Name: Sandy B. Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
How are you planning to store the sauce, Frank (and for how long)? (I'm thinking you might be introducing bacteria from the surface of the raw pepper into the sauce, which has been sterilized by cooking.)
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer C/F temp conversion