# Hot sauce--\>mild, or bad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 20, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432 "2000-01-20T04:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432/21 "2000-01-21T00:46:00Z")
it seems i was wrong. > [@](#): > > **Chile** - refers to the plant or fruit of the plant species Capsicum. This is the Spanish spelling for the plant and is in common use through out the southwest. Of course, Chile also refers to the that long skinny chile shaped country in South America. > > **Chili** - Often refers to the venerable hot and spicey American dish made from chiles and meat - and sometimes beans. Chili is short for chili con carne. > > **Chilli** - A less used term, chilli often pertains to the dried powdered spice which is a blend of dried chiles and other spices. from [http://www.sammcgees.com/](http://www.sammcgees.com/) * * * _what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_ ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432/22 "2000-01-21T00:48:00Z")
one more… > [@](#): > > However, the pedantic will point out that the Nahuatl Indians who have lived in Central America and Mexico since antiquity called the plant **“chilli”** and that was the original source of the word. * * * _what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_ ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432/23 "2000-01-21T00:54:00Z")
by the way… has anyone tried dave’s ultimate insanity? not the orignal insanity sauce… this is apparently double the scovilles. * * * _what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_ ---
**Author:** ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432/24 "2000-01-21T13:46:00Z")
re: Dave’s TIS Yes !!! I damn near died (perhaps I had a vision of sorts) with a drop on a chip. BTW - KilgoreT, thanks for the research, I think we’ve hijacked this Pepper thread to Chile. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyBlades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JoeyBlades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyBlades)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432/25 "2000-01-21T14:05:00Z")
Kilgore, I defer to the web. I was under the mistaken impression that they were the same because one of the local yuppie grocery stores made that claim. Apparently, they are the same species but not of the same cultivar. Which means, I think, that they come from the same original natural plant but have been cultivated in different environments, producing slightly different characteristics. Something new, everyday, you learn… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432/26 "2000-01-21T15:17:00Z")
Opus: Well, you must buzz through the ketchup and mustard a lot faster than I do, if it’s not spoiling on you. When I see labels that say “Refrigerate After Opening,” I usually hear and obey. Saves me a lot of gastric distress in the long run. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Doctordec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Doctordec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctordec)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432/27 "2000-01-21T21:33:00Z")
I collect hot sauces as a hobby, got something like 20 different ones around right now and I keep them in the fridge. Most of the bad ones I’ve been offered were stored at room temperature and I often wonder about the sanitation where they make some of them. Better safe than sick, I say. My current fave is still Bufalo Chipotle. They do spell it Bufalo. As for Dave’s sauces, I don’t go for any sauces made with pepper extract. I know it’s a good buzz for the true enthusiast but I think you could just buy some mace and spray it on your food since it’s the same thing. * * * “Hope is not a method” ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432/28 "2000-01-22T12:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > My current fave is still Bufalo Chipotle. They do spell it Bufalo. Yup, they do…and they spell it “chilpotle” or “chipotle” depending on whether it was bottled in Mexico or the US. Just had some on a piece of steak for breakfast. Yummy. * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-mild-or-bad/6432.md?page=1)