The great Hot Sauce Debate

[breambob]

So we've had all the other annual debates hashed out pretty good. Now for Hot Sauce.

I have at least a dozen different bottles of sauce in my tray by the stove. The biggest and most used is Crystal, my favorite, me. How about your favorite?

And is Pickapeppa a hot sauce or just an excellent condiment?

[Zydekitten]

So we've had all the other annual debates hashed out pretty good. Now for Hot Sauce.

I have at least a dozen different bottles of sauce in my tray by the stove. The biggest and most used is Crystal, my favorite, me. How about your favorite?

And is Pickapeppa a hot sauce or just an excellent condiment?

Well, I don't partake my own self . . . but my hunka, hunka Burnin' Love, who's a native-born and raised New Orleanian prefers Crystal also. He says Tabasco is too vinegary and has a flavor that interferes with the food on which it's put (as opposed to adding heat to it).

He also does like a hot sauce I got him called "Cajun Sunshine" - which I got at my local natural foods store.

Sorry, I can't weigh in on Pickapeppa . . . I'm open to hear other options I can get Denbear. :)

[ohio]

So we've had all the other annual debates hashed out pretty good. Now for Hot Sauce.

I have at least a dozen different bottles of sauce in my tray by the stove. The biggest and most used is Crystal, my favorite, me. How about your favorite?

And is Pickapeppa a hot sauce or just an excellent condiment?I'll go with Crytal.
Pickapeppa is a condiment, but a damn fine one!

[PaulC]

So we've had all the other annual debates hashed out pretty good. Now for Hot Sauce.

I have at least a dozen different bottles of sauce in my tray by the stove. The biggest and most used is Crystal, my favorite, me. How about your favorite?

And is Pickapeppa a hot sauce or just an excellent condiment?


Been' considerin' the thought of this thread for months,.. could neva' figure out why it neva' came out to play....

Crystal is the absolute King (Queen??) when it comes to high quality at low cost but there's betta'... A brand of Cajun Sunshine Hot Pepper is my sauce du' jour,.. but that too will change... I gots like 20 different bottles in the fridge... Taste always impresses me more than scorchin' heat...

[Corona]

I love the Panola hot sauce that gris gris gave us last year. I found I always reached for the one over the Crystal but they both rock!

[ibjamn]

Well, I don't partake my own self . . . but my hunka, hunka Burnin' Love, who's a native-born and raised New Orleanian prefers Crystal also. He says Tabasco is too vinegary and has a flavor that interferes with the food on which it's put (as opposed to adding heat to it).

He also does like a hot sauce I got him called "Cajun Sunshine" - which I got at my local natural foods store.

Sorry, I can't weigh in on Pickapeppa . . . I'm open to hear other options I can get Denbear. :)

That's funny, kitty, cuz I like Crystal BECAUSE of the vinegary taste. I don't like Tabasco cuz I think it's all heat & no taste, except for chipotle Tabasco, which I love. I have a bottle of grisgris' Panola sauce on my desk at work which I use for lunch! :)

[Staxsun]

If I'm using a little in cooking, I like Tabasco. If I'm garnishing or spicing already cooked food, I like lots of them. Crystal is way up there.

[Moon]

I like Texas Pete just cause it so silly. A Louisianna hot sauce named after a Texas cowboy that's made in North Carolina.

[NeenAtlanta]

Not a hot sauce user myself, but Big Joe's favorite is called Yucatan Sunshine.

http://www.luzianne.com/template_buy_product.cfm?ID=70&

[pokerchick66]

I agree with Ib about why Crystal and not Tobasco.

Crystal all the way.

[BigDag]

I'm a Tabasco guy. I especially like the green Tabasco.

[ncfunk]

I prefer Frank's Red Hot myself, or the French Market XXXX hot sauce if I REALLY want it hot.

[Orleansnj]

Crystal to soak raw onions before making them into onion rings - without a doubt (try it - you'll like it - you'll never eat them the 'other' way again)...and Tabasco green for a lot of other things. I think that Tabasco red is too vinegary too

[piscesgirl]

I prefer "Louisiana" hot sauce, which I guess is Crystal. I've never heard anyone actually call it Crystal, though. In all my high school years of working at in a poboy shop, everyone always called it "Louisiana hot sauce".

