02-02-2021, 04:19 PM
Anyone into hot sauce? About 10 years ago if you came to my house I would have had a bottle of Tabasco that got pulled out of the pantry maybe once a month, maybe. Then I got a couple of more when I lived in California and needed some different heats/spices for the Asian and Mexican food that was everywhere. So I had some sriracha, and some kind of chipotle sauce. The super basics, but I felt like I had as much hot sauce as I'd ever need.
A few years ago, I came across a YouTube show called Hot Ones. It's an interview show and really well done, but the twist is that with each question comes an increasingly hot chicken wing. And not just "insanity" sauce like you'd find at the local wing joint, but all of these different sauces. I was totally intrigued and ended up trying a few. Last fall I signed up for the monthly subscription box, so I get three new sauces every month now. And I love them. I've got probably 12 different sauces currently opened, and they cover such a wide array of flavors. I've got one that's smoky, one that has balsamic flavor, one that's spicy garlic, one hitting Indian flavors, one with lime and heat, one that was aged in bourbon barrels and carries a depth of flavor that works with big meat flavors, one with a honey base, and so on. Just a hot sauce for every occasion.
I also make my own. I've grown jalapenos, scotch bonnets and serranoes the past two years and made salsas and hot sauces with those.
I'm not a spicy food freak, where I need it on a meal, but I've really opened my eyes a lot to the different flavors I just never even thought about and it's been a fun exploration.
A few years ago, I came across a YouTube show called Hot Ones. It's an interview show and really well done, but the twist is that with each question comes an increasingly hot chicken wing. And not just "insanity" sauce like you'd find at the local wing joint, but all of these different sauces. I was totally intrigued and ended up trying a few. Last fall I signed up for the monthly subscription box, so I get three new sauces every month now. And I love them. I've got probably 12 different sauces currently opened, and they cover such a wide array of flavors. I've got one that's smoky, one that has balsamic flavor, one that's spicy garlic, one hitting Indian flavors, one with lime and heat, one that was aged in bourbon barrels and carries a depth of flavor that works with big meat flavors, one with a honey base, and so on. Just a hot sauce for every occasion.
I also make my own. I've grown jalapenos, scotch bonnets and serranoes the past two years and made salsas and hot sauces with those.
I'm not a spicy food freak, where I need it on a meal, but I've really opened my eyes a lot to the different flavors I just never even thought about and it's been a fun exploration.
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