Hot Sauces

L Ross

Well-Known Member
Okay you characters, what is your favorite every day use hot sauce? I have several bottles of this and that laying around, but my every day hot sauce I reach for is Valentina's. I had a plate of Skillet Slop this morning left over from this weekend's shoot and I drizzled a little Valentina's on it.

So I'd like to hear what you guys use and like whether it is a store bought or home made hot sauce. JWFilips I'm sure with all the exotic peppers you grow you must have some good input. Ian, deep in the heart of the great State of Texas?

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L Ross

Well-Known Member
I have 3 flavors of Cholula, red, green, and Chipotle in the cupboard too. I don't care for traditional Tobasco but their Chipotle version is tasty.
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Tried dozens of brands and many different types of peppers, but never found a favorite. Used to get the stuff as Christmas presents. One day, about four or five years ago, and for no known reason, I stopped using it. Gave the supply to the local granddaughter's beau and have not missed it. Even freshly ground black pepper is used less often.
 

Joshua

Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
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This is my current go to sauce, I eat this stuff like it’s ketchup!

Valentina is good stuff, I’ve gone through many bottles of that sauce. They also make a black label Valentina that is hotter, which I also like.
 

L Ross

Well-Known Member
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This is my current go to sauce, I eat this stuff like it’s ketchup!

Valentina is good stuff, I’ve gone through many bottles of that sauce. They also make a black label Valentina that is hotter, which I also like.
Oh I've got a bottle of this stuff in the fridge too. I usually use it on Asian food though I'm not sure why. Hot is hot, and for me I about max out with this stuff.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
that stuff Josh shows is pretty good.
I like Sriracha too, it's good on Pizza.

my favorites are by a company called 'tropical hot sauce', they do ghost pepper and scotch bonnet sauces plus a couple of others that are a bit milder.
I really like the scotch bonnet one.
you apply it by the drop, not the shake, usually 5 drops per taco is all you need.

yeah it's hot.
all I have to do is show the bottle to the dogs, and they suddenly decide they are no longer interested in my Taco's.
 

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Years ago total ketchup replacement was LaVictoria taco, mild, medium, or hot depending on what you're applying it to. Potatoes, eggs, fish or any kinda sandwich or berger. For dumping on top of: any personal pick of foods Pace Picante sauce of various temps. Has a good mix of tomatoes, onions, peppers and seasonings, but heavier on the tomato sauce. I love a little zing, but, keep it simple, don't like sauces so hot you can't taste the main meal. If you are only tasting the "hot" zing, then get better quality main meal.
A number of years ago Certain chilly's started getting to my stomach, so backed off to milder stuff.
When I'd travel down to Sourthern California, to my brothers place (brother of a different mother) Vito would throw a BBQ and have the entire family over, big group, great food. Best of times. But, the sisters and sister in-laws would have a unspoken competition of different salsas. Sweet, tasty, hot but not eye watering hot. Always seemed to be at least 4 kinds, sometimes more, there was always various bowls of peppers around for the HOT. Some of those peppers would just smoke sitting in the bowl. You know the kind that you don't touch your eyes or any tender part of your body without washing first.
 

Rick

Moderator
Staff member
My favorite is quite easy and extremely economical . . . . None. Though I do on occasion have chips & salsa but on dinner? Never. I reckon I just come from too far north of the border for that.
 

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
If your using a, I use the word sauce with reservation here, that only needs a couple of drops, break-cleaner would probably work for a substitute. I like the tomatoey sauce flavor..
Fiver you and my DIL would get along great. She uses stuff that would start a hard to start engine in the cold.
 

Joshua

Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
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Good stuff! A little grind on pizza goes a long way!!!

Sorry, not a sauce.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
well,, there is a flavor in there.
you just have to find it.

most people see me eat some of the powders and sauces I use, and then try to point out that there is some jalapeno's over there for my whatever,, and are genuinely surprised when I tell them I don't like jalapeno's.
it's not all about the hot.
 

Rick H

Well-Known Member
For everyday use it is Frank's Red Hot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce. Willing to try most any of them, there is still a bottle of "Woman Scorned" in the fridge that my son suckered me with.
 

smokeywolf

Well-Known Member
We don't use as much pepper(s) as we used to. Mom's esophagitis has put some stiff limitations on spices. I still use some of the relatively new Tabasco-Sriracha blend and I use a fair amount of ground ancho, chipotle and cayenne.

I miss Korean Beef with lots of Gochujiang (spicy bean paste).
 

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Great diversity here it tastes and flavor! One I tried from Portland OR was "Soilent Green" named after the movie. it is another jalapeno and lime sauce. Just don't care for smoke favored or cilantro flavor in my sauces, as then tend to cover up meat tastes for me.

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Truly is better than people!
 

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
With my severe acid reflux, I don't do hot much anymore. I love Sichuan. My brand preference is for Crystal brand Louisiana hot sauce. Also like their steak sauce, along with London Pub. Both have half the sodium of A-1 brand.