And I do agree, Tabasco is all heat, no flavor.

[Michelino]

I'm a Tabasco guy. I especially like the green Tabasco.

Yeah that green jalapeno Tabasco is especially great for raw oysters and clams.

[bluesmama]

I grew up on Tabasco. Truth be known, it was probably added to my bottles when I was a baby. My father is the #1 fan. When you go with him to a restaurant, you had better pray there is a bottle sitting on the table and Lord have mercy if they try to give him a substitute when he asks for a bottle. He goes into this long tirade about how it is aged in oak barrels ect. ect.
I think McIlhenny should put him on the payroll! I've seen restaurant owners send employees out to buy a bottle, just to shut him up!
Myself, I love Crystal. (shh...don't tell daddy)

[sfnola]

Pisces- Crystal and Louisiana ARE different. I spent years living on Crystal alone, and then during my first Jazzfest I got what I still consider to be some of the finest fried chicken in the world, at the fairgrounds (Food 1, oh man I can't wait!). The hot sauce at their booth was Louisiana, and with one taste I was hooked.

That said, I still prefer Crystal with eggs and potatoes for breakfast, and Louisiana with just about everything else.

Now here's another question: to refrigerate or not to refrigerate?

[piscesgirl]

Thanks, sfnola! Shows how observant I am.

[bluesmama]

Tobasco was never around long enough! Even the hugh bottles were used in no time.
I keep Crystal in the refrigerator.

[nofunkfan]

is the best...

[MzJoey]

...just waiting for some tomato, onions and cilantro to make EVERYTHING you put it in...just a lil bit tastier....i don't like vinegary tastes...so i don't like that bottled stuff....If you want it more saucy and tomato-y, you just cook up the tomatoes a bit w/all (but I always like to add fresh tomatoes back in at the end)....yummy!!

[Zydekitten]

That's funny, kitty, cuz I like Crystal BECAUSE of the vinegary taste. I don't like Tabasco cuz I think it's all heat & no taste, except for chipotle Tabasco, which I love. I have a bottle of grisgris' Panola sauce on my desk at work which I use for lunch! :)

Jenn: That IS funny, everybody tastes things differently sometimes. Just brings me back to my mantra, "To each, his/her peach."

Den is so cute - I can tell when his food is hot enough from when his "sun roof" (or double-crown, as my ex-husband used to call his) begins to shvitz! :D

[Mojo Rises]

I am a huge hot sauce fan. I put it on everything. I love Crystal's. I also like Tabasco but I prefer the Jalapeno, Habanera & Chipotle to the original. The original is too vinegary for me, but it will do in a pinch. My favorite is Texas Pete. Love it!

[eat_mo_crawfish]

I have two or three dozen hot sauces in the house, but definitely four favorites: Marie Sharp's Grapefruit Pulp Habenero Sauce for raw oysters; Panola for bloodys; Chipotle Tabasco for guacamole and black bean dip; Crystal for virtually everything else. The Garlic Tabasco is growing on me as a good sauce for beans 'n rice.

[Festvet]

Definitely Crystal

[LaTiDa]

So we've had all the other annual debates hashed out pretty good. Now for Hot Sauce.

I have at least a dozen different bottles of sauce in my tray by the stove. The biggest and most used is Crystal, my favorite, me. How about your favorite?

And is Pickapeppa a hot sauce or just an excellent condiment?

Luv when you go to place and ask you for hot sauce and they direct you to a wall full of a zillion different kind!

But I'm with you on this one Breambob... Crystal for me hands down!


Shameful to admit I know but, I bought like 5 bottles after Katrina... in case. :o

[ac_deadhead]

i put hot sauce on EVERYTHING truely love anything hot and spicey... but to me panola hot sauce has the most flavor with it's heat.

[breambob]

You all do know about Pickapeppa? Right?

http://www.pickapeppa.com/

The recipe is secret, but it's mostly a roasted chipolte, mango and cinnamon recipe, I think. Not that hot, but most yummyful.
If you ain't got it, get it.

