Brings tears to my eyes - in the good way

[Math Is Hard]

ooohweee..I so love this stuff!
Scorned Woman Hot Sauce
http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsauceworld_1866_28001317
I like Tabasco and Red Rooster sauce,too.
What else is good?

 

[Evo]

Frank's Redhot Original

They were the secret ingredient in the original Buffalo Wings. It's yummy! It has garlic in it. I just recently discovered it.

http://www.franksredhot.com/recipe/franks/images/product_o_bottle.gif

http://www.franksredhot.com/recipe/franks/products_o.jsp?fc=1

 

[Astronuc]

Dave's Insanity,

Total Insanity
http://www.davesgourmet.peachhost.com/ct_idato.JPG

and now "ULTIMATE INSANITY SAUCE"
http://www.davesgourmet.peachhost.com/ct_idaui.JPG

There is also Dave's After Death Hotsauce, but I don't think it's made anymore.

I also have - Mad Dog Inferno Hot Sauce
http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsauceworld_1866_26945105

 

[Math Is Hard]

Oh, Evo! I got to have some! A garlic twang right in the middle of that heat would be so amazing!

This reminds me of something we were discussing in biology class. We were talking about taste sensations of sweet, salty, sour, and bitter, and someone in the class said Japanese scientists were working on classifying another taste. Anyone heard of that? I think they were calling it "wasabi" after, well.. wasabi, which is hot-tasting. Do we have specific "hot" taste receptors on the tongue? It seems to me that they all feel the burn when you eat something spicy.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Astronuc, those look great! Have you tried all three?

 

[Evo]

Oh, Evo! I got to have some! A garlic twang right in the middle of that heat would be so amazing!

Yeah, it's good. Not that I've ever just poured it into a teaspoon and eaten it that way. Oh, no, that would be wrong.

This reminds me of something we were discussing in biology class. We were talking about taste sensations of sweet, salty, sour, and bitter, and someone in the class said Japanese scientists were working on classifying another taste. Anyone heard of that? I think they were calling it "wasabi" after, well.. wasabi, which is hot-tasting. Do we have specific "hot" taste receptors on the tongue? It seems to me that they all feel the burn when you eat something spicy.

Oooh wasabi. That, like horseradish, will clear your sinuses. I haven't heard of the new taste though.

 

[Gokul43201]

I remember this little shop (near Fisherman's Wharf) that sold hundreds of different kinds of hot sauce (all with funny or naughty names)...and nothing else, I think. Been there ?

 

[Moonbear]

I think the whole idea of only having four types of taste receptors in different parts of the tongue is outdated, it just hasn't worked its way out of textbooks yet.

I'm just imagining MIH having a guy over for dinner, serving up some great Texas BBQ, and then setting a bottle of "Scorned Woman" on the table in front of him. I guess you should wait until you know a guy really well before you let him near your hotsauce.

I've got to get some new hotsauces. I don't really like Tabasco because it has too much vinegar for my liking. I like ones that either add heat without much other flavor...just a few drops to give food a good kick rather than to change the flavor...or that have a really nice, rich, non-vinegar flavor.

 

[marcus]

The name must be a reference to the proverb that
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

ooohweee..I so love this stuff!
Scorned Woman Hot Sauce
http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsauceworld_1866_28001317

 

[hypatia]

Hold on Hanna a slightly sweet Amish hot sauce mmm mmm good

 

[Astronuc]

Astronuc, those look great! Have you tried all three?

I have used Total Insanity and Mad Dog Inferno many times. They are among the hottest. I don't have Ultimate Insanity yet, but I do have Dave's Gourmet Private Reserve.
http://www.davesgourmet.com/introduction.html

One place where I get various hot sauces - Including Megadeath, Da Bomb, Satan's Blood - and Hot Licks products are pretty good.
http://www.2hotlicks.com/

Hot Licks has a store in Long Beach -
Shoreline Village
419-H Shoreline Village Drive
Long Beach, California
562.437.8774

http://www.hotsauceworld.com/

I try to find and collect hottest sauces.

 

[Artman]

I guess you should wait until you know a guy really well before you let him near your hotsauce.

At least make him buy you dinner first.

