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
― 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
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! WHYhttps://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?
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
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.
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
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
The chipotle here has several “speciality” Tabascos inc the chipotle flavored one and I like them
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
Our local hot sauce scene has great options. I think we still have some cholula and trader joes stuff in the fridge but I use local almost exclusively now.Great gift: https://number1sons.com/products/chili-bear-hot-hot-hot-trioMy go-to for cooking with: https://www.unclebrutha.com
― El Tomboto, Friday, 10 January 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
there is a near full bottle of tabasco chipotle in the fridge of the rental I am in for 2 months, but the color is so off putting, I don't want to touch it. Like, I know that is the color it's supposed to be, but it just looks old.
― Yerac, Friday, 10 January 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
So, I have learned that I don't like to use mystery hot sauce bottles.
― Yerac, Friday, 10 January 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 10 January 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
"Good old Frank's Red Hot really hits the spot"
not what I expected to hear on ilx, but I thoroughly agree!
― calzino, Friday, 10 January 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
had some habanero + squid ink hot sauce at a seafood restaurant in cdmx yesterday, p dope
― gbx, Friday, 10 January 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
xp nothing like a hot sauce party with old frank
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
I had Frank's before and didn't like it much, no tang and not spicy enough. just got a bottle of encona extra hot and it's the closest I've found to what I want so far, still not perfect of course
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 10 January 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
the idea that frank’s has no tang is... delusional
― El Tomboto, Friday, 10 January 2020 22:19 (four years ago) link
frank’s chilli and lime rules
― 'Sly Cooper' Movie Breaking Into Theaters In 2016 (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 10 January 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
there is a near full bottle of tabasco chipotle in the fridge
what is up with these animals refrigerating their hot sauce
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 10 January 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link