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Why The Hot Sauce Industry Is The New Craft Beer Industry
Business Insider ^ | December 11, 2012 | Jason Daley

Posted on 12/15/2012 6:51:23 AM PST by PJ-Comix

In April research firm IBISWorld declared manufacturing of the spicy condiment to be one of the 10 fastest-growing industries in the U.S., with average company revenue jumping 9.3 percent per year over the last decade.

Even though the segment is small—roughly 5,500 people employed by 218 sauce companies, an industry valued at $1 billion—it packs an entrepreneurial punch.

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KEYWORDS: hotsauce
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To: mylife

Let me tell ya about the rotten fish sauce they put on their rice I could smell that crap 10 miles away when I was there lmao! Hope none of it is in the chili sauce......


61 posted on 12/15/2012 7:31:50 AM PST by Lees Swrd ("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
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To: RegulatorCountry

You may be thinking of post #34

There is also Sambal olek which is without the garlic

Awesome!


62 posted on 12/15/2012 7:31:56 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

The best.


63 posted on 12/15/2012 7:32:04 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (So?)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I carry my own too LOL


64 posted on 12/15/2012 7:32:52 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: supremedoctrine

Everybody loves that damn Rooster.


65 posted on 12/15/2012 7:34:20 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: RegulatorCountry

That is a thing I love crystal for

Nothing better.


66 posted on 12/15/2012 7:35:39 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: JRandomFreeper
If you have a Super H Mart near you, it's kimchee heaven.

But you probably don't have one unless you have a pretty big Korean presence nearby.

67 posted on 12/15/2012 7:36:05 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (So?)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
Jalapenos do that, Haberneros don't

WRONG!! Once, on a bet, I scarfed down 3 fresh, raw, habeneros. I won the bet, but within an hour I felt like a rabid bobcat was trying to claw it's way out of my stomach. I had to leave work and go home. Did I take a couple of months of grief was that? Yes, I did. But, of course, my misery wasn't over, as the stuff worked its way through me. The climax was quite agonizing. A word of advice. Don't try this. But if you do, have something in your stomach first. It might help.

68 posted on 12/15/2012 7:36:59 AM PST by chesley (Vast deserts of political ignorance makes liberalism possible - James Lewis)
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To: Lees Swrd

Not a nouc mam fan?


69 posted on 12/15/2012 7:37:40 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Try Texas Pete sometime. Pepper sauce is God’s little gift.


70 posted on 12/15/2012 7:38:32 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: mylife
I have a jar of that in my refrigerator ~ it's on one shelf. The huy fong product is on another shelf. then there's some kimshi, penang shrimp paste, and other stuff lying about.

Try hot kimshi soup

71 posted on 12/15/2012 7:38:40 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Now I just sweat like a pig.

And that, I believe, is the desired effect, and why hot peppers are popular around the world along the equator.

I can tell that I've "blown myself up" when my sinus/nasal passages swell up...like a cold. It goes away in about 20 minutes.

It usually happens with the curries.

72 posted on 12/15/2012 7:38:52 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Sometimes I like Franks original, or chipotle flavor, but Louisiana hot sauce remains my overall favorite. You can’t go wrong with Tabasco of course.


After years of excessive use to make field rations palatable, I’m burned out on Tabasco (pun intended).


73 posted on 12/15/2012 7:38:52 AM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Fair is a place you go to eat cotton candy and step in monkey poop)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

It’s good stuff.


74 posted on 12/15/2012 7:39:35 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: supremedoctrine

I just read that Sriracha sauce is available at Publix which means I can get it FREE! Will definitely check it out but what foods are best to put Sriracha on?


75 posted on 12/15/2012 7:39:50 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Beware the Rip in the Space/Time Continuum)
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To: chesley

And to top all that, habenaeros have lousy flavor.

Personally I don’t get it.


76 posted on 12/15/2012 7:41:43 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Lees Swrd
There are, of course, such sauces ~ for example A-1 steak sauce.

You like?

77 posted on 12/15/2012 7:43:24 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Ditter
"I don’t eat hot sauce, it burns me all the way through, if you get my meaning."


78 posted on 12/15/2012 7:43:53 AM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Ive had texas pete.
Its good.
I would get that, crystal or Louisiana any day over Tobasco


79 posted on 12/15/2012 7:44:25 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: PJ-Comix
Tobasco was my favorite for many years. Then a few years ago I read somewhere that it was too vinegary for some people. After that, all I could taste was the vinegar. So I moved on to Tapatio (still my wife's favorite) and, for Mexican food, Bufalo and El Yucateco Red (the hotter, the better). El Yucateco (some people call it YUCK-ateco, which I'll never understand) is definitely my favorite now for Mexican food, followed by Bufalo in close second.

Sriracha is beloved by many for Asian food -- and for lots of other things, too. I like it, too, but far and away, my favorite Asian hot sauce nowadays is Sambal Oelek ground "fresh" chili paste. Hot, yes, but full of fantastic flavors as well and available in most supermarkets here on the left coast.

Then there's the million billion trillion Scoville stuff. Nuts if you ask me. Wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Scares me. Drather handle rattlesnakes.

Ever seen this poster?

Might be fun to track down all of them and give them a go, as long as they don't fall into that insanely hot category I mentioned earlier!

80 posted on 12/15/2012 7:44:38 AM PST by LibWhacker
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