I developed and designed the cards personally with the assistance of some good
California Chardonnay and/or Cabernet Sauvignon throughout the process. It was (and
remains) my intention to use the playing cards as a fun way to get information about hot
sauces to the public, and as an effective advertising medium for the various makers." Frank Mulligan, designer and marketing director
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By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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