Search & Destroy: Hot Sauce

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Melinda’s Naga Jolokia is in the fridge next to Uncle Brutha’s No. 9 but I rarely break it out because the Chili Bears are more fun

El Tomboto, Monday, 18 February 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link

I live in NO,LA, the home of Crystal, and I don't like it. If I want a pepper flavored vinegar, I could concoct one pretty easily.

like good for you but honest to god between work parenting trying to move all this shit i'm not gonna spend time making my own inferior version of something i can buy a big bottle of for $1.50

louisiana is a good hot sauce will investigate melinda's

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 February 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link

Now mix that Louisiana with some lemony tartare sauce. Lovely tangy sauce for fish and chips.

Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Monday, 18 February 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link

I haven't been able to find Louisiana Gold around here. Is it worth ordering online to try it?

naus, Monday, 18 February 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link

I kind of would want to start making my own hot sauce just to know what is going in it. And to manage the hot and sodium level.

Yerac, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 05:02 (five years ago) link

I have a nephew who regularly grows cultivars of absurdly hot peppers (bhut jolokia, red savina habanero, scotch bonnet). When he drops off a bag I'll make my version of a Belizean hot sauce, and give my nephew a couple jars of the product. Honestly, less hot supermarket habaneros work better.

If you have ripe (red) jalepenos, a Hoy Fong-style sriracha (just 5 ingredients) would be pretty simple, too.

Creole style hot sauces require aging the peppers, sometimes in staved barrels, so are less of a lazy afternoon project.

The feminine side of (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link

This is my fav. Hot, but not crazy hot like Dave's, and loaded with flavor. Hell hath no fury ...
https://i2.wp.com/majormike.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-05-17.39.32.jpg

Jazzbo, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link

two weeks pass...

el yucateco green imo

― gbx, Sunday, February 17, 2019 11:34 AM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

classic. tried the black label (smoked version) once but don't recall if i felt a preference.

original is much better. black label obscures the charm of yucateco.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 March 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link

lol my mother in law (who is not a hot sauce fan) had a bottle of Scorned Woman in her fridge for what seemed like years, until I used it up and replaced it with Tapatio (which has now been there for quite a while itself)

I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 7 March 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link

also cosign this:

Seriously, the original unadulterated Tabasco has a taste you'll simply never find in any other brand because of the three years of aging.

I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 7 March 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link

el yucateco xxxtra hot

mh, Thursday, 7 March 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link

otm about tabasco. I use it for very specific things, and nothing else is similar.

Yerac, Thursday, 7 March 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link

I was also very listless at work once and started eating my almonds with one drop of tabasco on each. It was pretty satisfying.

Yerac, Thursday, 7 March 2019 21:10 (five years ago) link

and tbh the hot ones house sauce, Los calientes, is also good

― gbx, Sunday, February 17, 2019 5:45 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haven't had that one but did have their Fiery Chipotle and it was very good. Also tried Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet & Ginger which was featured on Hot Ones. Terrific flavor tho atypical for a """hot sauce""". Ginger gives it an Indian feel.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 March 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link

tabasco on jambalaya is excellent imo

mh, Thursday, 7 March 2019 22:46 (five years ago) link

three months pass...

cholula is great but the bottle design makes it dribble down the side of the bottle and that makes a mess.

global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link

I adore this stuff but the local deli which carried it has run out! WHY
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59849fd086e6c0f72196ccfc/598a8c1d7131a5274bd727cf/5c6454df104c7b924b9a6d60/1550079764293/h1.jpg

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link

I picked up a few of these at the airport in Mexico city. I haven't seen it States-side yet, but the one I've tried so far is good:

http://pikabanero.com.mx/

o. nate, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link

everybody who loves hot sauce should visit Hot Sauce and Panko when they are in San Francisco

Dan S, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link

I was going to visit the Heatonist store when I was in NYC but got sidetracked :/

been pondering the history of hot sauce speciality stores, their appeal, and whether the clientele has changed. back in the 90s there was such a place in the Mall of America and it was 50% hot sauce and 50% t-shirts, cooking aprons, etc declaring how badass the wearer was

pretty sure the stores of yesteryear were for edgy dads, but... maybe that hasn't changed

mh, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link

i've been to that store, didn't buy anything because the vibe was still very much 'PETA PEOOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS LOL' and the aforementioned 'badass' shirts

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link

valentina is my go to nowadays. good every day hot sauce. then i like cholula chipotle if I'm looking for that smokiness

findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link

i actively dislike sriracha now i think. too sweet

findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link

and too much garlic?

findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link

It's hard to find a sriracha without additives these days.

