Dave's Total Insanity Hot Sauce isn't for the faint of heart. It's not Dave's hottest sauce but it can hold it's own. It has a long list of ingredients which contribute to the sauce in very different ways. Dave's Gourmet has been in the hot sauce game for quite a while now and they've built up a good amount of street credit.
It's pretty difficult to describe the intense heat of Ghost Peppers to people who've never eaten one. It's like describing the color red to someone who has been blind for their whole life. Scorching, painful, gut melting - all terms that come to mind. Downright scary - maybe to some. Spooky - probably not. Ghost peppers are also known as Naga Jolokia or Bhut Jolokia and they currently hold the title as the hottest chile in the world. And, I'm lucky enough to have a box of them in my fridge and one of them in my belly.
It seemed totally appropriate for me to review Hotlanta Hot Sauce Original Sweet Southern Heat for two reasons. First, it just won a Scovie Award and second, they cook it up right here in Atlanta, GA. I've kept a bottle of this stuff around since I first tasted it and it's a sauce that will continue to stay in my "arsenal" indefinitely.
I had the pleasure of tasting Dave's Gourmet Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce today. This hot sauce is made with the famed and acclaimed Bhut Jolokia pepper. A pin sized drop of this hot sauce on the tine of a fork lit me up so there was only one thing I could do - I needed to put a few more drops on my tacos. Was I possessed? Did it haunt my tacos ? I'm not entirely sure but it made me think that I might need to use a ten star rating system for the heat in these reviews.
Dave's Hurtin' Habanero Hot Sauce is without a doubt my usual hot sauce. What do you mean by usual hot sauce, you ask? Well, I have an answer for you. This is my everyday sauce - plain and simple. This is what I put on my eggs in the morning. This is the sauce I use when I'm not trying other sauces. This is the sauce that I "stand by" - at least until I decide I need something with even more heat.
I haven't tried all of the hot sauces that Melinda's produces but I love the ones that I have tried. The reason that I like Melinda's so much is these sauces are fantastic, have a high degree of heat and are available for a few bucks in your local supermarket. Well, they're available in MY local supermarket anyway.
Every once in awhile I'm guilty of an impulse buy and more often than not, the product is a spicy one. This time I was in the supermarket and I passed a shelf of hotsauce. There were a few sauces I hadn't yet tried so I grabbed a bottle of Walkerswood Hot Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce. It's a relatively inexpensive bottle of hot sauce so I figured I'd give it a spin.
Chile and hot sauce eating videos have become extremely popular over the past few years. Our friend, Scott Roberts, decided to take on Blair's Ultra Death Hot Sauce on video a few months ago so I figured I'd share it with you fine folks. While some people resort to eating chile peppers, hot sauce or other spicy foods to put themselves into a world of hurt ala "Jackass" for entertainment purposes, Scott's video is much more informative. This video says so much more than a written article ever could and Scott has an interesting and entertaining style.
Dave's Gourmet Insanity Mustard is awesome and it's no surprise. They've consistently been supplying chile lovers with fantastic hot sauces and condiments that range from tame to insane. I haven't met a Dave's Gourmet product that I didn't like and without a doubt, this one is one of my favorite chile-nerd products. I've slathered this on pretty much every sandwich I've eaten for lunch over the past two weeks.
I was link surfing on the internet one day and guess where my clicking took me? Right here - Mozambique Peri Peri Pepper Drops. I was curious and they looked really good so I decided to give them spin. If you like to eat pickled peppers, chile stuffed olives or spicy pickles as a snack then these will be right up your alley. These piquante peppers are about the size of a cherry tomato but they pack lots of flavor. They are pickled with peri peri spice (African Bird's Eye Pepper) which is what gives them their spicy, sweet kick. And, I must say, I really enjoyed them stuffed with cheese as they recommend.
