likewise 'dave's'
i enjoy this a great deal:
http://www.hotsauceemporium.co.uk/img/product_images/Holy-Jolokia.jpg
an unthickened vinegar-garlic naga jolokia sauce. great on vegetarian chili and ... all the other 'shit let's just cook a bunch of stuff in tomatoes' vegetarian scratch meals i end up cooking in the winter
― thomp, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
that stuff is made by the Chile Pepper Institute of New Mexico State University, incidentally
I got a Holy Jolokia tshirt when I was there last year, didn't try the sauce.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
you can visit? ahah, what on earth is it like?
― thomp, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
El Yucateco Habanero sauce (either green or red) is my go-to sauce for most things.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
xpost -- the Institute itself is an unassuming office on campus, looks pretty much like any departmental office, but the main room is big enough for sale racks of books, shirts, caps, hot sauces and chile seeds. The director, Paul Bosland, and his two assistants (one full time, one work-study) have offices off the main room. The demonstration garden, about a mile away, was more fun. I can't find my copy of the map of the garden -- I seem to recall they have 100+ varieties of chiles there -- they try to have one of everything there, including the bhut jolokia. I was with a Roadfood (Jane & Michael Stern) tour group, so Bosland showed us around himself. He picked a ghost chile and rubbed it all over his face and eyes to demonstrate how all of a chile's heat is on the inside.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
Also, the original Tobasco's goodness is not directly proportional to its popularity.― Ian Johnson (elmo oxygen), Saturday, July 12, 2003 2:12 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Ian Johnson (elmo oxygen), Saturday, July 12, 2003 2:12 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
post makes me furious every time this thread comes up.
― James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
D'Elidas is my favorite. It's a Panamanian habanero with mustard.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3477/3301255655_e6211a42a2.jpg
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
el yucateco on a tuna melt mmmm
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
just got this shark brand sriracha (medium) and it is fantastic. miles better than the ubiquitous rooster sauce
http://importfood.com/sash0709.html
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Sunday, 2 October 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
put some on tortilla chips mmmm
http://i47.tinypic.com/25flg2h.jpg
^ feelin' this. papaya & pickled scotch bonnets
― los blue jeans, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bQd53m0ihVs/Tn1IC5kXUjI/AAAAAAAABEA/hECU6kwwNa0/s320/Tapatio%2BMan.gif
I noticed a few months ago what a handsome guy the Tapatío guy is. Seriously, take a close look.
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
Been into El Yucateco, too – I like how impossibly green it is.
http://www.elyucateco.com/imagenes/productos/salsas/verde.jpg
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ECKGk.jpg
― dayo, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
the place near me is always sold out of green!
― los blue jeans, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
lol abbbottt
green el yucateco is especially excellent with goat!
― bentelec, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, that sounds fabulous.
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
I recently bought this kind of gochujang because I liked the wrecked crying guy on it. SO HOT!
http://austinmodhouse.com/images/march12/amh5824.jpg
I tried it today and it's good and pretty hot though I did not die like the man on the label. It made me miss my old gochujang, which tasted like bbq sauce.
http://cjfusa.com/thumb_img/05.jpg
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
plastic tub gochujang is where it's at. thin it with some sherry vinegar and you got yourself a dip
― adam, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
or a thin sauce, whatever
― adam, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
i love this stuff now -- don't know where to get it really, but a friend brought some back from panama
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 18 March 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
d'elidas is the best! i think it can be ordered online but i've only had it in panama or as a gift from someone returning to panama.