[breambob]

And Trappey's Red Devil is a no slouch sauce. It will blow out the sinuses as good as any good cayenne sauce.

http://www.eintown.net/trappeys.cfm

Trappey's also has great La. beans, canned. Red Beans, Purple Hull Peas, White Limas, Baby Limas, Black Eyed Peas, Speckled Beans, Cream Peas. i'm in heaven now, if you see them, buy them.

[Orleansnj]

Stop right there and step away from that cold, dark, damp place known as the 'fridge...wreck that hot sauce after so many have toiled for years to get that recipe just so !!! ugh.....Im melting - all of my beautiful wickedness is just melting at the thought of it - the horror of it all.....

Okay - I've calmed down....the husband unit used to put it in the fridge until we bought two bottles and kept mine in the cabinet and his in the fridge.. because I just couldn't be right. Well - needless to say - it isn't in the 'fridge anymore and everyone is happier because it tastes so much better - even if it is only around for a couple of weeks !!

I forgot to mention Melinda's in my earlier post...

[LaTiDa]

[QUOTE=ac_deadhead;23400]i put hot sauce on EVERYTHING truely love anything hot and spicey... QUOTE]

Like Robert's wing sauce on pizza and clams casino? ;)

[ohio]

You all do know about Pickapeppa? Right?

http://www.pickapeppa.com/

The recipe is secret, but it's mostly a roasted chipolte, mango and cinnamon recipe, I think. Not that hot, but most yummyful.
If you ain't got it, get it.
You mean the condiment? ;)

[grisgris]

Bryan, do you see that that they sell a gallon size of pickapepper?

[Jada]

Crystal! Crystal! Crystal! :)

[ohio]

Bryan, do you see that that they sell a gallon size of pickapepper?now that's a christmas present! (hint hint)

[grisgris]

I'm a Crystal girl, but it looks like I better bring some Panola to Fest.

[dstempo]

There is only one hot sauce that goes with everything and that is TABASCO.


Nuff said about that.

[dstempo]

Ok...I do like Texas Pete on ribs is there is no TABASCO. Crystal is too salty... and I never refrigerate.

[ohio]

I'm a Crystal girl, but it looks like I better bring some Panola to Fest.Panola is great on eggs!

[Belle]

I like Pickapeppa (sp?) and I have some friends who like me are old deadheads. They make some wicked sauces. One is Fire on the Mountain which I had today on my chili, yummie and the other is Smokestack lighting. They are amazing tasty and HOT

[ac_deadhead]

lol, LaTiDa! i was at roberts yeterday for a tray of wings for lunch... wife doesn't do the wings, so she gets pizza and i always have to do at least one or two slices of her pie drenched in my wing sauce! that's funny!

[festfreak]

Chipotle Tabasco. It goes well with everything...mmmmm...

[LaTiDa]

lol, LaTiDa! i was at roberts yeterday for a tray of wings for lunch... wife doesn't do the wings, so she gets pizza and i always have to do at least one or two slices of her pie drenched in my wing sauce! that's funny!

Be doing the same tuesday! Been on vaca.. and I miss Goody!

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Off the shelf favorite is Tabasco/Chipotle Use to make a mean sauce that we called "Agent Orange"

[grisgris]

You all do know about Pickapeppa? Right?

http://www.pickapeppa.com/

The recipe is secret, but it's mostly a roasted chipolte, mango and cinnamon recipe, I think. Not that hot, but most yummyful.
If you ain't got it, get it.

Bry I just found a new taste sensation, a shot of pickapepper in black bean soup. YUMO

[Orleansnj]

Off the shelf favorite is Tabasco/Chipotle Use to make a mean sauce that we called "Agent Orange"

U gonna just taunt us with the name or share the recipe to agent orange? I am curious.....;)

[mightyradgumbo]

Well, Favorite "Brand" name is the Tabasco varieties. There is a restaurant in Newport, RI named the Brick Alley Pub and it makes its own hot habenero hot sauce that I get a supply of for Christmas from my brother each year that is tasty ev-er-y-th-in-g.

