The Official: (Hot) Sauce Thread

[Gire]

Team,

Post up your fave sauces, pastes, pickles, hot or otherwise. I am a big hot sauce fan and have tried my fair share over the years. I often have to remember to ease up on the application of sauce in order not to offend the chef (usually Mrs. gireland).


Lets start with the easy one.

Tabasco, my first love. I'm sure some will flame me for adding the 'kleenex' of hot sauces, but I've been adding this to soups, gravies, eggs, etc for the better half of my life.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/gireland/gallon_red.jpg


Second, my current fave as it's loaded with heat but actually full of flavor. Plus it's a Canadian sauce. This is currently replacing Tabasco (shhh, don't tell her!)
"Acid Rain". Highly recommended if you can find it.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/gireland/Acidrain.jpg


Third, a sauce from the famous Patak group of England. This is their hottest pickle and is pure Indian heaven, even better than Aishwarya Rai.

"Hot Lime Pickle". Great on cold cuts.
I salivate just typing this one up.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/gireland/Hotlime.jpg


One to stay away from is below. "Iguana XXX".
I bought a bottle a year ago, thought it was pretty good and recently got another bottle. This stuff is not too hot at all, contrary to the big marketing blurb they put on the side, and is loaded with salt.
The difference between this one and the ones above is that it's more of a citrus-fruit and carrot-based sauce, but it just tastes like MSG-in-a-bottle.

Maybe a bad batch but I won't be purchasing it again. Can't win 'em all.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/gireland/iguana-xxx-large.jpg


What do you guys like? Mass-market "Frank's", or something more intense and 'small-batch'?

[Billy Dagwood]

https://www.nystyledeli.com/deli/images/thumb/th_country%20sweet%20bottle.jpgcountry sweet

and

https://www.nystyledeli.com/deli/images/thumb/th_snuffy_hot_L.jpgsnuffy's


can't get them in boston though

[heightsgtltd]

Damn, another good thread!!

I like this Mexican one

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/b/bf/150px-TabooTongue-Valentina.jpg

[Gire]

^^^
Is there a joke in there, Heights?

[heightsgtltd]

My signature?

Unfortunately not. It's actually what was posted, so I am making sure that people know that's how he feels

[Gire]

No dude... the 'Val' sauce.




I don't think of your sig as a joke.

[heightsgtltd]

Actually, no. That's a sauce i really like. :lol:

I never even put two and two together, but it would have been funnier if I had :p

[Gire]

I'll have to try it.

Is House of Parliament popular down in the US?


HP? Another 'kleenex' type sauce but it's the best thing with corned beef hash.
I read once that Heinz bought the recipe from the original Brit group so it's probably all over the place.

[heightsgtltd]

never seen that one

[heightsgtltd]

theres another that I cant remember that I like.

I dont like tabasco as much, since theres not a ton of flavor

[Gire]

You've never seen HP?! Wait until PhilT hears about this. He'll be stunned.:lol:

[fonts]

HP is incredible but believe it is a Canadian thing.

I heard a rumour that it is being discontinued???? Anybody else hear the same??

[dmiller5]

Man I love hot sauce. I used to hate it until I moved to new orleans, then I fell in love. In my opinion, there is only 1 hot sauce...

Crystal, a New Orleans original
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Crystal_Hot_Sauce.jpg/100px-Crystal_Hot_Sauce.jpg

[RochNY91TSI]

http://ericveren.com/food/images/franksbottle.jpg (http://ericveren.com/food/images/franksbottle.jpg)

Best wing sauce, it's what the Anchor Bar uses

[coxx]

Best wing sauce, it's what the Anchor Bar uses
I like it :)

I like this one too. Someone bought it for me once because of the funny name but it ended up being good.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Rcoxx/hic_hot.jpg

[jvento]

http://ericveren.com/food/images/franksbottle.jpg (http://ericveren.com/food/images/franksbottle.jpg)


That good on everything. :)

Best wing sauce, it's what the Anchor Bar uses

[scoobaru]

http://ericveren.com/food/images/franksbottle.jpg (http://ericveren.com/food/images/franksbottle.jpg)

Best wing sauce, it's what the Anchor Bar uses

i third this one :)

[laz]

Two of my favorite here:

http://static.flickr.com/6/86232028_8d04ae1f6c_m.jpg

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[coxx]

is that you on the bottle on the right? :lol:

[Go~Rilla]

I love Hot Sauce as well.

My all time favorite is Frank's Red Hot

But my current non-typical favorite is Marie Sharps from Belize.

