The wife and I are about 1/3 of the way through a bottle of this, and we don't really care for it. The weird part is both of us thought we really liked the flavor of truffle oil, but I guess we have only had it in miniscule amounts on things like french fries. I can tell the quality is there in this sauce, and if you like the flavor of truffle oil, this is definitely the one to get.
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Mrs. Keendogg got me this as a gift. Very tasty but very hot! I like hot and I use this sparingly. 3 or 4 drops on what your eating is enough. It's very, very tasty which makes it a love hate relationship.
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I have a story, too:
Back in '99, a buddy of mine was dating a girl that me and no one in our group liked. She had the run of him and would insist on my buddy bringing her along to any get-togethers my friends and I would have. Every Wednesday one of us would host a grill party at someone's place and we'd cook and drink some fine brews. Before my buddy started dating this girl, it was pretty much an unofficial "guy's hang out time", and he started bringing her along. This girl was a grump, didn't like any of us much, but would gladly eat what we cooked and help herself to our drinks. Never said "please" or "thank you", ever.
Well it was my turn to host one Friday and I had those little chicken drummies to throw on the grill. I also had some joke hotsauce (like Dave's Insanity sauce) called "Liquid Stoopid". This sauce was serious business, and I proceeded to slather it all over the 3 biggest chicken drummies, knowing that girl would make a bee line for em, as is her way.
So when the grilling's all done, I say "Ladies first!" and she comes over with her plate, sure enough grabs those 3 pieces of chicken. I chuckle like Jokey Smurf inside with a poker face on and everyone else grabs their chicken. We all get to eating and talking and I notice she's already working on the 3rd piece and her beer was gone. She's turning redder almost by the second and then she stops and looks at me, sweat beading all over her forehead:
"Did you put something on this chicken?"
"Yup"
"What the (censored) was it?"
"Liquid Stoopid" (then sounds of laughter from my buddies who know about that sauce)
"what is tha...OMG!"
Now, Liquid Stoopid is one of those sauces that isn't hot right away. It builds and builds and builds, and once you stop eating, it builds much quicker, to a fiery inferno of tongue-torturing pain. She gets up after that "OMG" and runs to the bathroom and doesn't come out for 10 minutes, about the time the effects die down. Water actually makes the effects worse, the only thing you can do is stick a wedge of lime with salt in your mouth.
Well there was no lime or salt, we were drinking Sierra Nevadas. She ended up hunched over the sink with her tongue sticking out under the faucet in the bathroom while we were all laughing about her grabbing the only tainted pieces of chicken. When she came back out looking extremely disheveled and no less red, she threw an empty bottle at my feet and demanded my buddy take her home. She never came to one of our grill parties again__________________
Awesome tale, reminds me of a story. An ex-girlfriend had a gathering of her pals at our shared flat when I was away with work. Takeaway had been ordered and one of her mates was asking for hot sauce. Now this was a lady I didn't like very much at all -brash, loud, borderline offensive in her speech and mannerisms. Suffice to say there was negative chemistry between us. When my ex offered her the sauce (yes it was Dave's Insanity), along with a warning that it was mine and I only used it in small quantities, she wasn't to be outdone and threw it liberally over her fried chicken and chips... Apparently after just one mouthful she ended up vomiting in the toilet, tears streaming down her face. Schadenfreude barely describes it
In a more meaningful thread contribution vein, current hot sauce faves include:
- Queen Majesty's Charcoal Ghost. Sweet, flavoursome and not so overwhelming that the heat is unpleasant.
- Mad Dog .38 Special. This stuff is chicken oriental. Seriously, I only use it as an ingredient, or to pep up a bland canteen chilli or curry dish - for that I use the end of a cocktail stick, dipped about 5mm in, and spread about the plate. The advantage of this stuff is how reliable you can make the heat in dosing it, it's scientific! Unlike things like Dave's, where it's far too easy to shake out too much or too little... My bottle is 3 and a half years old, and the level is only just below the neck.
These two are the right kind of balance for me - I've gone away from eating the hottest stuff you can find, as these days my belly has too much to say about that kind of foolery right from the word go.
- Queen Majesty's Charcoal Ghost. Sweet, flavoursome and not so overwhelming that the heat is unpleasant.
- Mad Dog .38 Special. This stuff is chicken oriental. Seriously, I only use it as an ingredient, or to pep up a bland canteen chilli or curry dish - for that I use the end of a cocktail stick, dipped about 5mm in, and spread about the plate. The advantage of this stuff is how reliable you can make the heat in dosing it, it's scientific! Unlike things like Dave's, where it's far too easy to shake out too much or too little... My bottle is 3 and a half years old, and the level is only just below the neck.
These two are the right kind of balance for me - I've gone away from eating the hottest stuff you can find, as these days my belly has too much to say about that kind of foolery right from the word go.
Insane…..simply insane
I have a few of those in my collection. One is so hot it takes just a few drops. But the flavor is outstanding. So you have to decide what’s it gonna be…
Precisely. It tastes so good I just try to tough it out!
Melinda's Naga Jolokia used to be my number one, but her Bhut Jolokia is a contender. The heat is good, and the flavor is superlative. Ok, now I want a fried egg with Bhut Jolokia and a little salt.
Melinda's Red Savina is one of my favorite hot sauces. Soooo tasty! And not so hot that it's easy to overuse!
I used to write them off as a clearance brand, but then I finally tried them (on clearance). I'm glad I took the chance!
I used to write them off as a clearance brand, but then I finally tried them (on clearance). I'm glad I took the chance!
Her ketchups are very good, too. Her habanero ketchup with tater tots is over the top.
Out of all the hot sauces I have or tasted this one, to me, has the best flavor. But it is hot as Putins tanks sitting on the Ukrainian border.
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