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Commentary: The Sriracha shortage, or as my wife might call it: Our long, heatless summer

Huy Fong Foods Sriracha is one of America's top-selling hot sauces, in the test kitchen in Chicago, on Feb. 11, 2020.

We all have a very full platter this summer. A sinking economy. Scandalously high gas prices. An obstinate, and reemerging, coronavirus. War in a foreign land. Cryptocurrency collapse. And then there are the shortages. Tampons, baby formula and the one my wife brought to my attention — the Sriracha shortage.

My wife is Korean. She loves spicy. We even have a kimchi refrigerator in our garage. I do not search out spicy foods nor spicy condiments. I am from New England, where

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