[SilverLeg]

+1 for Franks here as well

Am I allowed to talk salsa here ??? Didn't see a separate post yet.
Just tried this salsa, really good with just the right amount of kick
Mrs Renfro's Green Salsa

[Gire]

Absolutely. This is the sauce thread. Salsa is most welcome.
I added in my favorite Indian hot lime pickle, so our Mexican friends must be represented as well.

[eVoMotion]

My wife used to bring me hot sauces from her travels. I think she has been to 30 states or so. I have at least 30 sauces before I told her to stop.

My favorite one out of all of them is - Mountain Man Fire Roasted Habanero. What I like about it is that the blend off flavors are so good - simple and complex that it definitely wins out over all my others. I have ordered it by the case and given it away to others. Problem is that it is so good I want to put a lot on things...butt it is soo hot it burns. I often over do it.

[RochNY91TSI]

butt it is soo hot it burns.

Haha, hot sauce will do that :lol:

[eVoMotion]

:icon_eek: :icon_surp:spin: :icon_cry: :redface:

[Claw]

I think Acid Rain is made locally here..

http://www.hataribros.com/hotsauces.asp

They sell out at the Farmer's Markets all the time. I especially like their Alberta Crude BBQ sauce and Acid Rain Chipotle salsa.

http://www.hataribros.com/salsasandcondiments.asp

As for my favorite hot sauces, I like Sriracha - goes on anything:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha

And oddly enough, Lee Kum Kee's Garlic Chili Sauce.
http://canada.lkk.com/commonCA/Images/Consumer/enlarge/9p.jpg

[bsdzine]

Two of my favorite here:

http://static.flickr.com/6/86232028_8d04ae1f6c_m.jpg

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cholula +1! most places here in boulder have it sitting on the table with the salt and pepper :)

i like it on cheesesteaks om nom nom nom

[turntable]

^ +2 on cholula.

[Gire]

I've seen Cholula for sale locally. It will be my next purchase.

Thanks dudes!

[silverfool]

sriracha all the way

[heightsgtltd]

is that you on the bottle on the right? :lol:


:lol:

Actually, Cholula was the one I was trying to remember :spin:

[laz]

:lol:

Actually, Cholula was the one I was trying to remember :spin:

Oh sure sure sure om nom nom nom ! :lol:

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[Jimbizzle]

sriracha all the way

+1

you eat it on pizza? It's the best!

I was snowboarding at Seven Springs in Pennsylvania and bought some pizza and they actually had Siracha by the condiments!

[spongemonster]

I know it's a generic store brand but it kicks ass on all the stuff a buddy brought back from Louisiana for me.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p128/Bedford90/PI087536038306579B.jpg

[Gire]

Spongemonster, you a Canuck?

[PhilT]

You've never seen HP?! Wait until PhilT hears about this. He'll be stunned.:lol:

I am stunned !

Heights probably has no idea who Aishwarya Rai is either :lol:

Here's a taster ;)

http://www.bollywoodpicturesonline.com/new_jpg/aishwarya_rai_007_qf.jpg

[Gire]

oooooohhhh, yeah.


I'd slather her in hot sauce any day.

[coxx]

I'll have to try it.

Is House of Parliment popular down in the US?


HP? Another 'kleenex' type sauce but it's the best thing with corned beef hash.
I read once that Heinz bought the recipe from the original Brit group so it's probably all over the place.

I've never seen that either. I also haven't had corned beef hash in forever & now you're makin me want it. With a fried egg on top, nom nom nom :lol:

[heightsgtltd]

For Laz would it be nomacita, nomacita, nomacita :p

[spongemonster]

Yep I sure am a canuck from the Okanagan. I'm gonna go home and have some hot sauce and cheese on home made chili right now. Pray for my co-workers.

[welby]

What, no Blair's After Death? :D

It's real knock you on your ass stuff, but actually has a good taste once the pain subsides. Dave's Insanity sauce is just as hot, but lacks a good flavor. It's just pain in a bottle, lol. :lol:

http://www.hotsauce.com/photos/1207-2T.jpg

[Gire]

I was wondering when these types of sauces were going to be posted.:lol:


There is a chain of restaurants here called Sammy J Pepper's, and they have a ton of hot sauces for sale. Some of them are so hot, people have to sign waivers in order to buy them.

The best (and hottest) one they sell comes boxed in a mini pine casket, for crissakes.:lol:

Anything that is off the charts on the spice-o-meter (Scoville, IIRC???) just isn't fun to eat.

[silverfool]

+1

you eat it on pizza? It's the best!

I was snowboarding at Seven Springs in Pennsylvania and bought some pizza and they actually had Siracha by the condiments!

yeah. when we we're kids, we used to eat a lot of those pseudo pizzas (Jeno's, Mama Celeste, Totino's) and man, Sriracha would make that stuff edible. it seriously is the most versatile hot sauce. I like the cholula sauce too but its range is lacking.

