NSR-Hot sauce!!!

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 9:11 pm

I'm a bit of a whore as far as hot sauces go. I do have a criteria. There are but three ingredients in a good sauce:Peppers, vinegar, salt. This is my current favorite. Crystal, from LA. The other two are fantastic as well!

What are your favorites?

KooK · Post by **KooK** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:04 pm

Crystal sucks in my opinion, and it's made right here in New Orleans. It is too vinegary and thin.
the Lousiana Hot sauce is my favorite, but I LOVE the Tabasco and Lousiana hot sauce Habanero sauce. another good hot sauce, but too damn expensive is Slap yo Mamma. it is very tasty, but at over $3 a bottle, they can keep it.

I also like the Winn Dixie store brand hot sauce, when it goes on sale, i buy the hell out of it. I have about 8 bottles of the Winn Dixie stuff(and extra hot) 3 bottles of Tabasco Habanero and 2 Louisiana Habanero on my shelf right now. I go through this stuff!

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:52 pm

KooK wrote:Crystal sucks in my opinion, and it's made right here in New Orleans. It is too vinegary and thin.
the Lousiana Hot sauce is my favorite, but I LOVE the Tabasco and Lousiana hot sauce Habanero sauce. another good hot sauce, but too damn expensive is Slap yo Mamma. it is very tasty, but at over $3 a bottle, they can keep it.

I also like the Winn Dixie store brand hot sauce, when it goes on sale, i buy the hell out of it. I have about 8 bottles of the Winn Dixie stuff(and extra hot) 3 bottles of Tabasco Habanero and 2 Louisiana Habanero on my shelf right now. I go through this stuff!

And this is the kind of feedback I was looking for. I'm not with you on the "it's too vinegary and thin". I was born and raised in North Carolina where we cook the whole hog and slather it in a vinegar based sauce that doesn't cover up the taste of the meat.

And Crystal is what it is. Peppers, vinegar, salt. I don't like habernero sauce unless I am going for a "island" flavor with LOTS of pineapple. Like this.......

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Sun Apr 05, 2015 11:21 pm

Come to New Mexico and we can talk... R

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 2:14 am

still shifting wrote:Come to New Mexico and we can talk... R

Agreed. I like good green chile and love adobada, but Tabasco leaves me cold.

KooK · Post by **KooK** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:11 am

If you ever want something very hot and extremely delicious. Got to the Tabasco plant and get a load of the mash. Not sure if they sell it(probably) but it is so delicious! And I learned the hard way, a very little goes a long long way!

scullyfu · Post by **scullyfu** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 2:58 pm

i like Lucky Dog's selections.

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:58 pm

Not the hottest but I really like the flavor!

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:51 am

Cholula is a great tasting sauce, BuddyRaton, and I am quite jealous of you guys out west with all those wonderful chilis and flavors.

I've never tried "Lucky Dog" sauces. I'll have to put an order in.

scootdad · Post by **scootdad** » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:05 am

Cholula is good, Crystal is good, Frank's is good, but Secret Aardvark is very good.

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:14 am

I like the hot sauce named Scorned Woman. I mean, I think the name is terrific, but I have never tasted it.

http://peppers.com/?wpsc-product=scorne ... sauce-5-oz

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:03 pm

snoozy wrote:I like the hot sauce named Scorned Woman. I mean, I think the name is terrific, but I have never tasted it.

http://peppers.com/?wpsc-product=scorne ... sauce-5-oz

I've had that.

It's a good middle of the road sauce.

As for "Secret Aardvark", I am intrigued! They also have a "jerk" sauce I've got to try. That's another order I've sent in. That's two because of this thread! Lock, please, John.

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:56 pm

Add 1 part orande juice , 1 part orange marmalade, 2 parts hot sauce, (not too vinegary), and 2 parts Hot Red Chili Sauce; mix well. A good marinade, dipping sauce or dressing over ribs, pork or chicken. As well as tamales... R

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:16 pm

still shifting wrote:Add 1 part orande juice , 1 part orange marmalade, 2 parts hot sauce, (not too vinegary), and 2 parts Hot Red Chili Sauce; mix well. A good marinade, dipping sauce or dressing over ribs, pork or chicken. As well as tamales... R

That sounds fantastic. You could probably substitute pineapple for the orange. Sweet and hot. Man I am craving tamales now........

sunshinen · Post by **sunshinen** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:45 am

KrispyKreme wrote:
still shifting wrote:Add 1 part orande juice , 1 part orange marmalade, 2 parts hot sauce, (not too vinegary), and 2 parts Hot Red Chili Sauce; mix well. A good marinade, dipping sauce or dressing over ribs, pork or chicken. As well as tamales... R
That sounds fantastic. You could probably substitute pineapple for the orange. Sweet and hot. Man I am craving tamales now........

TAMALES!!! Man... that pineapple sounds good.

I confess I love making my own salsa for 2 reasons:

I like it HOT, and since leaving Texas, I have been unable to find it hot enough.
I don't like the over-powering vinegar taste of most hot sauces.
I love pineapple.

Yeah, that was 3, not 2. But 3 is a bonus.

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:46 am

sunshinen wrote:
KrispyKreme wrote:
still shifting wrote:Add 1 part orande juice , 1 part orange marmalade, 2 parts hot sauce, (not too vinegary), and 2 parts Hot Red Chili Sauce; mix well. A good marinade, dipping sauce or dressing over ribs, pork or chicken. As well as tamales... R
That sounds fantastic. You could probably substitute pineapple for the orange. Sweet and hot. Man I am craving tamales now........
TAMALES!!! Man... that pineapple sounds good.

I confess I love making my own salsa for 2 reasons:

I like it HOT, and since leaving Texas, I have been unable to find it hot enough.

I don't like the over-powering vinegar taste of most hot sauces.

I love pineapple.

Yeah, that was 3, not 2. But 3 is a bonus.

FRESH is the best. SUN try some good pepper paste out there. There are many kinds. Thick stuff!

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:11 pm

Hmm Pineapples that is an interesting thought! R

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:29 am

I'm hungry!

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:57 pm

Surprised that this one hasn't been mentioned yet.

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:19 pm

^^^^Rooster sriracha is probably the one that started that whole phenom. I love the stuff. Texas Pete makes a very good one now. Beware of some imitators out there because there are some crappy ones.

Funny side-note on the rooster sauce I read was that it has a loyal following in correctional institutions. I suppose it could also be used to blind a person temporarily, or add a little "spice" to prison sex.

Here's the Texas Pete brand. The only problem I have with it is that it's a flip-top, not a twist lid. It keeps getting gummed up. Bad design.