# Crimes against My Hot Sauce **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119 "2004-03-02T16:04:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/21 "2004-03-03T15:22:17Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > First, you need a glass of milk, and another glass of water, with ice. If no milk is available, try juice that doesn’t have pulp in it, or iced tea, or a soft drink (preferably not fresh—carbonation’s not what’s called for here). Thisa is dedication having flat soft drinks around for the **too spicy** meal. What I learned was eating bread (with indian/asian food), why not with Mexican food? ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/22 "2004-03-03T15:38:24Z")
> [@Jester](#): > > your hot sauce brings all the boys to the yard. 😃 See, I don’t mind that people use it (I only bought it after repeatedly failing to find someone else’s hot sauce in the fridge !). Hot sauce is one of those things that ought to be shared, since it really doesn’t come in single servings, and there’s no sense _everyone_ having their own bottle in the office fridge. Losing the cap, tho, is just _wrong_. I should gather fingerprints. But first, I will head to the [Chilly Chiles](http://www.chiles.on.ca/hotnews/hotnews.html) Hot Sauce Shop in Ottawa, Ont to get the most dangerous sauce I can find, then switch the contents of the bottles … [Mr Burns] Excellent … ::taps fingertips together:: [/Mr Burns] ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/23 "2004-03-03T18:14:51Z")
[This hot sauce has the coolest name (NSFW)](http://pyropepper.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1951) ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/24 "2004-03-03T20:12:50Z")
[This sauce has a cool name too.](http://www.firegirl.com/hs1945.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/25 "2004-03-03T21:04:13Z")
While the notion of switching out the hot sauce for a tongue-scalding alternative is certainly amusing, it doesn’t get at the root of the problem: refusing to re-cap things before putting them away. (I mean, WTF? That’s just demented.) My suggestion: Next time he does it, particularly if it’s one of his favorite foodstuffs, check your windowsills and collect some dead flies, and put them on top of the exposed food. Don’t say anything. Just let him find them. If he _still_ refuses to re-cap after that, then there’s something wrong with him. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/26 "2004-03-04T15:11:29Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > For this you need [Blair’s MegaDeath Hot Sauce](http://www.gourmetmikes.com/blairmeghots.html). Yabbut, is this hotter than [Blair’s Sudden Death Hot Sauce](http://www.gourmetmikes.com/blairsuddeat.html)? I’d hate to buy the MegaDeath version and then find out that the Sudden Death version was hotter. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/27 "2004-03-04T15:37:12Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > it doesn’t get at the root of the problem: refusing to re-cap things before putting them away. (I mean, WTF? That’s just demented.) I know ! And the worst part about it is: THE CAP IS MISSING ! It’s one of those teeny little ones that go on an extremely narrow-necked bottles, and I’ve looked all over for it, and it’s _gone_. Fuckwad. This is what really chaps my ass. You remove the cap. You use the bottle. What part of ‘Replace the cap before it gets lost’ is too difficult to understand? Arg ! ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/28 "2004-03-04T15:43:04Z")
If you have a chapped ass, I’d watch where you put that hot sauce. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/29 "2004-03-05T00:28:39Z")
Gotta confess at this point, I haven’t actually tried Dave’s Insanity, though I’ve seen it in a couple of little shops that specialize in spices and seasonings. Of course, having experienced the bliss that is Hellbenero, I really have no desire to. I don’t know if Dave’s is any hotter, but considering the near microscopic amounts of Hellbenero that I used on my taco (having heeded my then-boyfriend’s roommate’s warning), and the state of consciousness that can only arise from a sensation that comes exactly to the pain threshhold without actually crossing it, I would say that consuming a sauce that was any hotter than Hellbenerow would be not only pointless, but downright foolhardy. And really, waste good hot sauce on a corn chip? Maybe if I was running a spicy-stuff store and kept a coupla open bottles for the customers to taste-test (this is how I discovered Gecko Gary’s). ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/30 "2004-03-05T02:13:38Z")
Wow. The reactions on this thread remind me of the time a group of friends dared one of our number to eat an entire wad of wasabi at once for $20. Wow. The facial expressions on that man’s face was the stuff comedy is made of. We had rice on hand, knowing that water would do him no good, but he had to be fed it, as he had lost all motor function control. My throat is getting raw just reading about some of these ultra-hot sauces. My question is: if you’re supposed to use it a drop at a time, why the hell do they sell it in those huge bottles? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/31 "2004-03-05T04:33:45Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Wow. The reactions on this thread remind me of the time a group of friends dared one of our number to eat an entire wad of wasabi at once for $20. Only _ **$20?!?!** _ I just don’t understand why people accept dares for such small payoffs. My sister works in a casino, and a few years ago, some guy streaked the room because he’d run through all his cash (of course) and his pals dared him. “How much did he do it for?” I asked. “A hundred dollars.” :smack: My bidding for dares starts at a grand. Consequently, I’ve never done anything on a dare. ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/32 "2004-03-05T08:41:33Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > At this point, you expect the author to merely use a little on the chip. You expect to hear of the barest dusting of molecules, a delicate dew dabbed on by expert hands. You would be sane, rational, and holding a much better opinion of the author’s mental competence than is warranted. For I, your faithful protagonist in this house of pain, dolloped onto that willing chip a dime-sized deposit of Dave’s Insanity Sauce. A dime-sized deposit that was a full half-inch deep. Once I made some toast. Well a fellow whom I thought was my best friend at the time was like “why don’t you use insanity sauce instead of butter?”. Well seeing a chance to put him in agony (although at the cost putting myself in agony also) I was like “I will if you will”, ah friendship. I was 18 so you can see how mature I was for my age. Anyway I put an 1/8 of the bottle on my toast. Each bite was like sucking on the core of the Sun. To give g and idea how bad it was I got a enough to strongly taste the insanity sauce in each sample of the fires of he, er I mean bite. Nasty tasting, but still my favorite chilli fixing. It was all worth it to watch him do it though. I think it was worse because I got a visual of how much an 1/8 of a jar of insanity sauce can make a person suffer before he consumed it. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/33 "2004-03-05T14:13:38Z")
Though I’ve never tried this stuff, I would imagine that it’s the hottest of the hot. It’s called Pure Cap and that’s exactly what it is–100% pure capsaicin extract. For those who don’t know, that’s the substance that gives hot pepper the heat. This substance added no flavor, only heat. It came in a tiny bottle with a dropper dispenser. You actually had to sign a release before the little roadside restaurant would sell it to you, stating that you’d been informed of the contents and the dangers of use (that stuff could cause some nasty burns, I bet…I imagine it’d eat through a tank!). And as for all these hot sauces everyone is talking about is, all I can say is…OUCH! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/34 "2004-03-06T03:32:53Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Wow. The reactions on this thread remind me of the time a group of friends dared one of our number to eat an entire wad of wasabi at once for $20. Wow. The facial expressions on that man’s face was the stuff comedy is made of. We had rice on hand, knowing that water would do him no good, but he had to be fed it, as he had lost all motor function control. > > My throat is getting raw just reading about some of these ultra-hot sauces. My question is: if you’re supposed to use it a drop at a time, why the hell do they sell it in those huge bottles? You have obviously never experienced the rush that comes from consuming the miniscule quantities of these sauces required to induce the desired effect. Once you have experienced Hellbanero bliss, you will want to do it again. Hence, having a bottle on hand so you can put a few drops on the next taco you make is desirable. You will also want to share it with your friends. Also, I don’t think 5oz constitutes “huge”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/35 "2016-11-13T20:38:55Z")
Whoops, wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/36 "2016-11-13T21:00:45Z")
Why would you put hot sauce in the fridge? It will keep just fine hidden away in your desk drawer. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/37 "2016-11-13T21:27:37Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Why would you put hot sauce in the fridge? It will keep just fine hidden away in your desk drawer. I’m sure they learned their lesson twelve and half years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/38 "2016-11-13T21:44:00Z")
Sounds like the work of a cap burglar. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/39 "2016-11-13T22:18:31Z")
The husband did it … ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119/40 "2016-11-13T22:41:46Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > I’m sure they learned their lesson twelve and half years ago. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-against-my-hot-sauce/232119.md?page=1)