Hot stuff!

[Baloosh]

Yes, you're right. I looked at the bottle again -- it's actually the "Mad Dog's Revenge" version of pure Capsaicin which clocks in at a cool (hot?) Million Scovilles.
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/maddogrevhab.html
Still scared of it.....

Yowza. Didn't know they made a 1 million level extract. Going to have to order a bottle!

 

[rabidpotatochip]

Professor Phardtpounder's Colon Cleaner. I bought it as a joke for my dad since he was constantly talking about promoting good colon health but it is actually one of the best tasting hot sauces I've ever tried. It adds a very nice sweet heat to whatever dish you put it in. I find it works best in bean dishes and chilis.

 

[Khay]

Actually, Pure Cap clocks in at 1/2 a million:

I have a bottle as well (or should I say an eye dropper). I use it to dare people to eat a tortilla chip with a drop or two on it.

Be advised that sauces that powerful are considered Food Additives and they are not supposed to get into direct contact with skin/mucous membranes without being diluted first - you should NEVER give it to someone for direct eating!

from http://www.peppers.com/itemdetails.cfm?id=1685 :

"Pure Cap - Scoville Rating of 500,000 Units (ALMOST nothing is Hotter) is the original additive that allows you to quickly heat up a dish, without changing the flavor profile. It can NOT be directly consumed without harm to humans. This sauce is 100 Times Hotter than a Jalapeño - A Mixture of vegetable oil & capsaicin, we demand that you sign a waiver before we will sell you this sauce. Pure pepper capsaicin puts this sauce at #A12 on our list of hot additives. This sauce is so lethal it comes in a medicine bottle, with an eye dropper."

BTW Pure Cap is actually one of the weakest from the food additive list, the top sauce on that site, named "The Source" - $99 a bottle, is rated at 7.1 MILLION (!) scovilles. Probably qualifies as a WMD

 

[Baloosh]

Be advised that sauces that powerful are considered Food Additives and they are not supposed to get into direct contact with skin/mucous membranes without being diluted first - you should NEVER give it to someone for direct eating!

from http://www.peppers.com/itemdetails.cfm?id=1685 :

"Pure Cap - Scoville Rating of 500,000 Units (ALMOST nothing is Hotter) is the original additive that allows you to quickly heat up a dish, without changing the flavor profile. It can NOT be directly consumed without harm to humans. This sauce is 100 Times Hotter than a Jalapeño - A Mixture of vegetable oil & capsaicin, we demand that you sign a waiver before we will sell you this sauce. Pure pepper capsaicin puts this sauce at #A12 on our list of hot additives. This sauce is so lethal it comes in a medicine bottle, with an eye dropper."

BTW Pure Cap is actually one of the weakest from the food additive list, the top sauce on that site, named "The Source" - $99 a bottle, is rated at 7.1 MILLION (!) scovilles. Probably qualifies as a WMD

Nobody has taken me up on that dare yet. I don't expect them to, and probably wouldn't allow them to do it, even if they wanted to. Just fun to posture.

When I first got the bottle I did do a single drop on a tortilla chip. I do *NOT* recommend it to anyone. Pain and discomfort for the next few hours was WAY worse than the actual eating. I think it had time to marinade once it hit my stomach. That's all I'll say.

 

[moses]

Actually, Pure Cap clocks in at 1/2 a million:

http://www.hotsauceworld.com/purecap.html

I have a bottle as well (or should I say an eye dropper). I use it to dare people to eat a tortilla chip with a drop or two on it.

In college I had a bottle of Ground Zero, which is only about half that strong. (230,000, I think). For I while I kept it one my desk, with two chopsticks. When we were hanging out in my dorm room, and someone new was there, who was of a type to be persuaded to do something mildly stupid, I would pull it out, dip a chopstick in, and lick it of, while exerting all the self control I had to keep a totally straight face. Then, before my face turned too red, I'd dip the other chopstick in, and hand it to the victim. We got some of the best facial expressions ever.

Yeah, very college, I know, but it was fun.

-Mo

 

[rabidpotatochip]

After reading a few of these stories I have to ask this question, and please don't take it the wrong way... why would you subject yourself to that?

I could say it as a hilarious way to mess with someone and possibly bragging rights amongst enthusiasts, but I'm kind of a newbie where hot sauce is concerned and I still don't get it.

 

[moses]

After reading a few of these stories I have to ask this question, and please don't take it the wrong way... why would you subject yourself to that?

No worries, and well.....

I could say it as a hilarious way to mess with someone and possibly bragging rights amongst enthusiasts, but I'm kind of a newbie where hot sauce is concerned and I still don't get it.

Exactly. And it didn't hurt that much. Didn't count for bragging rights - there were other people in my little group who definitely had more tolerance.

-Mo

 

[ratcheer]

I like lots of kinds, but the one I go to time after time is Yucatan Sunshine.

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

Tim

 

[-Devil-]

heh i can remember going to a boy scout national jamboree ... back in the 80's ... and being from louisiana .. we carried bottles of hot sauce ... and dared the northern kids to drink it ...

quite a few took off running for water ...

