Merfs Condiments

Great news, Merfs fans — the Her Majesty Hot Sauce recipe just dropped on the website and makes the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for the hot sauce lover in your life. It’s a creative, eye-opening kitchen project that teaches anyone how to make a sauce with real elegance. Her Majesty is a jewel-bright, fruit-forward blend of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries balanced with serrano heat and a lift of fresh lime for a clean, confident kick. It’s incredible on duck, venison, brie, salads, or melted into butter for wings. Grab your copy of the recipe on the website — link in bio.


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Is extraction (exploitation) native to capitalism?

Of course it is.

Because your wages will never equal the value you create for your employer.

Let’s run some real numbers from my old hot sauce company:

We produced 150 gallons — about 300 cases — of sauce per batch.
Four employees, 8 hours, $15/hour.
Each person took home $120 before taxes.

That one batch had a market value of $14,400.
After cost of goods and overhead, the net profit was around $8,091.
Each employee took home 1.4% of that profit.

At that time, $15/hour was $2/hour more than the average kitchen wage.
Even if they’d been paid $30/hour, they’d still only make 2.9% of net profits.

There’s no such thing as a fair wage in capitalism when wages are compared to value created. This math applies to everyone who’s employed.

Your paycheck could never—and will never—match the value you generate for that company.

Stop trading your most valuable resource—time—to make someone else rich.

It will never be worth it. If you’re ready to stop grinding, DM me.