Hot sauce update.

[Metta]

Dave's Cool Cayenne Pepper sauce is really weak. Not even medium, as they claim. It's their version of Frank's. First tastes are vinegar and salt. Heat is barely noticeable.

That's way too weak for me and their Insanity Sauce is way too hot. What's a guy to do?

[TK421]

1. There was a thread about this two days ago....I forgot to mention one

believe it or not, Goya ( yeah....Goya ) makes a pretty decent hot sauce, and I regularly buy their Salsita....here's a picture of it, and I highly recommend this stuff....very, VERY flavorful which is what I like about it the most




if you see this stuff...pick some up and try it...let me know what you think! It's pretty thick, too

[Metta]

8. Looks good, thanks. I use their olive oil. Consumer Reports gave it an A+.

Extra virgin. Great Spanish oil.

[MorningGlow]

2. Mix 'em?

:shrug:

Nah--as the wife of a hot sauce aficionado, I know that's blasphemy. Perhaps depart Dave's line for another? Mr. MG is a fan of El Yucateco.

[Metta]

Hm, I'll look for it.

thanks. :hi:

[MorningGlow]

17. We get ours from MexGrocer

http://www.mexgrocer.com/catagories-hot-sauces-imported.html#top

[Metta]

18. Neat, thanks.

I'm on it. :)

[Metta]

9. dupe

:hi:

[hobbit709]

3. I make my own

Habaneros, Thai bird and chile pequins.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. +1

We grow a variety of hot peppers and make two or three different flavors each year with different heat levels.

[Metta]

11. nice.

oh, would it be me who had access to that kind of pepper.

[Capn Sunshine]

6. Birds and penguins!!!??

Wait, what?

[Metta]

10. sounds good.

heat and flavor. :)

[XemaSab]

5. Tapatio is tried and true

:shrug:

[Metta]

12. I've seen that. Is it anything more than vinegar and salt?

Seems like another version of Franks. No?

[XemaSab]

14. Having seen many hot sauces

I think most of them are peppers, salt, spices, vinegar, and other stuff. :P

[JTG of the PRB]

7. I recently started using Frank's RedHot on just about everything, and I thought it was pretty spicy

Then I looked at a comparative chart of various hot sauces and peppers and where they fall on the Scoville heat scale, and Frank's original is right there near the bottom. Compared to the rest of the things on the list, it serves as a bland, timid entry, perhaps suitable for patients recovering from surgery.

I'm such a spice wuss. :cry:

[Metta]

13. Hey, if you like it, that's all that matters.

The stuff I brush my teeth with has more pop, for me, than Franks.

[HopeHoops]

15. Melinda's - everything from mild (trans: hot) to XXXX Habenero Special Reserve

All varieties have excellent flavor.

Dave's Insanity Sauce is hot, but it doesn't have much flavor. It is sort of like having a really loud stereo system with crappy sound.

[Metta]

16. Thanks for the tip and great metaphor.

I agree about Dave's Insanity. :toast:

[Gabi Hayes]

22. check this

http://www.hotsaucezone.com/

[Metta]

29. heh, neat.

thanks. :hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

19. Cholula hot sauce isn't super hot but it has a great flavor.

It's made mostly with pequin peppers and some chile de Arbol.


I second the recommend on the Melinda's line. Very flavorful.

[Metta]

30. Yes, I've tried it a few times. Good flavor, not much heat.

Melinda's is looking better an better especially since my local grocery stocks it.

[Ohio Joe]

43. I think it is the best hot sauce there is

Very flavorful, it is all I use anymore.

[Metta]

44. Now, there's a testimonial for you.

:hi: :)

[Brother Buzz]

20. Jamaica Hell Fire

It's hot as hell when you follow the instructions a dilute it with three parts water, one part vinegar and one part sauce. Straight from the bottle should produce all the heat you desire and then some.

[Gabi Hayes]

24. I have that in my fridge. not bad

[Metta]

31. Sounds promising. I see it's a concentrate. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Thanks. :hi:

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. Yeah. Hot sauce should not taste vinegary.

I enjoy El Yucateco.

http://www.hotsauceworld.com/elyucchilhab.html

(Sorry to the folks hosting that website: You can get this sauce for half that in many stores...)

[Kali]

25. in general, I agree

2 exceptions: hot wings and pork (carnitas) tacos with cabbage

both benefit from the extra tang

[Metta]

33. True. The vinegar cuts through the fat.

:hi:

[mike_c]

26. that is the fundamental divide that separates hot sauce lovers....

Vinegary or not. Melinda's, Tapatio, and so on are examples of chili infusions without a vinegar backbone, while Tabasco style sauces are basically vinegar, salt, and chilis, fermented or otherwise. Frankly, I prefer the vinegar based sauces for most dishes, and when I don't want vinegar I prefer something along the lines of sambal olek or toung ot toi, just chilis ground with garlic and minimal liquid.

My favorite hot sauce is the ubiquitous south east asian table sauce of finely chopped Thai bird's eye chilis with distilled white vinegar and nouc mam (fish sauce). I ALWAYS have a bowl of this lovely stuff in the 'fridge-- I make a fresh batch about once a week.

[Metta]

34. thanks for your insights. obviously, the voice of experience.

You've started the wheels turning what with your home made recipe.

[Metta]

32. I remember enjoying that at my brother's. Hot and tasty. Good site, too.

Lots of stuff. I hope to be able to get some of it locally. Thanks.

[Gabi Hayes]

23. this stuff is pretty hot. taste is, well.....

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/hotsauceworld_2075_29934504

[Metta]

35. ! the picture on the label is very strange.

I'll keep an eye out for that one.

[Ikonoklast]

27. How about mixing the two?

A little bit of the Insanity to a whole bottle of medium?

[Metta]

36. As it turns out, the medium has less flavor than I'd have thought. There isn't much to it.

I put a couple of tablespoons in a jar of chipotle salsa and tasted only a tad of vinegar and salt as a result. :<

[Ikonoklast]

38. Ick.

That's the reason why I stick to known entities with hot sauces; you never know what you're going to get.

I've had what some sauce makers call 'hot', and it barely made a blip in the heat department.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Mix the two together until you get the right heat level?

:shrug:

[Metta]

37. That doesn't work, as it turns out.

The hot is like loud music on a crappy stereo, as someone pointed out above, and the mild doesn't have much going for it after all. Oh, well. We learn as we go. :hi:

[tonekat]

39. Probably not hot enough for your tastes, but

I really like that "Dat'il Do It" sauce made with the Datil pepper.

Have you tried "Inner Beauty"? That's a habanero sauce that's not too off the charts with the heat.

[Metta]

40. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll see if I can find them

:hi: :toast:

[akbacchus_BC]

41. There's Matouks Hot Pepper Sauce imported from Trinidad &

Tobago. I usually get them at stores that sell ethnic foods.

[Metta]

42. Neat. Sounds promising. Thanks.

:) :hi: