Posted on 06/16/2008 10:16:37 AM PDT by Sonny M
I'm getting some hot sauces shipped to me over the next couple of days, and wanted to get some opinions from folks who have either tried them or in some ways experienced them.
One set I'm getting is from Dave's Gourmet, i.e. the guy who created the "Insanity sauce" and the "ultimate insanity sauce". The batch I'm getting is the spicy 6 pack which is Roasted Pepper & Chipotle Sauce, Roasted Garlic Hot Sauce, Scotch Bonnet Sauce, Insanity Sauce, Cool Cayenne Sauce and Hurtin Jalapeno Sauce.
Has anyone here ever tried any of these sauces and does anyone have an opinion on their quality, taste, flavor and heat?
The other batch that I am getting is from Blairs.
From them I am getting the "super 6 pack" which is the Death sauce, the Muerte sauce, the After Death sauce, the Jalapeno Death sauce, the Sweet Death sauce And the Sudden Death sauce and also, I'm getting the soon to be discontinued Jersey death sauce.
I'm aware that buying products that imply impending doom or shortening of life, may not be the best consumer decision.
Has anyone tried the Blair hot sauces, and have any opinions on them, either on their flavor, or heat or anything?
Thank you --- I knew there was one I was forgetting on my list!!!!
The insanity stuff, is for both.
I know that to use it, you can only use a drop, and it has to big a large amount for it to have any use.
A little goes a long long way. I'll also use it as a gag with friends.
Its the other more serious sauces that I am wondering about.
One of the reasons I like Tabasco so much is not just the flavor (I don't really think they are that hot) but also their long standing tradition of support for the US Armed services.
Several members of the family that own Tabasco have served in the military and their support is genuine.
If you’re looking for gustative insanity, I can recommend green persimmons.
I'm not really looking to use the insanity or crazy dave sauces as much as his other sauces which I think are more serious instead of just trying to burn ya taste buds off.
It doesn't seem like anyone has really tried his other sauces.
I'm not even sure if they have any flavor period.
I was told that the hot sauces, depending on which ones can actually be quite good while having the heat kick.
Cut up some chicken or pork in hors doueve-size pieces or larger, if you like. You may want to par-boil the pork beforehand so that it cooks faster.
Add a teaspoon to a tablespoon of jerk seasoning to the blender. Also, to the blender:
Add some onion
Add a section of garlic
Add 1/2 cup of Soy Sauce
Add a kernal of all-spice or pimento
You may also add some white wine
Puree in the blender to make a marinade. Adjust with soy sauce or white wine or water to your liking. The marinade should not be too runny, you want it to coat the meat.
Pour the marinade into a bowl and add the chopped meat to it. Cover the bowl with foil or saran wrap and place the bowl in the fridge. Let the meat sit in the mixture for about a half-hour.
Fire up the grill or bake the meat, at 350, in a casserole dish or on a tin foil-lined cookie sheet.
I actually use them a lot. Its not to hot, but it adds good flavor.
I use them alot, I run through bottles like crazy, but I find myself constantly having to tinker with it to add some heat, I’m still messing with it it to get the right combo.
During the Spanish-American War, John Avery McIlhenny, son of Tabasco's inventor and second president of McIlhenny Company, served in the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, better known as Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. His son, Brigadier General Walter Stauffer McIlhenny, USMCR, a World War II veteran and recipient of the Navy Cross, presided over McIlhenny Company from 1949 until his death in 1985. During the Vietnam War, BGen. McIlhenny issued the The Charlie Ration Cookbook. (Charlie ration was slang for the field meal given to troops.) This cookbook came wrapped around a two-ounce bottle of Tabasco sauce in a camouflaged, water-resistant container. It included instructions on how to mix C-rations to make such tasty concoctions as "Combat Canapés" or "Breast of Chicken under Bullets."
Me, too. Some of the Hunan is good, too, if spiced properly.
Frank's is excellent for wings (and eggs, too), but it's not hot.
As for sauce, I like hot but flavor is much more important. One day I was shopping in the local Asian grocery and asked a lady shopping there to recommend a hot sauce. She led me to a sauce labeled very simply:"Chili Sauce", and underneath that, "Cap Jempol". It has become my first-reach sauce. It's got heat, but more than that is a slightly sweet, complex, fruity flavor with real depth. It's nearly orange in color and about the consistency of catsup. Oh, the label says it's made in Indonesia.
http://carolinasauce.stores.yahoo.net/hot-sauces-toad-sweat.html
Toad Sweat Dessert Hot Sauces
We love these.
Chocolate Orange is great mixed in brownies before baking and
Lemon Vanilla is great on ice cream or in sauce for bread pudding.
ROTFLMAO! Before I even clicked on the link, I just KNEW which commercial you were talking about! That is my favorite commercial advertisement of all time.
Thanks for posting the link about Tobasco Sauce. I’ve allways been facinated by that Company and it’s products. If fact, I visited Avery Island a couple of years ago.
The relationship between Tobasco Sauce and the Military and especially the Marine Corps is very interesting.
I can see the Rough Riders charging up San Juan Hill well fortfied by Tobasco Sauce right now! LOL
I worked in New Iberia, La for many many years and visited Avery Island and their gardens many times. It was about a 10 min. drive from our office.
Now remember this is Louisiana mid 1980's we are talking about and when things were slow we would pick up a case of beer or a big ol' thermos or two of margaritas from Tampico's at lunch time and some Po'boys and go out there to the gardens area. Sit on the grass and drink and eat.
I never visited the factory.
Hey no problem! I wached it again. It is a great commercial!
Hey no problem! I wached it again. It is a great commercial!
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