The Hot Sauce Thread

[Too Tall]

At Spring Camp I serve cuban black beans and rice for lunch. Campers and I have gotten into a friendly hot sauce competition. This opened my eyes that there was more to this hot sauce business than "just hot".

Here are two hot sauces that are on nobody's radar and are bloody good for daily fare.

Marie Sharps Habanero Pepper Sauce - This has intense pepper, a little vinegar. If you love the taste of Habanero Salsa without lots of additions this will make you happy. Go figure? Marie Sharps!!!


Grace Scotch Bonnet Sauce - Look for this in the throw out bin. This is inexpensive and prob. the last thing you'd look for in a scotch bonnet hot sauce. It's the real deal. When my Jamacian buddy is over for a visit this is what I put out. Scotch Bonnet tastes a little sweet and is very intense. Great with fish.


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[maunahaole]

Delish Bajan Pepper Sauce.

The fires of hell in a bottle, straight from Barbados. Good stuff.

Delish Products Ltd - Delish in any dish!

[rmplum]

My co-worker and I ship this to ourselves by the case from Cali.



Not the hottest, but great on everything.

[sonny]

in my household our philosophy is this:

tapatio: its cheap and tasty, put it on EVERYTHING!
aardvark habanero: not so cheap, really out of this world, put it on EVERYTHING!

[quickag]

The cross-eyed cajun guy in the commissary meat section sold me this ultra death shit. Don't buy hot sauce from cross-eyed cajuns. One drop and the sauce is delicious for about 10 seconds...and then hell breaks loose in your mouth.

It's so hot it gives me the hickups.
It made people throw up last time I had it out at the house.
I imagine it causes some kind of internal bleeding.
It's so delicious that I put it on everything.

It's a vicious cycle...a delicious vicious cycle. I like the stuff with the wooden top on it, too. Not really spicy but good taste.

[rmplum]

The cross-eyed cajun guy in the commissary meat section sold me this ultra death shit. Don't buy hot sauce from cross-eyed cajuns. One drop and the sauce is delicious for about 10 seconds...and then hell breaks loose in your mouth.

That sounds a little like this;



though I don't particularly care for the taste. One drop is all it takes though. Seriously.

This is the text on the back of the bottle:

[christian]

Since this is Vsalon, not HSsalon, I'll admit that I'm a hot sauce philistine. Get me another bottle of Cholula every two weeks, and I'm good. I love those Arbol and Piquin peppers. And the wood top.

[RIHans]

I was cooking at a pals house a few years ago, and wanted to jazz up some rice going with the fish...
I expected some Tabasco, Franks, normal shit. He gave me this stuff, I tried a small, small bit, to judge how
much to use.

Last thing I tasted all nice. The tongue was gone, on fire.

[rydesteel]

Melindas has always been a favorite of mine lot's of flavor in the original and plenty of heat. The red Savina is really tasty though and a bit warmer as well.

[ZenNMotion]

If you come to my house for African food, you find my favorite sauce on the table, Nali Peri Peri from Malawi. I first tried it in an attempt to sterilize a plate of dubious fried fish in a dusty market in Lilongwe. It has a rich, smoky, slightly sweet flavor, a little thick, not vinegary, and moderate on the Scoville scale- safe for guests who aren't too timid. I have a couple bottles left but was happy to hear that it's being imported into the US, so I'll have to Google a source as my business in Malawi is sadly finished. All hot countries have their local hot sauces, I have a cabinet full and keep my eyes open where there's truckers, markets and street food, amazing what you can find if you keep your eyes open and look hungry and friendly . I found a video too- support a local African product! Time for a fish taco...

[chasea]

Call me old fashioned.

[bellman]

I love it all but had to make a rule with myself that I finish a bottle before I buy another. This way I dont' end up with 30 different bottles going bad at the same time.

For everyday stuff tapatio is really good but there is an equally popular sauce called Valentina's that is similar but goes better on potato's than most of them. Potato chips, french fries, hashbrowns.... you name it, it's good on it.
A quart bottle goes for no shit, $1.47 at the local cash and carry. I don't think you can buy a bottle of water for a dollar forty seven.

Dont' bother with the extra hot version I think its just saltier, not hotter.

[Too Tall]

Some good leads here. There are times for wicked hot and others merit a mild scalding ;)
Pica Pica is great - love it on tacos.
Tapatio - IIRC strongish vinegar and not very hot
Daves Insanity - to be avoided at all costs except after 2 too many beers natch.
Melinda's - can't miss, it is very mild and goes nicely with black beans.
Louisiana Original - funny you mention that. This is what I gifted my office mates with after travel to The Big Easy. Nice stuff, vinegar YUP, heat is just right for eggs or rice.

Keep going!

[znfdl]

My favorite place to purchase Hot Sauces:

Mo Hotta Mo Betta Hot Sauce Store | Spicy & Hot Sauces Since 1989

[Brandon White]

I've been using Ronz Original Hot Sauce for the last 6 or 7 years. It's made by a friend of my uncle in Ohio. I think he's going big time though ....

My mom ships me bottles or I buy them when in town. I even send a few bottles to Brazil so I have it handy when I'm down there.

Ronz Original Hot Sauce

[Too Tall]

I've been using Ronz Original Hot Sauce for the last 6 or 7 years. It's made by a friend of my uncle in Ohio. I think he's going big time though ....

My mom ships me bottles or I buy them when in town. I even send a few bottles to Brazil so I have it handy when I'm down there.

Ronz Original Hot Sauce

Terrific info. He does not sell on line?

[Brandon White]

Terrific info. He does not sell on line?

I don't believe so. I'm going to be back in Ohio in a couple of weeks and I'll ask. The best part is while the flavor doesn't change too much, sometimes I'll get a few with the comment of "this batch is hotter".

[YO!!!]

I love it all but had to make a rule with myself that I finish a bottle before I buy another. This way I dont' end up with 30 different bottles going bad at the same time.

For everyday stuff tapatio is really good but there is an equally popular sauce called Valentina's that is similar but goes better on potato's than most of them. Potato chips, french fries, hashbrowns.... you name it, it's good on it.
A quart bottle goes for no shit, $1.47 at the local cash and carry. I don't think you can buy a bottle of water for a dollar forty seven.

Dont' bother with the extra hot version I think its just saltier, not hotter.

Valentina is all about adding flavor and not just burning your mouth heat.
Love it... use it all the time.

[YO!!!]

Call me old fashioned.

This and some Tony Chacheres sprinkled on for good measure ... you are good to go.

[chasea]

This and some Tony Chacheres sprinkled on for good measure ... you are good to go.

We can hang.