Hot Sauce?

[MileHighGrowler]

There was a period last year where I had pretty hot sauces every day for a week or two. It's interesting how quickly your tolerance for hot food can adjust. It's also amazing how the next morning feels painless as your body gets used to it. I've also noticed that different pepper types effect me differently eating them. Some burn in the front of the tongue, some in the throat, some more tingly, some are slow to come on but linger, others blaze in but die quickly. All over the map. And it's not even consistent from one pepper to the next. Jalapenos aren't that spicy, relatively speaking, but I've gotten some from the grocery store and made poppers and had them light me up. The only real way to know how spicy they are is to test them. But I'm a guinea pig and just use my tongue for that.

Belsnickel, I know you love keeping it local with your food choices when you can. I think that's awesome, and love to explore the local items. There are a couple of hot sauce/BBQ sauce companies around here that I've tried. Always support local when possible! There's a hot sauce company in Boulder (I think they're call the Boulder Hot Sauce co) and they make a smoky serrano sauce that I love on Mexican food. One of the best I've had.

Tonight we had a roast in the slow cooker and I put some Secret Aardvark habanero sauce on it. Just a little drizzle. Really tasty. Those herbs and spices in hot sauce just bring out so much character from the rest of the food. I don't ever drown the food in sauce just enhance it a bit.