Posted on 04/27/2021 6:18:20 AM PDT by mylife
Hot sauce an invaluable condiment for peppering up food that needs a splash of acid or heat, whether it’s soup, dip, or fried chicken. Hot sauce is also a good option if whatever you’re eating is boring or terrible. The culinary world features an entire rainbow of hot sauce, but one of the most divisive is Tabasco. It seems like either you’re a fan, or you hate it. No room for ambivalence here. So, what do you think? Are you a hater or a lover of Tabasco hot sauce? We present both arguments below.
Tabasco is good For a while, I decided I was not a fan of Tabasco sauce. It was mostly because everyone around me said how much they hated it, so I went with the flow. Peer pressure is real. But recently I got to thinking about how much I missed going to a diner for things like a late breakfast. When I go to a diner, I’m not really a pancake or waffle person, I’m more of an egg breakfast person. Omelets, eggs Benedict, skillets, you name it—I prefer that kind of stuff. And it all gets me reminiscing about things like those possibly ancient stacks of single-serve jellies and hot sauce caddies on the table.
While I like Cholula, which is usually in those caddies, the more I think about it, the more I realize that I almost always reach for Tabasco sauce. I really like some form of acid in my food, otherwise it feels kind of plain to me. And that’s why I like Tabasco. The acid thing seems to be the main complaint (that and the fact that it’s kinda watery).
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Tabasco is my favorite...
Agreed. Tabasco is just spicy vinegar. Tapatio, Chalula, and La Victoria are preferable.
Love the smell of Tobacco on eggs.
I like it
Not particularly spicy, but a superior balance of hot and vinegar. The really hot condiments tend to overpower other more subtle flavors.
Amen
Tabasco is the sauce supplied in USMC MREs for years, on recordTabasco comes from a place in Louisiana.
Cholula might not be of American origin.
I’m not much of hot pepper sauce person. However, I put pepper on pretty much everything.
I do like buffalo wing sauce on my wings.
I use the Tabasco sauce for a Bloody Mary.
For an american hot sauce, I’d go with Franks. Chalula however is my frequent go-to.
Tabasco brand chipotle sauce is da bomb
I’m not a big fan of Tabasco products, but their tour of the Tabasco factory and facility at Avery Island, LA was quite interesting.
Look no further!
Tabasco is perfect.
Sure there are hotter sauces. And you should have them in your kitchen. But the author makes a great point when he mentions the acidity of some sauces.
And if your goal is to make your meal uneatable, then yeah. Load it up with any number sauces with 6 and 7 million Scoville Units.
Do I have to say it?
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