 

[Entropy]

Frank's Redhot Original

They were the secret ingredient in the original Buffalo Wings. It's yummy! It has garlic in it. I just recently discovered it.
http://www.franksredhot.com/recipe/f...cts_o.jsp?fc=1

Oh hellz yeah! Just discovered when I moved into my dorm. Freakin' delicious!

 

[Entropy]

Some day I'm going to make my own hot sauce. The ingredents will be capsaicin and water, mostly capsaicin.

Wait! Damnit my secret recipe is out!

 

[Math Is Hard]

It's comforting to know I am not alone in my love of the spicy red stuff!

Gokul, I have been to Fisherman's Wharf, but unfortunately I missed the hot sauce shop! If only I had known!

Moonbear, my momma always told me to never let a man near my hot sauce until the third date!

Thanks for all the great suggestions, y'all!

oh, I almost forgot ... I could eat this stuff straight up from a teaspoon like Evo does - I mean like Evo said you shouldn't
http://www.huyfong.com/images/sriracha.jpg

mmm...Sriracha!

 

[Evo]

Oooh, I'll have to try some. I love hot sauce.

I've been known to bring out my hot sauce on the first date.

 

[DocToxyn]

mmm...Sriracha!

MIH, you beat me to it! They also make a really nice http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/product.htm" sauce, not as smooth as the sriracha, but great straight up or for adding some heat to other sauces like peanut, hoisin, nuoc cham, etc. Nice company too, they just had a write-up in a recent Saveur.

Tabasco has a chipotle pepper sauce that is pretty good too, if you like a little smoke with your heat. Plus, you can get their sauce in a convenient gallon size.
http://countrystore.tabasco.com/images/template/gallon_chipotle.gif

 

[wolram]

From Ivans post.

Possible Side Effects **

Another from Blair, may cause some serious (you guessed it) side effects! At 283,000 scoville units, it is no wonder This sauce has caused people to see the words "free sex" on the bottle of this sauce. A side effect? Maybe. A hot-ass sauce? Definitely! The only legal hallucinogen I know of!
One of my favorite snacks was, pickled ginger and chili, with crackers and cheese, but it is not in the shops now

 

[DocToxyn]

I think the whole idea of only having four types of taste receptors in different parts of the tongue is outdated, it just hasn't worked its way out of textbooks yet.

Yeah, I think the whole tasting zone thing is out, but apparently they is still http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4399584.stm" to be done in this field.

BTW that other "taste" is umami, so wasabi was pretty close, it's described as a rich meaty sensation, more akin to "mouth-feel".

 

[Astronuc]

Sriracha is way too mild!

Satan's Blood - This outrageously hot extract sauce is unbelievable. It will scare the wits out of you. Conceived at 800,000 Scoville Units, on Friday the 13th of October, 2000, during the full moon. This extract is blood red and packed in a unique bottle. This is the hottest extract you'll ever want to use. At 800,000 Scoville Units it is all the heat you will ever need. Manufactured in Florida. 1.35 oz

http://69.84.131.181/images/products/hotsauce/Satans_Blood_Hot_Pepper_Sauce.jpg Hot Licks makes customers sign liability waivers on this product.

 

[arildno]

Sriracha is way too mild!

http://69.84.131.181/images/products/hotsauce/Satans_Blood_Hot_Pepper_Sauce.jpg Hot Licks makes customers sign liability waivers on this product.

.
What is this supposed to represent? I'm shocked..

 

[Smurf]

Oooh, I'll have to try some. I love hot sauce.
I've been known to bring out my hot sauce on the first date.

You've been known to do a whole lot more than that on the first date.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I've been known to bring out my hot sauce on the first date.

One of my favorite snacks was, pickled ginger and chili, with crackers and cheese, but it is not in the shops now

I love pickled ginger, too. I get all kinds of crazy pickles down at the Japanese market. I tried some Indian pickles last week, though, and - BLEHH!

MIH, you beat me to it! They also make a really nice http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/product.htm" sauce, not as smooth as the sriracha, but great straight up or for adding some heat to other sauces like peanut, hoisin, nuoc cham, etc. Nice company too, they just had a write-up in a recent Saveur.

I couldn't stand it anymore - I just ran down to the Korean BBQ place. I am back with chicken, rice drizzled with sriracha. Nice helping of kim chee on the side, too. I am supposed to go sit with someone and give him computer help after this. Poor bastard!

