Burn Baby Burn!

Welcome back to the 60's!! Gonna have to try this one out!

OAKLAND – Former Black Panthers are hoping the phrase "Burn Baby Burn" will help their nonprofit organization market a new product – hot sauce.

The Huey P. Newton Foundation is seeking to trademark the phrase.
The new line of hot sauce, called "Burn Baby Burn: A Taste of the Sixties Revolutionary Hot Sauce," is aimed at "anyone who wants to have an extra savory boost to their food," executive director and original Black Panther David Hilliard told The Associated Press.

"The hot sauce is another way to raise money and bring attention to the Huey Newton Foundation," Hilliard said. "We're trying to turn the tide of violence and educate young people through our work."

The foundation also plans to produce its own salsa, as well as a clothing line called "Spirit of the Sixties."

The Oakland-based group applied for the trademark last year with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The nonprofit was started in 1993 by Hilliard and Newton's widow, Fredrika, to foster "progressive social change."

Hilliard said the group hopes to start selling the spicy condiment later this year to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1966 founding of the Black Panther Party.

"We're taking those sixties slogans, and we're commodifying them," Hilliard said. "If people are concerned that's a sellout, that's their opinion. We're not selling anything out. We're trying to use our own expertise to support our programs."

I seem to recall Eldridge Cleaver and/or Bobby Seale writing a book of barbecue recipes.

If it pops up on a local shelf I'd be glad to try it out... Hopefully they're not using scolville units from the 60's to grade the product... (Spicy Ketchup was hot back then)... But I always welcome the taste of a new sauce. Though in the last couple years, seems like the same thing with a different label is the norm... Be nice to see something different for a change...

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Originally posted by mr chips

I seem to recall Eldridge Cleaver and/or Bobby Seale writing a book of barbecue recipes.

Right you are: http://www.bobbyqueseale.com/