Favorite Hot Sauce

[Da Fino 2772]

This stuff is like crack on scrambled eggs.

What does it compare to?

[Al_4_ISU 12447]

What does it compare to?

Hard to say. Major garlic flavor, plenty of vinegar, consistency almost like an extremely thin salsa (some noticeable puréed veggies), not that hot. Original Tabasco level heat.

[Da Fino 2772]

Hard to say. Major garlic flavor, plenty of vinegar, consistency almost like an extremely thin salsa (some noticeable puréed veggies), not that hot. Original Tabasco level heat.

That’s what I like. Thanks.

[NWBuck 8552]

FWIW- This is a local guy (Seattle Area); he and his wife have a pretty good story.

My favorite hot sauce is currently this one:

Good on just about everything.

Edited February 11, 2021 by NWBuck

[NWBuck 8552]

Doubled. It's that good, tho.

Edited February 11, 2021 by NWBuck

[Scooter Monzingo 820]

9 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Hard to say. Major garlic flavor, plenty of vinegar, consistency almost like an extremely thin salsa (some noticeable puréed veggies), not that hot. Original Tabasco level heat.

Very good critique of product. Helps rookies like me to have a baseline. Have some rep..

[Landomatic 3813]

14 hours ago, Cajun said:

I'll bet when you open the freezer there's a buncha toilet paper in there.

Amirite?

Leftover bag of Popeyes in the pantry shoulda told ya.

[Landomatic 3813]

Few different posts in this thread got me thinking...do ya'll refrigerate your hot sauces after opening?  Or just keep them in a cabinet/pantry at room temperature?  Or refrigerate some and keep some at room temp?

I've always just kept all of them at room temp as I kind of figured if restaurants are keeping them out on the table all day, then it must be fine to store them at room temp.  But when I got the Truff ones, I noticed they say to refrigerate after opening so I keep it in the refrigerator.  Also just noticed the Secret Aardvark (just ordered) says the same.  Haven't really checked my others.

What says Surly?

[Al_4_ISU 12447]

8 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

Few different posts in this thread got me thinking...do ya'll refrigerate your hot sauces after opening?  Or just keep them in a cabinet/pantry at room temperature?  Or refrigerate some and keep some at room temp?

I've always just kept all of them at room temp as I kind of figured if restaurants are keeping them out on the table all day, then it must be fine to store them at room temp.  But when I got the Truff ones, I noticed they say to refrigerate after opening so I keep it in the refrigerator.  Also just noticed the Secret Aardvark (just ordered) says the same.  Haven't really checked my others.

What says Surly?

Mine are refrigerated, but that's my wife's doing.  When I was single, we usually left them out on top of the stove and never had an issue.

I do think some of the sauces that start getting to closer to salsa in terms of having vegetable chunks in them should probably be refrigerated, as there's more opportunity for shit to go sideways, but I've never had any issue with consistently room temperature hot sauce from either a flavor or safety stand point.

[midtown 3345]

15 hours ago, Cajun said:

I'll bet when you open the freezer there's a buncha toilet paper in there.

You mean because I have reserves?  A good scout is always prepared. 

When you order from Amazon they come in packs.   

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

I refrigerate the ones that say to do so on the bottle. 

Unless you're going through bottles at the same pace as a restaurant does, then the notion that you should leave your stuff out just because they sometimes leave shit out doesn't make much sense. 

[4th&Five 41506]

All of mine are in the pantry. Not a fan of cold hot sauce. 

[WhatTheBuck 28773]

I’ve got more than a dozen varieties of hot sauce and I’m easily tempted to try a new bottle when I see one. The ones I use most often are on the counter or the table. The more seldom used ones are in the refrigerator. Over time they keep their color better if you refrigerate them. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a bottle that recommended that you keep it refrigerated after opening.

Take it out of the fridge a while before you need it and it won’t be cold. It doesn’t hurt to let it come to room temperature and then cool it again. And it doesn’t matter if you add cold sauce to the cooking pot. 

[Carl Spackler 3479]

12 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I refrigerate the ones that say to do so on the bottle. 

Unless you're going through bottles at the same pace as a restaurant does, then the notion that you should leave your stuff out just because they sometimes leave shit out doesn't make much sense. 

This.  If the label says refrigerate after opening, I do.  If it doesn't, I don't.

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I’ve got more than a dozen varieties of hot sauce and I’m easily tempted to try a new bottle when I see one. The ones I use most often are on the counter or the table. The more seldom used ones are in the refrigerator. Over time they keep their color better if you refrigerate them. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a bottle that recommended that you keep it refrigerated after opening.

Take it out of the fridge a while before you need it and it won’t be cold. It doesn’t hurt to let it come to room temperature and then cool it again. And it doesn’t matter if you add cold sauce to the cooking pot. 

Open the cap briefly when you first take it out, otherwise the temperature/pressure interaction with cause a minor splattering upon opening an hour later. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

Here's my current rotation/stockpile. 

I just buy the 5-pack samplers of Marie Sharp's off of Amazon and cycle through them in random order. 

I've been eating a lot of Secret Aardvark lately - just discovered it in early December and have gone through three bottles each of the habanero and serrabanero so far. 

[Okie State 3804]

Team fridge. I need to pick up some of that Secret Aardvark. Been meaning to try it.

[texashorne 1177]

Cholula is not spicy at all, I could drink it on the rocks.

[4th&Five 41506]

I need to up my game. 

[Okie State 3804]

Lol a pump bottle of Cholula. Awesome.

[elfenix 34223]

posrep on that cholula pump

[4th&Five 41506]

Ha.  The green Cholula only comes in the 5 ounce bottles and that.  Easy decision when I was going through a bottle or so a week.

[Landomatic 3813]

Aaaaand somehow or another I just managed to order over $100 worth of hot sauce from Amazon.  Thanks a lot assholes

[Doug E. Fresh 452]

56 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

Aaaaand somehow or another I just managed to order over $100 worth of hot sauce from Amazon.  Thanks a lot assholes

Did the same shit here in London. Loaded up on Marie’s, Yellowbird and a few local/UK stuff.  Mainly serrano, habanero or ghost flavors. Pricing wasn’t too bad at about £4 to £5 per bottle. Needed some heat over here.

[WhatTheBuck 28773]

13 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

I need to up my game. 

Nice record collection.

[Landomatic 3813]

14 hours ago, Doug E. Fresh said:

Did the same shit here in London. Loaded up on Marie’s, Yellowbird and a few local/UK stuff.  Mainly serrano, habanero or ghost flavors. Pricing wasn’t too bad at about £4 to £5 per bottle. Needed some heat over here.

Here's what all I ended up ordering, which could also serve as a pretty good recap for the whole thread.  Couple I already have plenty of, so I didn't order (Truff, Cristal, Cholula, Tabasco, etc).  Couple pictured I keep on hand normally but I was just low so I decided to restock (Tapatio and Valentina).  The Melinda's wasn't really mentioned by anyone other than me, but it's my current favorite (have hot and XXX hot) so I decided to try a couple other flavors - I think it's Columbian and might contain actual crack - excited to see how it stacks up to all these others.  The rest were what I was able to mine from this thread that either got multiple votes or were mentioned by people I trust, or both.  In no particular order...

[rage-a-holic 4373]

3 hours ago, Landomatic said:

Here's what all I ended up ordering, which could also serve as a pretty good recap for the whole thread.  Couple I already have plenty of, so I didn't order (Truff, Cristal, Cholula, Tabasco, etc).  Couple pictured I keep on hand normally but I was just low so I decided to restock (Tapatio and Valentina).  The Melinda's wasn't really mentioned by anyone other than me, but it's my current favorite (have hot and XXX hot) so I decided to try a couple other flavors - I think it's Columbian and might contain actual crack - excited to see how it stacks up to all these others.  The rest were what I was able to mine from this thread that either got multiple votes or were mentioned by people I trust, or both.  In no particular order...

Don't sleep on Chimay Negra, it's badass

 

[Anastasis 23458]

23 hours ago, texashorne said:

Cholula is not spicy at all, I could drink it on the rocks.

Add vodka and we call that a bloody mary. 

[Al_4_ISU 12447]

Add vodka and we call that a bloody mary. 

[Chewbacca 7766]

22 hours ago, Doug E. Fresh said:

Did the same shit here in London. Loaded up on Marie’s, Yellowbird and a few local/UK stuff.  Mainly serrano, habanero or ghost flavors. Pricing wasn’t too bad at about £4 to £5 per bottle. Needed some heat over here.

The Yellowbird Ghost Pepper is amazing.  Great flavor.

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

On 2/12/2021 at 4:23 PM, Landomatic said:

Aaaaand somehow or another I just managed to order over $100 worth of hot sauce from Amazon.  Thanks a lot assholes

Your asshole will not be thanking you later, however.

[Okie State 3804]

Added some Aardvark habanero sauce because why not?

[Okie State 3804]

Don't sleep on Chimay Negra, it's badass
 

Where is this available? Only online?

[rage-a-holic 4373]

28 minutes ago, Okie State said:

5 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

Don't sleep on Chimay Negra, it's badass
 

Where is this available? Only online?

Amazon has them, but I always just bring a bunch back with me from Mexico. They are less than a buck a bottle there.

[Landomatic 3813]

Based on my findings so far, y'all are seriously overrating that Secret Aardvark stuff.  It's okay, but it's nowhere near the Marie Sharp's or Melinda's.

[futureman 22441]

On 2/5/2021 at 12:41 PM, Brisketexan said:

 

I don't think TJ's dona sauce has anything extra in it, checking the label:

I guess the gum arabic and citric acid are "artificial-ish," but meh, they really aren't a big deal.  And I do like that it keeps in my fridge for several weeks -- fresh jalapeno sauce usually turns after a week or so.