 

[Khay]

In college I had a bottle of Ground Zero, which is only about half that strong. (230,000, I think). For I while I kept it one my desk, with two chopsticks. When we were hanging out in my dorm room, and someone new was there, who was of a type to be persuaded to do something mildly stupid, I would pull it out, dip a chopstick in, and lick it of, while exerting all the self control I had to keep a totally straight face. Then, before my face turned too red, I'd dip the other chopstick in, and hand it to the victim. We got some of the best facial expressions ever.

Yeah, very college, I know, but it was fun.

-Mo

Yeah - Ground Zero is the strongest of what they still call a hot sauce that can be eaten without being diluted (according to that peppers.com site, from which I got a bottle of it too)

Basically, what I can say about Ground Zero, is that it redefined my notion of hot for hot sauces - I like it since I really love hot food - though most of my friends that come for dinner end up trying a little since "it's the hottest sauce in the world" - I'd say about 95% of them can't hack it since it's many many times more powerful than anything they *ever* tasted in their life

 

[Khay]

After reading a few of these stories I have to ask this question, and please don't take it the wrong way... why would you subject yourself to that?

For me, I always enjoyed hot food since I was a kid - the thing is, I'd consider Tabasco hot. Then I tried some jamaican sauce my parents bought and that was the new reference...Then some other...and from then on, I think that I slowly built some "tolerance" to it. I don't put it on all my food, I just like it with some dishes, and when most of my friends say the food is hot I find it mild, so I just went for stronger sauces. I don't put it on my food for bragging rights. Some kind of Heat Aquisition Disorder maybe ?

 

[Romulus]

Red Rooster...hands down the best sauce to go with my fried chicken.

I have also tried the hot sauce that comes in a medicine dropper at a Japanese hotpot restaurant (Shabu Shabu). That thing is intense. When you request for it, the waitress comes over with gloves to drip them into your sauces. I always expect a mushroom cloud to form when it lands....I can only stand two drops watered down with about a half a cup of sauce, any more and its way too hot.

 

[urr-lord]

favorite---texas pete,lots of flavor, mild heat.others on top of the fridge- valentina mild,tabasco jalapeno,and a variety of cheapies that get sampled from time to time.

 

[Prof]

Yes, you're right. I looked at the bottle again -- it's actually the "Mad Dog's Revenge" version of pure Capsaicin which clocks in at a cool (hot?) Million Scovilles.
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/maddogrevhab.html
Still scared of it.....

I used to have the Mad Dog. Crazy stuff.

 

[Prof]

Nobody has taken me up on that dare yet. I don't expect them to, and probably wouldn't allow them to do it, even if they wanted to. Just fun to posture.

When I first got the bottle I did do a single drop on a tortilla chip. I do *NOT* recommend it to anyone. Pain and discomfort for the next few hours was WAY worse than the actual eating. I think it had time to marinade once it hit my stomach. That's all I'll say.

I had a similar experience ...

 

[Prof]

I like lots of kinds, but the one I go to time after time is Yucatan Sunshine.

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

Tim

This is my wife's favorite. Very tasty.

 

[Mojo88]

Dave's Total Insanity sauce followed by Franks. We used to live by a wing place that had some of the hottest sauce I ever experienced. The hot had no real flavor just burned and hurt. They had a mild that was great and even by normal standard it was on the hot side. The owner had a contest that was ongoing, if you could eat 2 wings with the "special sauce", and not drink for a minute you would get 10 free wings, a t-shirt, and your picture was placed on The Wall Of Flame. The catch was you had to sign a release form, several people had tried and some actually passed out. My wife traveled frequently at that time,so it was one of the places I would take the boys when she was out of town. I became friends with the owner and he let me try just a drop placed on a toothpick, my tongue was on fire for an hour. I can not imagine the pain those people experienced, nor do I want to even think about the after effects.

 

[TimmyBoston]

In college I had a bottle of Ground Zero, which is only about half that strong. (230,000, I think). For I while I kept it one my desk, with two chopsticks. When we were hanging out in my dorm room, and someone new was there, who was of a type to be persuaded to do something mildly stupid, I would pull it out, dip a chopstick in, and lick it of, while exerting all the self control I had to keep a totally straight face. Then, before my face turned too red, I'd dip the other chopstick in, and hand it to the victim. We got some of the best facial expressions ever.

Yeah, very college, I know, but it was fun.

-Mo

College!? I think I'll try that on someone tomorrow.

 

[TimmyBoston]

Dave's Total Insanity was the first real hot sauce I tried, before that I thought Tabasco was as hot as it got and it wasn't that hot. So I picked up some buffalo wings from a restaurant and decided to get some hot sauce from the grocery to spice them up. So I coated a single wing almost a third of a bottle in Dave's. I finished the wing in a couple bites and it wasn't that bad, then a few seconds later my face was on fire. It was awful. Thankfully since then, I've learned about modertion when it comes to hot sauces.

 

[shadow]

I've had Dave's insanity, and wasn't impressed by the flavor at all. Is Dave's Total Insanity better?

By the way, the best hot sauce IMHO is pureed peppers after straining, 2/3 jalapeno, 1/3 habanero, and a dash of the Red Savina Habaneros that grow in my grandfather's backyard. He lives in sugar cane country, and the nutrients from the burnt sugarcane make the peppers that little bit better.

Also he grows mangos the size of your head that are just perfect as a counterpoint to the hot sauce after your meal.