― wmlynch, Monday, 18 March 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
and now i see that i posted that same picture upthread. if you're in the u.s.: http://www.delidasusa.com/shop
― wmlynch, Monday, 18 March 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
i top my burgers with a mix of d'elidas and dijon mustard (or english mustard when we're out of dijon) and it is the best.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 18 March 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I had missed this thread but d'Elidas is great as is el Yucateco. But my favourite sauce I've had in the past at least 7 years was bought from a woman who had set up a pasting table to sell from in Birmingham. She had a few things that were good but her hottest sauce (which she wasn't advising most people to try) is astonishingly good. Will post the details tomorrow.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Monday, 18 March 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
oh man clancy's fancy.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:48 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q686/tinyservants/Screenshot2013-03-19at83251PM_zpsb95e324f.png
― slam dunk, Wednesday, 20 March 2013 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
loooooooooooovin this shit
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BngHoeLiL.jpg
― just sayin, Thursday, 13 June 2013 12:05 (ten years ago) link
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/jasoncatalanello/yucatansunshine.jpg
sunshine for your mouth
― j., Tuesday, 6 August 2013 06:04 (ten years ago) link
Cholula won one of those readers vote gizmodo things recently and I realized I had never tried it before. I am not a loyalist to any type of hot sauce and as long as it's not sweet I usually like it well enough. I do prefer certain hot sauce on certain foods though:tabasco on bagelsfranks or petes in pasta, pizza, chicken or eggsvalentinas, sriracha or trader joes green dragon sriracha on eggssriracha with soy sauce or ketchup mixturesgarlic red chili pepper with rice or raw fish things
Trader Joes has a new fresh ghost pepper salsa and it's probably one of the hottest products that they have carried.
― Yerac, Saturday, 16 February 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
yerac, did you ever go here and do the tasting?
https://heatonist.com/pages/nyc-hot-sauce-stores
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 16 February 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
Search:Jock's Smoked Habanero & Garlic Hot SauceEast Coast Chilli Company - Caroline Reaper & Honey Chilli Sauce "Midnight 21"
These two are the gold standard of hot sauce for me. I don't add these sauces to meals, I make meals for these sauces.
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Saturday, 16 February 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
xpost, no I haven't, have you been? I have time this week to go to wburg so maybe I should check it out. Although spending over $10 on any hot sauce is not my thing. When I worked at s0undf!x on bedford awhile ago they bought the coffee shop next door and tried to overhaul the space into a bar/venue. We were making savory waffles and we got this really really good blyn based hot sauce for them. I was buying it at cost for my own personal use. I thought it was called Petro or something but can't seem to find it online.
― Yerac, Saturday, 16 February 2019 21:20 (five years ago) link
oh, derp. it was called Petro.
― Yerac, Saturday, 16 February 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/avuzmVx.jpgfrom a roadside greengrocer / eatery near Dixon, CA, where we got some awesome tamales
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 16 February 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
I want something with just heat and nothing else which I can add to meals which are otherwise fine but not spicy enough, everything I buy has other flavour or is too strong, any ideas?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 February 2019 23:52 (five years ago) link
I put red pepper flakes or a little bit of red curry powder on things a lot. You can also infuse olive oil with red pepper flakes or fresh peppers.
― Yerac, Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
red c
ugh. indian red chile powder i mean.
Yeah, thinking about using chili powder, for some reason I imagine it won't mix evenly, but won't know until I give it a go
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:09 (five years ago) link
we've been experimenting using it in things like making poke (when we don't have jalapeno or the red pepper flakes aren't doing it). It might depend on the type of chili powder you have but so far it's been surprisingly fine.
― Yerac, Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:17 (five years ago) link
If you do the olive oil thing, it's super easy. It's the base of a spaghetti recipe we make but you just heat up olive oil and dump in a bunch of red pepper flakes (plus garlic and fresh basil for the actual recipe) and then strain. It's really delicious. I should try to use some fresh peppers in the same manner.
― Yerac, Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:20 (five years ago) link
Valentina black label is my favorite Mexican hot sauce and probably the one I would pick if I could only pick one.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 17 February 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link
Cholula chipotle is the best overall hot sauce imo, followed by Valentina & Culichi.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 17 February 2019 15:44 (five years ago) link
Crystal is my go-to
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 17 February 2019 15:53 (five years ago) link
no idea if this is along the lines of what you desire but i sure as hell am getting some! xxposts
https://www.amazon.com/Reaper-Puree-Net-Wt-FL/dp/B0097YI480
― form that slug-like grex (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 17 February 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
Sounds to me like you want to be using capsaicin extract of some kind like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P9P65WI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_MmAACb91A4CQY
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Sunday, 17 February 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
el yucateco green imo
― gbx, Sunday, 17 February 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
classic. tried the black label (smoked version) once but don't recall if i felt a preference. marie sharp's is some finefine hot sauce, too
― form that slug-like grex (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 17 February 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link