Poll: Hot sauce...love it or leave it

[mjbskwim]

I like hot cause I have very little sense of smell so I need to feel the flavor
But I'm not a fan boy of any particular brand. I just incorporate jalapeños into most everything.
Excuse me,I am a fan boy of the Vietnamese chilling PASTE (sarachi? is fine but the paste is best in soup)
But there is a few different brands around and a slew of chili powders and cumin and such for cooking
Maybe dice up a habanero for some real kick?
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[mjbskwim]

Oh yeah,most any Korean food is good
Yes kimchi for sure

 

[rick49]

Thumbs way up on the Melindas.
Back in the day when I used to compete on the BBQ circuit we were in Memphis and aside from the regular comp Frank's sponsored a hot wings event. Your sauce had to be at least half of 1 of their products and they gave you as much as you wanted, I'm talking gallon jugs here. Any way our team consisted of 6 cooks. I sent each person out to at least 2 grocery stores to canvass and find the top 2 hot sauces sold at each store. The judges of the hot wing comp were all local and I wanted to see what Memphis folk fancied for sauce. Long story short we cut 50/50 with the above and came back with a 1st place.

 

[CountryGent]

For certain foods I always use a little hot sauce. They include Crystal, Louisiana Hot Sauce, Tapatío, Dat'l Do-It, and some others. I've never been a fan of the super pain-inducing hot ones though.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Any sauce for the flavor not the burn will do for me, I have no favorites! I have to be careful, Like Joe13, I have issues with any thing hot and or spicy!

 

[Levi1989]

Bo macks bbq in albany has one of my favorite hot sauces called the hooligan. Made with ghost peppers. Made in oregon as well.

Hooligan Sauce - Barbeque Restaurant In Albany Oregon

 

[Bajablast]

Trader Joe's Green Dragon Jalapeno Sauce and any of the Tabasco for everyday use.

Blair's Death Sauce or Dave's Gourmet Insanity Sauces for when I am feeling bold. A dot or two is all it takes with these two.

They do taste good though.

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[Diamondback]

Call me a wuss if you must... the strongest spice I can do is two-star Phad Thai on a five-star scale, and that's only when I have a Head Cold From Hell (and on the rare occasion when I can find somebody who'll make it without the fish sauce so my allergies don't redecorate the place a lovely shade of Bile Green). Pretty much my everyday limit is Qdoba or Taco Del Mar salsa verde, or Chinese hot mustard.

This is gonna be a challenge... the GF discovered Frank's Red Hot about a year ago, and despite generally not being a Hot N Spicy type (among other issues) she thinks the stuff is practically a food group of its own. (Could be worse... my mother likes a little bread with her butter, and would happily eat a bowl of hot gravy with nothing else if you put it in front of her. O.O And she wonders why she's considered Morbidly Obese and can't walk...)

 

[Walter Sobchak]

Don't go in too much for the five-alarm, mega Scoville wonder sauces. Not worth the "ring of fire" the next morning...
I'm a flavor over hear sorta guy.
That being said, my 3 go to sauces are as follows:
"Frank's Red Hot" for eggs & wings
"Secret Aardvark" for everything else American
"Valentina Extra Hot" on my Mexican fare.

 

[clearconscience]

Pain is often just merely weakness leaving the body, but there are times when it's a "HEY STUPID" alarm.

Oh it's definelty painful when it's leaving the body!

 

[clearconscience]

Halving avocados with pepper and cholula hot sauce and BBQ them.

Add in a thick steak.

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[Dungannon]

Two kinds of Habanero sauce in the fridge. Never been a fan of Tabasco. Jalapeno's are too mild. I've always divided the various hot sauces of every culture into hot, red hot, and call the fire department. I go for the red hot.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

one time, i ate some jerky that was spiced with carolina reaper (hottest pepper in the world currently)

it ruined me.

 

[teflon6string]

Got my GF a final stocking stuffer last Christmas, a 4-pack of various no-name hot sauces at Bi-Mart, just to try them. We both like 'em all, and it's interesting to have choices. She normally gets Tapatio, which I like on breakfasts.

 

[Camelfilter]

In the fridge we have 2 of the Cholula varieties at the moment. There hot sauce with garlic, & the green. Both are pretty tasty, with the garlic going with almost anything, and the green if we want extra kick.

Under $3 a bottle at Walmart. It's the brand with the wooden screw top bottle.

Favorite used to be Trader Joes jalapeño-really nice smoked jalapeño flavor, but haven't done a Trader Joes shop in ages.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Tied for 1-2 Melindas Habanero sauce and Siracha.

Since we cook a lot of Asian, especially Korean, foods we go through more Siracha than anything else! Since we grew up with Tobasco we have a couple in the fridge. I like a couple squirts, with salt and pepper in my morning tomato juice!
When we travel we always pick up a couple bottles of habanero hot sauce. One for my son and one for me! We both like the taste and heat of Habanero peppers.

Finally, we are all completely hooked on Trader Joes Siracha/roasted garlic BBQ sauce! It's the bomb!!!
My wife makes fantastic pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw on brioche buns. Slather some of the TJ's sauce on top and you in heaven, boy!

 

[Member 3687]

I like heat but I still like to taste the food. I go through 3 to 4 lbs of Jalapenos a week. I like to slice or chop them put them into a bowl add some butter a little lemon juice and a dab of salt then microwave for 1 to 2 min depending on amount. This kills the pepper taste and just leaves the heat. (Sometimes I just do the butter by its self)

I add the peppers and the butter to food or use the butter to put on my bread/toast. It is good on or in any food or sandwiches. Spread the butter and peppers on French or garlic bread then cover with pepper jack and cheddar cheese and broil.

I also like Franks red hot Sriracha sauce on eggs, potatoes and mixed with soy sauce it's great on pot stickers.

 

[The Courier]

Ardvark habanero and tapatio are my two favorites. As long as theres not to much vinegar all hot sauces are good to me, I've eaten habanero's by themselves before and like em but I'm still waiting for the reaper peppers to come back in stock so I can punish my intestinal track even more.

 

[Oregonhunter5]

Reminds of a girl back in college.
Oh never mind.......

 

[rubberband]

I'm still waiting for the reaper peppers to come back in stock so I can punish my intestinal track even more.

I ate a good portion of a fresh reaper and it was a different experience from habs or ghosts....after you got past the heat, a few minutes later, the waves of pain started. Much like I imagine getting kicked in the gut by a donkey feels like. First time I got anything like that from a natural hot pepper.

Good luck.

I have a bunch of reaper seeds in my pepper seed bank. If you want some to grow your own, let me know.