Tabasco has a chipotle pepper sauce that is pretty good too, if you like a little smoke with your heat. Plus, you can get their sauce in a convenient gallon size.

excellent! I never could figure out the reason for those tiny one-serving bottles.

BTW that other "taste" is umami, so wasabi was pretty close, it's described as a rich meaty sensation, more akin to "mouth-feel".

I thought my class-mate's story didn't sound quite right!
[QUOTE='Nuc]
Hot Licks makes customers sign liability waivers on this product... At 800,000 Scoville Units it is all the heat you will ever need.
[/QUOTE]
oohwee! I had to go look up the http://www.chemsoc.org/exemplarchem/entries/mbellringer/scoville.htm" - had never heard of it.

What is this supposed to represent? I'm shocked..

I like this one
http://www.cosmicchile.com/cosmicchile/images/items/pleasure-and-pain.jpg
Pleasure and Pain Hot Sauce

 

[arildno]

That's simply distasteful, MIH.

 

[Math Is Hard]

That's simply distasteful, MIH.

Actually I've heard it's very tasty!

 

[arildno]

Couldn't you find something rather more..matronly?

 

[Math Is Hard]

This one comes in a pretty heart-shaped bottle, suitable for gift-giving:
http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsaucecatalog_1869_8796923
It's called http://www.firegirl.com/hs1401.html" !

 

[brewnog]

I had a bottle of Arson Fire chilli sauce a while back. Was given it for Christmas, but never managed to find a replacement! I generally just have some tabasco for cooking with, and some Zulu chilli sauce for cheese on toast and salads. Mmmmmmmm!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Did anyone notice this one from the link?
http://www.chez-williams.com/Hot Sauce/hothome.htm

16 Million Scoville units!

"Blair's 16 Million Reserve **
That's it. The race is over. It's chemically impossible to get any hotter ! Not really a sauce, but worthy of inclusion.
What you will find inside the Famous Reserve bottle is amazing, a 1ml pharmaceutical grade vial filled with this Pure Capsaicin Crystal.--No more than 999 Bottles will be offered"

 

[Math Is Hard]

I had a bottle of Arson Fire chilli sauce a while back. Was given it for Christmas, but never managed to find a replacement!

I hate it when I find something good like that and then can't get it anymore.

I generally just have some tabasco for cooking with, and some Zulu chilli sauce for cheese on toast and salads. Mmmmmmmm

I don't think we have Zulu sauce over here across the pond. Never seen it anyway.

16 Million Scoville units!

That looks really dangerous!

 

[Math Is Hard]

I don't know if I could go for these "dessert" hot sauces:
http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsaucecatalog_1869_971576
They have flavors like Key Lime, Chocolate Orange, and Lemon Vanilla:

Hot Sauce for Dessert? You bet. Use as a pancake syrup, topper on oatmeal, on cake or cheesecake, pour on fresh fruit, use as a grilling sauce for meat, or our favorite: over ice cream! Yum. Very popular.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I don't know my limit, do you? What do you think is the realistic limit for scoville units? At some point it must be not only painful beyond the point of any possible enjoyment, but also dangerous. The hottest thing that I ever ate was a pepper found in some thai food, I think. It was beyond hot. It literally felt as though my tongue had been cut.

 

[quantumdude]

Frank's Redhot Original
They were the secret ingredient in the original Buffalo Wings. It's yummy! It has garlic in it.

Damn straight! I use that stuff like some people use ketchup.

I just recently discovered it.

Didn't I once read that you used to live in Saratoga Springs, NY? I would have thought that you would have discovered it then. I live about 25 min south of there, and Frank's is on the table at all the local diners. It's great with home fries--the taters really soak it up. Yummmmm...

 

[Danger]

I think the whole idea of only having four types of taste receptors in different parts of the tongue is outdated,

It was my understanding that the 'heat' from peppers and such is actually an alkalyne burn. Is that incorrect?

I like ones that either add heat without much other flavor...just a few drops to give food a good kick rather than to change the flavor...or that have a really nice, rich, non-vinegar flavor.

I don't use sauces much for that very reason (allergic to vinegar), although I love medium Our Compliments or Old El Paso chunky salsa. For heat, I use cayenne or more often the little dry chilis that you get with a pizza. They don't change the taste of the food at all.

 

[Evo]

Damn straight! I use that stuff like some people use ketchup.