I'm partial to Bajan sauces. Windmill or Aunt May's.

lefal junglist platton (wtev), Saturday, 15 June 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link

sriracha is amazing, it's not too sweet but it is perfectly hot

also I really love sambal oelek

Dan S, Saturday, 15 June 2019 04:30 (four years ago) link

Cholula is delicious and I like the feel of the wooden top, but I go through a tiny bottle in three days so I switched to Valentina's.

Generally though I think chili crisp and sambal oelek are my favourite choices for every day hot sauce, kind of not Mexican/American but they work well with everything, I've found.

I don't like regular begular Korean hot sauce or sriracha because I find them too sweet.

Tabasco gets dunked on a lot but I love it, Crystal is it's thicker cousin and I love Crystal as well.

All this is to say that hot sauce doesn't agree with me like it once used to and I've switched to Maggi or Bragg when I need to live a little

flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 15 June 2019 04:49 (four years ago) link

The garlic chili (of the same brand) is basically the same as sambal oelek but just +++ garlic, right? I was in the grocery store today and had a moment of deep contemplation.

Yerac, Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:08 (four years ago) link

I also bought some cholula for the first time ever.

Yerac, Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link

I don't think the garlic chili sambal oelek is as good as the regular version, but I wouldn't say no to it

Dan S, Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link

our table arsenal includes:
- Cholula Green Pepper
- Melinda's Garlic Hot Habanero (white bottle)
- El Yucateco Green
- Dave's Insanity Black
- Valentina
- Huy Fong Sriracha
- and usually this excellent spicy Jamaican-style hot sauce that our local store was sold out of last time we went to buy, but they assured us they were getting more soon.

blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link

i am not as much a fanatic as my partner, but we use a fair amount of hot sauce

blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link

I go through so much hot sauce. The hot sauce situation is dire in Chile, oddly enough.

Yerac, Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link

I would make my own, but the hot pepper situation is also dire.

Yerac, Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link

that is strange!!

we also make our own, but most of the time it is a roasted habanero paste that is more for cooking purposes than sprinkling on food purposes.

blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link

they hate spicy here. It's kind of ridiculous.

Yerac, Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link

Last night I had some crawfish cakes that were almost upstaged by the bed of greens, dressed with tabasco + cane syrup + butter. I gotta get some tabasco.

I am curious (george) (slight return) (WmC), Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:31 (four years ago) link

wow, that sounds amazing.

blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link

i’ve tried making things with a hot sauce/paste base and I always underdo it on the sugar or fat

mh, Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link

It's a brilliant approach to vinaigrette, can't wait to try it at home.

I am curious (george) (slight return) (WmC), Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:49 (four years ago) link

Tabasco is underrated. There is nothing that approaches tabasco for certain things.

Yerac, Sunday, 16 June 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link

I know I posted upthread but I once brought a salad to work but forgot any kind of dressing so I just put tabasco on it. It was only ok. Interesting about the cane syrup+ butter.

Yerac, Sunday, 16 June 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link

I really like Tabasco

Dan S, Sunday, 16 June 2019 00:11 (four years ago) link

six months pass...

Good old Frank's Red Hot really hits the spot

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 January 2020 02:14 (four years ago) link

I currently have three unopened bottles of cholula in my hot sauce estate but still have not tasted it.

Yerac, Friday, 10 January 2020 02:22 (four years ago) link

I had the new sweet habanero Cholula tonight, not something I thought I would go for but it's great

Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 10 January 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link

They do a Frank’s Red Hot ice cream at lake effect in buffalo :P

Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 January 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link

omg (in a bad way). have you had it? how was it? I mean, I like hot sauce on cream cheese on bagels but...

Yerac, Friday, 10 January 2020 03:35 (four years ago) link

Tobasco has a bunch of specialty sauces I learned recently though they’re hard to find for some reason.

ingredience (map), Friday, 10 January 2020 04:14 (four years ago) link

Tabasco's chipotle one is commonplace at.. Chipotle restaurants. I've had a couple of the others but they weren't that memorable.

My current lineup: Cholula on my desk at work, Trader Joe's Habanero hot sauce on my kitchen table; Huy Fong Sriracha, Frank's, and TJ's Green Dragon in the kitchen, and there's a bottle of the xxx Yucateco around the place somewhere

babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link


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