The five essential hot sauces

[Shel_B]

Sriracha- can't do Asian without

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There are at least several brands of Sriracha sauce available, and they all taste different. So, to just say "Sriracha" isn't all that helpful in some instances.

Has anyone tried Shark brand? It's from Thailand, no preservatives, and from what I can tell from reading descriptions, not quite as sweet as the more ubiquitous "rooster" brand. I like the idea that it comes in glass bottles rather than a plastic bottle.

Shel

Edited September 3, 2007 by Shel_B (log)

[menon1971]

Sriracha- can't do Asian without

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There are at least several brands of Sriracha sauce available, and they all taste different. So, to just say "Sriracha" isn't all that helpful in some instances.

Has anyone tried Shark brand? It's from Thailand, no preservatives, and from what I can tell from reading descriptions, not quite as sweet as the more ubiquitous "rooster" brand. I like the idea that it comes in glass bottles rather than a plastic bottle.

Shel

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I just happen to have some in my fridge. My verdict: it is just about as sweet as the rooster brand, but thinner, lighter in color, and a little less robust (a bit ketchupy), but overall good. I believe it is a bit less expensive as well.

[Dante]

Dave’s insanity I find is only good to heat up chili.  Otherwise it’s useless.

I'll agree that the standard Insanity is best only as an additive (I'm not keen ont he flavour in and of itself, tho I do find it more pleasant than the rather-similar Endorphin Rush), rather than as a table sauce, but some of his other variants work nicely as table sauces, and I'm rather fond of his "Jump Up and Kiss Me" line of hot sauces.

Sincerely,

Dante

[MarketStEl]

Ideally, I'd like to go to one website, probably http://peppers.com/

Oh, my- Peppers. My Sister-in-Law's husband took me to dinner at Starboard restaurant in lieu of giving me a batchelor party. We stopped there afterwards.

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How long ago was this?

It looks as if Peppers has closed their Dewey Beach and downtown Rehoboth Beach locations in favor of their emporium in the Tanger Outlets Oceanside at 365xx Highway 1 (they must have renumbered the addresses on DE 1 to continue northward from the north end of Ocean City, MD (155th St -- the Delaware-Maryland border)).

I stopped there on the way out of Rehoboth this past weekend. I could get lost in that place and spend all day at the tasting bar. As it was, it was on the strength of the samples that I walked out with a variety pack of their own make Blue Crab Salsa. I also walked out with a bottle of Original Juan (Pain Is Good) Batch 114 Jamaican Style Hot Sauce, a bottle of orange peel habanero sauce from Belize, and a bottle of lemon-herb piri piri sauce (Zulu Zulu).

If I had a few more bucks, I would have walked out with much, much more. It would probably have required me to rent the studio apartment next door to store it all.

Peppers is absolutely amazing.

[bigbear]

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If I had a few more bucks, I would have walked out with much, much more.  It would probably have required me to rent the studio apartment next door to store it all.

Peppers is absolutely amazing.

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Try a bottle of their Georgia Peach and Vidalia Onion Hot Sauce. It's addictive. I can see why they also sell gallon jugs of it.

[Katie Meadow]

Okay, before the hangover crowd stumbles over to check their thread mail....I don't want to veer off topic, but, what would anyone prefer in a Bloody Mary if you don't like Tabasco? For that I can't help but go with Tabasco; maybe it's a nostalgia thing. Tapatio is good for a quick ratchet-up of a red chile sauce, but I think it tastes distinctly of American-style enchiladas, so it has limited use for me. Oysters, well, if I had only six I would just stick to a squirt of lemon. If I had a dozen, I might have a few with Tabasco or Pickapeppa.

Here's my list, in alphabetical order:

Chinese Black Bean hot sauce (Pot-stickers w/out that hot red oil: sad.)

Chipotle in Adobo (Thank god the cans are small.)

Harissa (A paste in a tube--does it count? But what a tube! I'm a huge fan.)

Pickapeppa (Tastes like nothing else.)

Tabasco (Because it's there, and it's always been there.)

[Dante]

Try a bottle of their Georgia Peach and Vidalia Onion Hot Sauce. It's addictive. I can see why they also sell gallon jugs of it.

oh yes- I'd second that recommendation. Still got the remnants of a bottle of that in the fridge (need to get more)- my wife loves it! Nifty bottle art too...

Sincerely,

Dante

[Dante]

Oh, my- Peppers. My Sister-in-Law's husband took me to dinner at Starboard restaurant in lieu of giving me a batchelor party. We stopped there afterwards.

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How long ago was this?