[dragonman586]

I am stunned !

Heights probably has no idea who Aishwarya Rai is either :lol:

Here's a taster ;)

http://www.bollywoodpicturesonline.com/new_jpg/aishwarya_rai_007_qf.jpg


Being Indian myself I must unfortunately admit that most indian women dont look anywhere near as good as this!

[heightsgtltd]

Wowza.. :wub:

[PhilT]

Being Indian myself I must unfortunately admit that most indian women dont look anywhere near as good as this!

Having an Indian wife, I have to disagree with you.........;)

[heightsgtltd]

:needpics:

and not the one you got from google :lol:

[PhilT]

:needpics:

and not the one you got from google :lol:

I really don't think posting pics of my wife would be such a good idea, Red Beast might have gone, but photochoppers are everywhere :lol:

[heightsgtltd]

smart man ;)

[SneakyFast]

This stuff is awesome on a scramble or omelette. It's not very hot but it's got a killer flavor. (don't buy their BBQ sauce, it's crap!)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E9JT21W3L._AA280_.jpg

Pepper Plant Sauce (if you can't read the label)

[dragonman586]

Note how I did not say ALL. Ok I may have been a little rash on the whole most part of my previous post, but in my defense my current institute of education has horribly altered my perception to my own people......out of curiosity what part of India Does she hail from?

[kienai]

http://www.taunton.com/CMS/uploadedImages/Images/Cooking/Articles/Issues_21-30/fc022nt014-00_ld.jpg
Sriracha Sauce. Great with soups/rice. Or mix it with vinegar for dumplings.

[bosco]

Being Indian myself I must unfortunately admit that most women dont look anywhere near as good as this!

fixed :lol: she's hotter than any of those sauces. bosco

[heightsgtltd]

http://www.taunton.com/CMS/uploadedImages/Images/Cooking/Articles/Issues_21-30/fc022nt014-00_ld.jpg
Sriracha Sauce. Great with soups/rice. Or mix it with vinegar for dumplings.

Good stuff, for that kind of hot sauce

[LIZARD]

This actually hurts. No really it does, I can't even use this anymore. I had to get a Protonix script, after several months the pain subsided.

[BDII]

Two of my favorite here:

http://static.flickr.com/6/86232028_8d04ae1f6c_m.jpg

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I :wub: Tapatio :)

[BDII]

http://www.reimerseeds.com/images/products/hotsauce/Satans_Blood_Hot_Pepper_Sauce.jpg


This is teh hottest stuff I have ever encountered :spin:

Called "satan's blood"

Satan's Blood - This outrageously hot extract sauce is unbelievable. It will scare the wits out of you. Conceived at 800,000 Scoville Units, on Friday the 13th of October, 2000, during the full moon. This extract is blood red and packed in a unique bottle. This is the hottest extract you'll ever want to use. At 800,000 Scoville Units it is all the heat you will ever need. Manufactured in Florida. 1.35 oz

Police pepper sray is between 100,000 SCHU and 140,000 SCHU

[Gire]

^^^
Looks scary.


Anything pushing a million Scoville units just ceases to be something that would be actually fun to eat... forget actual flavor too... these sauces are just invented to cause pain and heart palpitations!:lol::eek:

[BDII]

Once you hit a mil it's designated as an additive and not a sauce. :lol:

[Gire]

The only thing it's "adding" is a hole in my lower bowel.

[BDII]

:lol:

[bosco]

a tavern in town sells hot beef sammich's and one of the condiments is "hot mustard" for which they are noted for. i watched them make it one day and all it is is yellow mustard with a small amount mustard seed oil added. the stuff is very hot only not a pepper hot taste :confused: it also has a real twang/taste to it. btw if they mix too much oil into the mustard it is too hot to eat. bosco

[Gire]

I love hot mustard! As a sandwich-eating machine, I usually go through a bottle of Grey Poupon every few months.

[matt]

Mmmmm hot sauce. There's too many good ones for me to pick a favorite, so here's a few I've been enjoying lately:

http://www.sweatnspice.com/prodimages/Talon_Hot_Sauce.jpghttp://www.sweatnspice.com/prodimages/Krakatoa_Hot_Sauce.jpghttp://www.sweatnspice.com/prodimages/Danny_Cash_Radical_Heat_new.jpghttp://www.sweatnspice.com/prodimages/el_yucateco_red2.jpg

[Bdubs]

This stuff is hot! Got it at the restaurant in NYC. So good though.

http://www.peppers.com/images/products/ACF8A2ZpG.JPG

[dragonman586]

http://www.hotsauceblog.com/hotsaucearchives/blairs-16-million-product-review/
for one little vial it is $310

[Crawdaddy79]

Can't believe no one's mentioned Texas Pete.