I bought that TJ’s doña on your recommendation. tastes like doña with sugar in it. not a fan. but the heat is good. 

[CooterBrown 18002]

Here's what all I ended up ordering, which could also serve as a pretty good recap for the whole thread.  Couple I already have plenty of, so I didn't order (Truff, Cristal, Cholula, Tabasco, etc).  Couple pictured I keep on hand normally but I was just low so I decided to restock (Tapatio and Valentina).  The Melinda's wasn't really mentioned by anyone other than me, but it's my current favorite (have hot and XXX hot) so I decided to try a couple other flavors - I think it's Columbian and might contain actual crack - excited to see how it stacks up to all these others.  The rest were what I was able to mine from this thread that either got multiple votes or were mentioned by people I trust, or both.  In no particular order...

I always forget about how great Zaaschila is. Especially the habanero version. Hot AF. I haven’t had it in a while but will grab some if H‑E‑B ever opens again.

[Llewelyn Moss 207]

Got a three pack of Yellowbird and have really enjoyed the Serrano most of all. Nice kick. 
 

The Blue Agave and Habanero are both a bit sweet on the aftertaste. I’d expect that for the agave. Anyway, still good, just limits its uses.

I’d like to try the Ghost Pepper after seeing its approval here. 

[tigol 2395]

Has anyone tried Old Bay hot sauce?  I'm intrigued.

 

[Landomatic 3813]

9 minutes ago, tigol said:

Has anyone tried Old Bay hot sauce?  I'm intrigued.

Love their powder on certain things...sauce has to be good, right?

I'd order some, but I think my wife might have me committed if I buy more hot sauce right now.  Although it does say limited edition so I can probably justify it that way, right?

Nah, I better let you get some and report back.

[Chewbacca 7766]

Based on my findings so far, y'all are seriously overrating that Secret Aardvark stuff.  It's okay, but it's nowhere near the Marie Sharp's or Melinda's.

I'll jump in with you and say Marie Sharps is also overrated.

[4th&Five 41506]

1 hour ago, Chewbacca said:

23 hours ago, Landomatic said:

Based on my findings so far, y'all are seriously overrating that Secret Aardvark stuff.  It's okay, but it's nowhere near the Marie Sharp's or Melinda's.

I'll jump in with you and say Marie Sharps is also overrated.

[Landomatic 3813]

5 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

You can have your hipster portland-made yankee hot sauce

[4th&Five 41506]

I was reacting to Marie Sharp’s. Love that stuff. Makes me rip ass like crazy though. 

Edited February 17, 2021 by 4th&Five

[Chewbacca 7766]

I was reacting to Marie Sharp’s. Love that stuff. Makes me rip ass like crazy though. 

I didn't dislike it, just didn't love it. I've been on a Yellowbird kick lately. Hab, Serrano, Jap, Ghost are all fantastic. Ghost on pizza is a solid replacement for red pepper flakes. Your asshole asks you to be careful, though.

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

This shit is like crack. Just got a couple bottles the other day, and I have been looking for things to put it on ever since. Kind of like back when you first got a Dremel, you went all over the house looking for shit to use it on - same deal. 

[Borat]My wife[/Borat] hates mayo and she likes this, so if you are also a gustatorial retardate concerning mayonnaise, you may still appreciate this, too. 

If you're not familiar with Nando's (or peri peri chicken in general), anyone reading this thread will like it, so look for it in your area. Back when I worked in an office, I would eat Nando's for lunch and load up on their hottest sauce any time I needed to clear out my sinuses. It won't melt your brain or anything, but it will open you up enough (and it's messy enough) that I always ate it with my office door closed. 

It's available at their restaurants, online, and at some grocery stores. 

Edited February 20, 2021 by Prepuce of Doom

[4th&Five 41506]

On 2/9/2021 at 10:40 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

This stuff is like crack on scrambled eggs.

put this on some grilled chicken thighs last night and couldn't stop eating them.  i'll try it on some eggs next.

[Al_4_ISU 12447]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

put this on some grilled chicken thighs last night and couldn't stop eating them.  i'll try it on some eggs next.

Did you find it in a grocery store, or order online?

I haven't seen it in my small town, and killed my bottle last week.  I ended up with it via my in-laws and I have no idea where my MIL got it.  She doesn't remember either.

But seriously, shit's crack ain't it?

Edited March 3, 2021 by Al_4_ISU

[4th&Five 41506]

amazon.  really good and a different flavor than my other ones.  my only complaint is it needs one of those stoppers to keep from pouring out half the bottle.

[Al_4_ISU 12447]

10 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

amazon.  really good and a different flavor than my other ones.  my only complaint is it needs one of those stoppers to keep from pouring out half the bottle.

Agreed.  Made that mistake the first time I used it too.  Smothered my eggs.