Didn't I once read that you used to live in Saratoga Springs, NY? I would have thought that you would have discovered it then. I live about 25 min south of there, and Frank's is on the table at all the local diners. It's great with home fries--the taters really soak it up. Yummmmm...

I can't believe that I never tried it until now. I used to live in Ballston Spa, kind of between Clifton Park and Saratoga Springs.

The Bistro at my new office has it and I put it on my breakfast last month and have been hooked ever since. :!) I have a bottle of it next to me right now. Oooh taters would be good with it. I even poured some on my popcorn the other night.

 

[Moonbear]

Wow, I think Red Hot has always been a staple in my kitchen. Like Tom said, you can use it like ketchup. I think it's one of the milder sauces out. Nice flavor though.

Danger, there's an actual taste receptor for capsaicin, the stuff that makes hot stuff hot. Animals that don't have the receptor for it can eat it all day and never have a problem. I guess some of us have downregulated our receptors more than others.

I don't have a clue what the maximum "safe" level would be, but I'm pretty sure pharmaceutical grade, crystalline capsaicin would be dangerous. I'm surprised they're even allowed to sell it without a license or something.

 

[Danger]

I used to live in Ballston Spa

I can't believe that you left a place with a name like that.

Thanks for the info, Moonbear.

 

[Evo]

Wow, I think Red Hot has always been a staple in my kitchen. Like Tom said, you can use it like ketchup. I think it's one of the milder sauces out. Nice flavor though.

Yes, it's mild, I use it for the flavor. When I lived in Texas I would come home from work and eat a plate of stuffed jalapenos for a snack. I put jalapenos on everything, hotsauce on everything. You do get used to it.

Then when I moved up north (before Mexican and other hot cuisines became trendy) I hardly ever got to eat jalapenos. My mother used to send me cans of them because you couldn't buy them in the stores there. I lost my tolerance to them. Now I'm a wimp. I prefer flavor to heat now.

 

[Gale]

wow, would you believe that i read this whole thread earlier... and i didn't understand what the title meant... d'oh! i thought like... you know when you cry cause you're happy? i thought that's what MIH meant, and i was like, man... i like hot sauce, but not THAT much! but i just now realized that its so hot it makes her eyes water! wow...

my dad says "if it doesn't make me cry, it aint hot enough." its so funny watching him eat mexican food, (his family is mexican..) cause his face gets so red and his eyes water up, and we're like wow... he's going to kill himself. but he's always real pleased in the end...

 

[Astronuc]

When I lived in Texas I would come home from work and eat a plate of stuffed jalapenos for a snack. I put jalapenos on everything, hotsauce on everything. You do get used to it.

Same here.

The wife of my roommate introduced me to jalapeños with raspberry jam and cream cheese. And then I have found jalapeño-raspberry jam which is really good.

And one of my favoriter meals was the 'Double Death Burger' - two quarter pound patties marinaded in tobasco sauce and jalapeño juice, and cooked and served with chopped jalapeños, with lettuce and tomato.


Regarding Frank's Red Hot - and Tom's comment "I use that stuff like some people use ketchup."

Hey Frank's Red Hot is ketchup as far as I'm concerned. Too mild.

Now I have to get bottles of Ultimate Insanity and Blair's 16 Million Reserve (although one place want $249.95 for it), but I might have to settle for Blair's 6 am.

But this looks interesting "The Embrace!(Adam&Eve Hot Sauce)" -

http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsauceworld_1866_36868424

 

[franznietzsche]

ooohweee..I so love this stuff!
Scorned Woman Hot Sauce
http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsauceworld_1866_28001317
I like Tabasco and Red Rooster sauce,too.
What else is good?

That's awesome!

 

[DocToxyn]

I don't have a clue what the maximum "safe" level would be, but I'm pretty sure pharmaceutical grade, crystalline capsaicin would be dangerous. I'm surprised they're even allowed to sell it without a license or something.

Published rodent LD50 values (this is the dose it takes to kill 50% of the animals in a test) are around 190 mg/kg. Take your average 200 lb male= 90 kg, and you would need 17.1 g to hit this dose level. This is roughly equivalent to the total mass in 48 tablets of advil, which is a fair amount of compound and would likely not fit in the vial I have seen in the pictures (1 ml of water is only 1.0 g). Of course if you factor in the 10X safety margin for extrapolating rodent data to humans then you're getting kinda' close. However I doubt they could legally sell something like this and have it be potentially deadly, although here is a disclaimer I found on http://www.tastethepain.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product333.html" selling the Blaire's 16. BTW the price ranges from $200 to $230.

