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Old 02-10-2010, 10:35 PM   #121 (permalink)
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#1 Tobasco sauce (and all its different flavors, but the original is the best)
#2 "Louisiana" brand hot sauce (The one with the red dot)
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Tobasco has a long tradition here as being the most popular and most used hot sauce in and around Louisiana. It's made in Avery Island (About 5 or 6 miles away from my house) and even the salt used in the sauce is mined there and the peppers are grown there.

If you haven't tasted it, it's got a lot more kick than typical Louisiana or Crystal hot sauce. It's not as viscous, and has a more tangy flavor (original flavor).
Anyway, it's far better on a larger variety of food than the type of hot sauce you like... although I like that type as well, I just have certain applications for it. Tobasco serves nearly all my needs though.
My favorite hot sauces are Cystal, and McIlhenny Co. they have a distinct flavors from each other, I'm a little bias towards them because they come from LA, it's all a matter of opinion but I haven't yet come across a hot sauce better than those that come from Louisiana. I use Hot Sauce on all kind of foods: Chinese (chicken lo mein), Italian (pizza), Mexican (quesadillas) - it's a universal sauce! Just for the heck of it I looked up the SHU for the hot sauces mentioned.

Hot Sauces rated by Scoville Heat Units
Original Tabasco Pepper Sauce, from McIlhenny Co. 2,500 - 5,000 SHU
Frank's RedHot XTRA Hot: 2,085 SHU
Texas Pete: 747 - 1,000 SHU
Frank's RedHot Original: 450 - 900 SHU
Crystal: 400 - 800 SHU (2,000 - 4,000 SHU - I had two different sources with two totally different ratings but I think it's 400-800 because it's a mild hot sauce.)
Original Louisiana Hot Suace (red dot) n/a - I couldn't find its SHU rating.
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Old 02-10-2010, 11:18 PM   #122 (permalink)
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My favorite hot sauces are Cystal, and McIlhenny Co. they have a distinct flavors from each other, I'm a little bias towards them because they come from LA, it's all a matter of opinion but I haven't yet come across a hot sauce better than those that come from Louisiana. I use Hot Sauce on all kind of foods: Chinese (chicken lo mein), Italian (pizza), Mexican (quesadillas) - it's a universal sauce! Just for the heck of it I looked up the SHU for the hot sauces mentioned.

Hot Sauces rated by Scoville Heat Units
Original Tabasco Pepper Sauce, from McIlhenny Co. 2,500 - 5,000 SHU
Frank's RedHot XTRA Hot: 2,085 SHU
Texas Pete: 747 - 1,000 SHU
Frank's RedHot Original: 450 - 900 SHU
Crystal: 400 - 800 SHU (2,000 - 4,000 SHU - I had two different sources with two totally different ratings but I think it's 400-800 because it's a mild hot sauce.)
Original Louisiana Hot Suace (red dot) n/a - I couldn't find its SHU rating.
Good stuff man.
Yea I wasn't really rating them in order of just hotness.
The idea behind hot-sauce isn't really how spicy it is (unless you're a novelty hotsauce person)... it's about a balance between ideal heat and good flavor so that either doesn't overpower the other, and whether the sauce is compatible with a large variety of application.


Tobasco has a good heat/flavor comparison, and the consistency of the sauce is such that it "coats" lightly and mixes easily. And it's potent enough that you don't have to use much to get the flavor.

People get the wrong idea about hot sauce when they judge it by how much their mouth is burning off. Hot sauce isn't there to torture you. It's there to enhance the flavor and heat of your food without choking the flavor of your food. So with that in mind, you use it in moderation. But using a good hot sauce allows you to do all this effectively.
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Old 02-10-2010, 11:27 PM   #123 (permalink)
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I like Franks. I put it on my fried shrimp.

Um...
You do know that Tobasco is made only out of vinegar, red peppers, and salt right?
There are no preservatives. Tobasco is aged and that's it.
The other flavors (like garlic Tobasco) have respective ingredients. All natural.

i didnt know this,...thats amazing
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Old 02-10-2010, 11:40 PM   #124 (permalink)
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i didnt know this,...thats amazing
You should go to the Tobasco website.
Although they don't show all the awesome pictures of their production site and the tour grounds.

It's a really beautiful place.
And there are a lot of alligators that are kinda tame... you can actually go up and touch some of them if it's the right time of day when they're sleepy.

I need to go this summer and take pictures. The Oak trees, stone trails, ponds, the bird sanctuary, the Buddha temple... it's amazing.
Great place to smoke a spliff and just relax outdoors.
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Old 02-11-2010, 05:23 AM   #125 (permalink)
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Old 02-11-2010, 06:00 AM   #126 (permalink)
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In London White is the minority I swear. I got on a train and me and my friend were the only white people on the carriage. So there you go Kouki . Europe is pretty diverse.
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I was in Birmingham couple of weeks ago and nearly went the whole trip without seeing any white people. Was a bit of a shock.
You two are funny. I live in a city where white people really are less than fifty percent of the population—unlike mostly-white London and Birmingham—and I don't consider it particularly diverse or striking in any way. I'm pretty sure most big cities in my country don't have a white majority.
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There are no blacks in here, there's only Asian browns.
I always find it unusual to see a black person. Can't say I'm surprised, Lebanese people are awfully racist.
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You two are funny. I live in a city where white people really are less than fifty percent of the population—unlike mostly-white London and Birmingham—and I don't consider it particularly diverse or striking in any way. I'm pretty sure most big cities in my country don't have a white majority.
Really, what would you consider "particularly diverse" then?
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You should see Vancouver right now. The whole world is here..it's odd.
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Old 02-11-2010, 10:12 AM   #130 (permalink)
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In London White is the minority I swear. I got on a train and me and my friend were the only white people on the carriage. So there you go Kouki . Europe is pretty diverse.
Depends what part of London you go to.

You go somewhere like Leytonstone and you'll find it's virtually all Indian & Pakistani.
Go somewhere like Richmond and it's virtually all white middle/upper class.
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