[tabasco]

Holy Crap! A Hot Sauce Thread, I guess its time to stop lurking!!:cool: Where to begin ... i guess my hot sauce addiction started with Franks Red Hot on Buffalo Wings, that soon progressed after a friend of mine suggested to try Tabasco on scrambled eggs?? sounded weird but i loved it:p after that I found myself putting hot sauce on everything! The first time I visited New Orleans the thing that really got me hooked was most restaurants had Tabasco on every table. I remember telling my wife I don't even have to ask for hot sauce!!! I love this town!!! I think our next trip "from NJ" included a visit the the Tabasco factory in New Iberia. You probably can figure out Tabasco is my sauce of choice but if you looked it my collection in the fridge you'd probably laugh:eek: And for those of you who think Tabasco is just heat and no flavor I totally Disagree I think it has the most unique flavor of any hot sauce out there... If you want more flavor go for Chipoltle or Habanero(my 2nd favorite). Oh and here's my favorite commercial of all time. Check it out: http://www.tabasco.com/arts_pavilion/tv_ads/tabasco_mosquito_ad.cfm


No I dont work for them, just an enthusiast:D

[glinda]

Welcome, tabasco! Glad to see this thread brought you out of the shadows.

Yep, pickapeppa is a fav. Been using Frontera's Chipotle salsa in everything lately - not a hot sauce technically, but its smoky chioptle-garlic flavor and heat can't be beat. Putting some in my chili tonite.

[Orleansnj]

Welcome to the boards Tabasco ! Where y'at in NJ? Also - just a tip - don't keep the tabasco in the fridge - trust me.....it's even better.......

[bluesmama]

Holy Crap! A Hot Sauce Thread, I guess its time to stop lurking!!:cool: Where to begin ... i guess my hot sauce addiction started with Franks Red Hot on Buffalo Wings, that soon progressed after a friend of mine suggested to try Tabasco on scrambled eggs?? sounded weird but i loved it:p after that I found myself putting hot sauce on everything! The first time I visited New Orleans the thing that really got me hooked was most restaurants had Tabasco on every table. I remember telling my wife I don't even have to ask for hot sauce!!! I love this town!!! I think our next trip "from NJ" included a visit the the Tabasco factory in New Iberia. You probably can figure out Tabasco is my sauce of choice but if you looked it my collection in the fridge you'd probably laugh:eek: And for those of you who think Tabasco is just heat and no flavor I totally Disagree I think it has the most unique flavor of any hot sauce out there... If you want more flavor go for Chipoltle or Habanero(my 2nd favorite). Oh and here's my favorite commercial of all time. Check it out: http://www.tabasco.com/arts_pavilion/tv_ads/tabasco_mosquito_ad.cfm


No I dont work for them, just an enthusiast:D

Dad? oh, never mind you're in NJ - but you sound as excited over Tobasco as he is

[NeenAtlanta]

Welcome, tabasco! Glad to see this thread brought you out of the shadows.

Yep, pickapeppa is a fav. Been using Frontera's Chipotle salsa in everything lately - not a hot sauce technically, but its smoky chioptle-garlic flavor and heat can't be beat. Putting some in my chili tonite.

Yumm, I love that stuff. Never thought about buying some for home. I'll have to remember to pick some up next time.

[Staxsun]

I made some chili last night, and it was the first time I had used Panola in cooking. It turned out great! It won't be the last. I had used it on things before and liked it, but I'd never cooked it in. As I had said before, I definitely find some hot sauces are better after cooking and different ones better cooked in. Yum!

[BigDag]

I made some chili last night, and it was the first time I had used Panola in cooking. It turned out great! It won't be the last. I had used it on things before and liked it, but I'd never cooked it in. As I had said before, I definitely find some hot sauces are better after cooking and different ones better cooked in. Yum!

Tiger Sauce is good in chili too, but be careful not to add too much.

[Staxsun]

I like the Tiger, but that's one reason I wouldn't cook with it. By the time I would know I'd put too much in, it's too late.

[Staxsun]

Thread matchup bump.

[Festngator]

I like the tabasco chipolte. However my friends who like really hot stuff ( Ms F-n-G's girl friends) like my homemade 6pepper hot sause - vinager based and mainly homegrown habanaro powered. I think its a bit too hot so I use small amounts but it has great taste.

[pokerchick66]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/soft-shell-poboy-sm.jpg


Nuff said. ;)