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I took rjk to a local spice store today called Pendary’s. They had a large collection of hot sauces ranging from the serious to the silly. Besides different levels of Dave’s insanity sauces (including one that had yellow caution tape wrapped around it) and other good hot sauces, they had some political joke sauces: Bush sauce, Gore sauce, etc. and a line of dirty joke sauces - burning bush and cocksucker were two I remember. First time I’ve ever seen an R-rated food label.
Dave’s is reasonably hot, yes, but it lacks flavor. Gotta mix it with one of my other sauces or pour it in salsa for it to be useful. Just thought I’d share
I have Daves. I’m unimpressed. It’s nice for frightening the uninitiated, but for one such as myself (I am Iron Man) it doesn’t bother me.
–Tim
I own several bottles of Dave’s sauces. I find them to be plenty hot. The taste is what brings me back. Smokey, char broiled, is what I taste.
I was going on one morning about seeking the hottest substance known to man. A listener brought in Dave’s Insanity Sauce, and dared me to eat some on the air. I did. It was terrible. I was gasping and burping uncontrollably. She was giggling, I was curled up on the floor in the famous fetal position. She also brought in a catalogue of hot sauces. I bought a six pack. That was 6 years ago. There’s lots to go through yet.