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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:17 PM

TeamProg (2,980 posts)

Hot Sauces - Your "Desert Island" favorite?

Hot Sauces - Your "Desert Island" favorite?

Over the decades I've tried tens of different mexican style hot sauce brands and we keep at least eight types on our fridge door at all times.

However, my general go-to sauce and Desert Island fav would have to be Tapatio.

How about you guys?

Others that rotate in & out of our fridge:

Cholula: Reg., Chipotle, Sweet Habanero (fav) varieties.

El Yucateco: Green and Red (yummy, but funky preservatives though)

Pain Is Good (no it's not, waaaaay too hot)

Melindas, Reg.

Pico Pica: Hot and Taco sauces

Dancin' Skeleton

Tabasco Reg.

Mezetta Taco (red)

La Victoria Green

No longer buy:

Frank's Red Hot
Crystal
and a bunch of others

14 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Tapatio
	3 (21%)
	El Yucateco - Red
	0 (0%)
	Frank's Red Hot
	1 (7%)
	Melindas
	2 (14%)
	Cholula
	2 (14%)
	Pain Is Good
	0 (0%)
	Pico Pica
	0 (0%)
	Mezetta Taco
	0 (0%)
	Tobasco
	5 (36%)
	Crystal
	1 (7%)
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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
Hot Sauces - Your "Desert Island" favorite? (Original post)	TeamProg	Feb 2022	OP
Cholula	Ohio Joe	Feb 2022	#1
I am a baby. Can't take too hot.	bottomofthehill	Feb 2022	#2
No Sriracha?	intrepidity	Feb 2022	#3
Yes! We have Sriracha amd Sambal Olech, too, but this is for "mexican style" hot sauces, sorry..nt	TeamProg	Feb 2022	#5
If it's a desert island, I'm with you on Sriracha	NotASurfer	Feb 2022	#10
Things change, but my latest favorite is "Minorcan Mike's Datil Pepper Sauce." I almost always have	dameatball	Feb 2022	#4
Yes! We have Sriracha amd Sambal Olech, too, but this is for "mexican style" hot sauces, sorry..nt	TeamProg	Feb 2022	#6
Oops......reading comprehension not strong today I guess. Got it.	dameatball	Feb 2022	#7
Tapatio for me. I can't claim to have done an exhaustive taste test, but I definitely like	petronius	Feb 2022	#8
Tabasco for me, thanks	jmowreader	Feb 2022	#9
If I want a vinegar based hot sauce yes, but mostly I don't	TeamProg	Feb 2022	#21
One of them stands above the others.	beemerphill	Feb 2022	#11
Piri piri sauce	Botany	Feb 2022	#12
Sounds good, like mae ploy. We have Sriracha amd Sambal Olech, too, but this is for "mexican style".	TeamProg	Feb 2022	#15
I know but it is good on and in Mexican food.	Botany	Feb 2022	#16
Subiaco Abbey makes a great Smoked Habanero Sauce	Bristlecone	Feb 2022	#13
Okay, I just ordered a bottle. 11 bucks, but Free Shipping.. so.	TeamProg	Feb 2022	#17
I hope you like it. I will try the Cholula for sure.	Bristlecone	Feb 2022	#19
An Australian friend sent me "Shit the Bed".	trof	Feb 2022	#14
This message was self-deleted by its author	DesertGarden	Feb 2022	#18
Tapatio is also my go-to	Retrograde	Feb 2022	#20

Response to TeamProg (Original post)

Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:24 PM

Ohio Joe (20,379 posts)

1. Cholula

I put it on almost everything

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:28 PM

bottomofthehill (7,101 posts)

2. I am a baby. Can't take too hot.

I selected franks, but I go with their Buffalo it has a little less burn that the original Franks.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:34 PM

intrepidity (5,730 posts)

3. No Sriracha?

I like most of them, hell, even Taco Bell sauce for certain applications (like Taco Bell tacos).