I put this stuff on anything. It's not that hot... but it makes everything delicious.

http://www.crawspace.com/web3/texaspete.jpg

[nhesketh]

My friend Mark used to own Bada Bing Bada Boom hot sauce company (themed on the mafia) until he got arrested and had to fold it (irony?) His hottest sauce was Probable Cause, and it was fantastic. Even better was Mal Occhio, a little less hot but with roasted garlic. He also used to have a hot sauce store in Ptown, Cape Cod, where he would get all the hottest brands in. It was fun to stop in, get a new sauce on a chip, and see if I could keep from passing out.

[OhBe1]

Cholula is a nice, flavorful, medium sauce.
For more heat, but still with flavor, try McCutcheon's Screamin' Hornets sauce - Habanero, Tabasco, & black pepper. Ususally found at farmers markets in the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic.

[Gire]

BUMP

I watched a great show on the weekend about the Annual Hot and Zesty Sauce competition in the USA.

"Hula Girl" came out on top for Best Overall hot sauce. Apparently it's magic. My next purchase for sure.

The famous 'Blair' of Blair's Hot Sauces garnered a crazy amount of awards too... so his sauces are the real deal. "Blair Q Heat Chipotle Slam" got a lot of air time.

Oh, the something called "The Source" is the worlds hottest, uh, substance at 7 MILLION Scoville units. Warnings and disclaimers galore... this stuff will burn your skin if it contacts it. But of course it's a great idea to eat it!:lol::eek:

Apparently a pin prick added to a vat of chili is all that's needed to turn the whole batch nuclear.


Bon Appetit

[OhBe1]

Mustard goes to the nose, new-world peppers to the tongue & throat.
Capsaicin, the active ingredient in new-world chili peppers, is used in some topical pain relievers.

[Gire]

Two of my favorite here:

http://static.flickr.com/6/86232028_8d04ae1f6c_m.jpg

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I bought the one on the right last night! Cholula. Admittedly, the sauce section in my local Safeway SUCKS, none of the Blair's Sauces, or anything else interesting. But I'm glad I found something recommended from this thread.

[heightsgtltd]

Cholula FTW, esp. the garlic version.

[silverfool]

I bought the one on the right last night! Cholula. Admittedly, the sauce section in my local Safeway SUCKS, none of the Blair's Sauces, or anything else interesting. But I'm glad I found something recommended from this thread.

they have to have the SRIRACHA sauce somewhere in your Chinatown...

[Gire]

^^^

I'll check on that one.

I've made myway through 1/3 of the Cholula Sauce since May 21. I love it! Great flavor and not too hot. I find myself pouring a bit too much on everything though, much to my wife's displeasure.

[eVoMotion]

My favorite hot sauce company finally has a website -
http://www.saucecrafters.com/acatalog/brochurehome.html

And my favorites are on sale
http://www.saucecrafters.com/acatalog/Specials___.html

Just bought two cases to enjoy and share as gifts. This stuff is hands down the best flavors in my 30+ collection.

FIRE!

[Inigo Montoya]

http://www.taunton.com/CMS/uploadedImages/Images/Cooking/Articles/Issues_21-30/fc022nt014-00_ld.jpg
Sriracha Sauce. Great with soups/rice. Or mix it with vinegar for dumplings.

Because of the rooster on the bottle this has become known as 'Hot Cock Sauce' amongst my co-workers :lol:

[dudeondacouch]

Best wing sauce ever: Joe's Crab Shack Buffalo Wing Sauce

(Joe's only serves wings in Texas AFAIK)

[ShrinerMonkey]

Cholula and Sriracha FTW.

I don't like overpowering hot sauces that have no taste and only heat and I don't like vinegary sauces like Tobasco. I really don't understand the appeal of Tobasco, it tastes like hot vinegar to me.

[ehsnils]

You've never seen HP?! Wait until PhilT hears about this. He'll be stunned.:lol:

I'm stunned too, and here's one I have in my fridge:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/DavesInsanity.jpg/400px-DavesInsanity.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insane_Sauce


Something that's a lot milder is Sambal Oelek, which you can eat as candy compared to the one above:
http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00218/sambal2_218434w.jpg
Popular name here is "The asian cranberry jam" :)

[urs1ne]

http://www.taunton.com/CMS/uploadedImages/Images/Cooking/Articles/Issues_21-30/fc022nt014-00_ld.jpg

#1 hot sauce in my opinion, followed by Cholula garlic. I put it on everything and have a huge bottle here at work.