Most (perhaps not all) of the superhot sauces are
better described as tincture of capsaicin. Rather than being culinary
concoctions, they are essentially extracts of the "hot" chemical component
of chilies. A fairly typical example of the American propensity to ruin
good things through ignorance or excess. This national characteristic is a
strength in many of areas of life, but tends to ruin good food--not just a
croissant, but a jelly bean croissant, for example...
I grew up in Latin America, eating the hottest of
peppers, but most superhot "sauces" are related to chilies like citric acid is
related to lemon. The whole concept sort of seems to fly in the face of
one of NAFEX's goals--to seek out the very finest fruit of its kind. Why
would one want to do just the opposite with the chili fruit?
Just wondering,
Steve Herje, Lone Rock, Wisconsin, USDA zone
3
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 9:09
AM
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Tabasco the new
pesticide?
Sorry, folks, but the HOTTEST hot sauce in the world is 357 Mad
Dog. It's insane. It has a little flavor, but really it's all
about heat. http://www.hotsauceworld.com/357maddoghot.html
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Original Message ----- From: "Scott Williamson"
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:21:25 -0500 To:
"North American Fruit Explorers" Subject: RE:
[NAFEX] Tabasco the new pesticide?
If you like Daves
check out: http://www.wildpepper.com/
Their Backdraft sauce
is as hot as Daves with a better flavor. It goes great in BBQ.
And if you want something really hot try their UnBEARable sauce its way
hotter than Daves. I know theres lots of others out there hotter than
Daves, but I like this site because they concentrate more on flavor than heat
(well except for the UnBEARable sauce).
-----Original
Message----- From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of Lucky
Pittman Sent: Thursday,
September 09, 2004 2:10 PM To: North American Fruit
Explorers Subject: Re:
[NAFEX] Tabasco the new pesticide?
At 11:43 AM 9/9/2004 -0500, you
wrote:
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch
farmers have devised a hot and spicy way to stop rabbits and rodents from
munching their lettuce, carrots and wheat. The farmers will now try to
make Tabasco an officially recognized pesticide for subsidized use on a larger
scale. At least five small supermarket-sized bottles of the spicy sauce are
needed for spraying 1 hectare (2.5 acres) of crops.
Tabasco? Spicy?
NOT!!! If they want something hot, they ought to try some of the Dave's
Insanity Sauces. Now, we're talking HOT!!! http://www.davesgourmet.com/insauces.html
However,
my current favorite is Bufalo brand Jalapeno sauce - red, red, red, with a
really good flavor, and not especially hot. Lends a very good flavor to
foods, which can then be heated up by eating a handful of habaneros on the
side.
Lucky
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