Mix just about any one with sour cream for a decent dipping/topping sauce.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 03:11 PM

TeamProg (2,980 posts)

5. Yes! We have Sriracha amd Sambal Olech, too, but this is for "mexican style" hot sauces, sorry..nt

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:21 PM

NotASurfer (1,908 posts)

10. If it's a desert island, I'm with you on Sriracha

Going to have a lot of coconut and seafood to work with. Maybe taro. A little sriracha would work well!

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:41 PM

dameatball (7,099 posts)

4. Things change, but my latest favorite is "Minorcan Mike's Datil Pepper Sauce." I almost always have

some good ol Tabasco on hand, as well as the underrated Crystal. Also some brand of Chipotle or jalapeno.
Ha.....forgot Sriricha....a poster above reminded me. Can't leave that out.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 03:12 PM

TeamProg (2,980 posts)

6. Yes! We have Sriracha amd Sambal Olech, too, but this is for "mexican style" hot sauces, sorry..nt

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 03:14 PM

dameatball (7,099 posts)

7. Oops......reading comprehension not strong today I guess. Got it.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:00 PM

petronius (26,408 posts)

8. Tapatio for me. I can't claim to have done an exhaustive taste test, but I definitely like

it and it has positive associations to the past for me, which gives it extra credit...

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:17 PM

jmowreader (48,637 posts)

9. Tabasco for me, thanks

I prefer my hot sauce without thickeners, and Tabasco is the major non-thickened sauce.

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Wed Feb 9, 2022, 12:35 AM

TeamProg (2,980 posts)

21. If I want a vinegar based hot sauce yes, but mostly I don't

More limited applications I find.

FYI- Tapatio has no thickeners like La Victorias does.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:29 PM

beemerphill (390 posts)

11. One of them stands above the others.

Melindas is one of the best hot sauces. I too have about a dozen hot sauces on the fridge door. My go-to is Melindas original habanero. It tastes good with just about anything. It bites but doesn't burn. Melinda is your friend.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:55 PM

Botany (66,750 posts)

12. Piri piri sauce

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 07:41 PM

TeamProg (2,980 posts)

15. Sounds good, like mae ploy. We have Sriracha amd Sambal Olech, too, but this is for "mexican style".

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 08:02 PM

Botany (66,750 posts)

16. I know but it is good on and in Mexican food.

As per hot for Mexican food I would rank the following;

1) fresh pepper would be Serrano... hot but not drop you to the floor hot

2) dried from the garden. Long Tom Red Pepper
Pick em, hang em, and grind up over dishes you are cooking.

3) sauce ... a good Chipotle red sauce

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 06:21 PM

Bristlecone (9,376 posts)

13. Subiaco Abbey makes a great Smoked Habanero Sauce

Just love it. My wife orders it for me for Father’s Day. Hot, but great.

Cholula Chipotle and Siracha also go to’s.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 08:10 PM

TeamProg (2,980 posts)

17. Okay, I just ordered a bottle. 11 bucks, but Free Shipping.. so.

We'll give it a shot!

If you like Cholula, try the Chipotle Sweet Habanero, too.

Heck, at least try Tapatio! The stuff is cheap, too.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:46 PM

Bristlecone (9,376 posts)

19. I hope you like it. I will try the Cholula for sure.

I thought of another that I really like for fish tacos:

Coopers Leche Diablesa

It has a coconut lime vibe and has a little pop. It’s local to me in CO and I got it at a farmer’s market in town, but they sell it on Amazon and other places. They have some good flavors. If you can find it, Try the variety pack that comes in shooter bottles

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 07:38 PM

trof (54,012 posts)

14. An Australian friend sent me "Shit the Bed".

Don't even.

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 10:07 PM

Retrograde (9,096 posts)

20. Tapatio is also my go-to

I keep Tapatio, the original Tabasco, Sri Racho, and currently a jar of Trader Joe's Hatch chile salsa on hand. When I make chicken wings, I mix Tapatio and Tabasco with butter until it seems right.

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