1. Due to the extremely hot nature of this product (up to 16,000,000 scoville units), I agree that 16 Million Reserve shall be used only as a food additive. This products can cause serious injury if directly consumed, ingested and/or applied to the eyes, or any other bodily organs.
2. 16 Million Reserve is to be used at my own risk, and I fully understand the potential danger if handled improperly.
3. If I give this product as a gift, I will make the recipient fully aware of the potential danger if handled improperly, or directly consumed.
4. I hereby disclaim, release, and relinquish any and all claims, actions and/or lawsuits that I, or any of my dependents, heirs, or family members may have relating to any damage and/or injury that results, or is alleged to have resulted, from the use, consumption, ingestion, and/or contact of any bodily part or organ of or from 16 Million Reserve.
5. I am not inebriated, and I am fully able to make a sound decision about the purchase if these products.

I used to live in Ballston Spa, kind of between Clifton Park and Saratoga Springs.

I can't remember if we talked about this before, but I lived in Clifton Park for about a year. The commute through the Twin Bridges was too much.

 

[Danger]

1. Due to the extremely hot nature of this product (up to 16,000,000 scoville units), I agree that 16 Million Reserve shall be used only as a food additive. This products can cause serious injury if directly consumed, ingested and/or applied to the eyes, or any other bodily organs.
2. 16 Million Reserve is to be used at my own risk, and I fully understand the potential danger if handled improperly.
3. If I give this product as a gift, I will make the recipient fully aware of the potential danger if handled improperly, or directly consumed.
4. I hereby disclaim, release, and relinquish any and all claims, actions and/or lawsuits that I, or any of my dependents, heirs, or family members may have relating to any damage and/or injury that results, or is alleged to have resulted, from the use, consumption, ingestion, and/or contact of any bodily part or organ of or from 16 Million Reserve.
5. I am not inebriated, and I am fully able to make a sound decision about the purchase if these products.

Something similar should be required at McDonalds.

 

[quantumdude]

I purchased this product in New Orleans in 2001. Hot stuff!

http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsauceworld_1866_25388526

http://www.hotsauceworld.com/assintubhots.html

 

[Math Is Hard]

I'll probably catch some flack for this, but I'm really kinda fond of Del Scorcho packets from Del Taco.
http://www.geocities.com/thesquarerootoftwo/photos/deltaco.jpg
Not a lot of heat, but good flavor.

 

[brewnog]

MiH, my dad brought the Zulu stuff back from Chile! I'm sure I've seen it on sale here since, but haven't been able to find any lately. It's lovely and gloopy, much thicker than tabasco but a lot easier to pour or dash than many other sauces I've found.

A guy I know's favourite snack is peanut butter and jalapeño sandwiches. Sounds so wrong, but it's absolutely lovely, especially on brown bread with a bit of ground black pepper. Just remember to drain off the vinegar if you can't find fresh jalapeños!


(Respect due to Astroñuc for saving me the ñ effort)

 

[Math Is Hard]

I don't know my limit, do you? What do you think is the realistic limit for scoville units? At some point it must be not only painful beyond the point of any possible enjoyment, but also dangerous. The hottest thing that I ever ate was a pepper found in some thai food, I think. It was beyond hot. It literally felt as though my tongue had been cut.

ooh, man, those little Thai peppers are definitely my limit! They are like little blowtorches in the mouth. What really hurts is when you're naive in the ways of capsaicin and you grab the ice-water and gulp it down and ahHHH! the burn just gets worse. All the while tears are running down your face and you're fanning your tongue and trying to make some kind of international symbol for milk to the waitress.

 

[tribdog]

Now I have to get bottles of Ultimate Insanity and Blair's 16 Million Reserve (although one place want $249.95 for it), but I might have to settle for Blair's 6 am.

two fifty huh? hmmmm

 

[Ivan Seeking]

As it turns out, capsaicin is used in survival kits to thwart grizzly bears.

Astronuc, that covers two bases at once for you, eh?