# On what foods should one NOT use hot sauce? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721 "2020-02-29T22:59:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/21 "2020-03-01T02:09:53Z")
My wife goes through a large, 28 oz bottle of Sriracha sauce every few weeks. Seriously. Hot sauce goes on everything. Not so much for me. I don’t like the flavor. The heat’s fine. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/22 "2020-03-01T02:33:41Z")
Indian food. The vindaloo from [here](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8968353,-77.1257609,3a,41y,293.86h,96.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swH6zZ_EajBHXamS86FLb_Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) is so hot, it doesn’t need any help. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/23 "2020-03-01T02:34:35Z")
> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#): > > My wife goes through a large, 28 oz bottle of Sriracha sauce every few weeks. Seriously. Hot sauce goes on everything. Not so much for me. I don’t like the flavor. The heat’s fine. I don’t care for Sriracha either. I like plenty of hot sauces and salsas, jus Sriracha has something that turns me off. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/24 "2020-03-01T03:42:43Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Tuna casserole. > [@needscoffee](#): > > I think it might work well with tuna casserole. Not bad but I prefer a dash of curry powder. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/25 "2020-03-01T03:57:33Z")
Escargot. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/26 "2020-03-01T05:12:17Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > A good high-quality cut of steak should not have hot sauce. Yes. Garlic, salt , black pepper- all in moderation. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/27 "2020-03-01T05:20:59Z")
My taste buds were shot off in the war so I have no exclusions. Hot-up everything except pet food. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/28 "2020-03-01T05:34:28Z")
I detest salt on sweet fruits such as apples and melons. Hot sauces are salty. One day I watched a co-worker douse a big slice of watermelon with Texas Pete. Yuck. Salt on watermelon is like tattoos on pretty women- one does not paint a pearl! ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/29 "2020-03-01T06:10:11Z")
I’ve never tried it, but my guess is hot sauce wouldn’t go well with foods that tend to be a combination of sweet and sour. Fruits like blackberries and strawberries. Candies with a sour component like sweet tarts and skittles. Those things would probably not go well with hot sauce. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/30 "2020-03-01T06:36:42Z")
lol this argument reminds me of the bulk candy boutique the mall used to have when the new girl poured the extra hot “hot tamales” in the normal mike and ikes bin and mixed them together … they had to put a warning sign up… But I live in so cal and I’ve found there’s nothing that someone somewhere won’t put hot sauce ( and the most popular it the brand with the guy in a yellow outfit and big hat) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/31 "2020-03-01T06:54:41Z")
> [@Civil\_Guy](#): > > Hot sauce works in various cocktails, I expect, famously so in Bloody Marys, but there’s probably a full class of alchoholic beverages where it would be an imperfect companion. Pretty much any whiskey, if you’re drinking it neat, or on the rocks. Drinks like gin-and-tonic, or vodka-and-tonic, or rum-and-Coke. Except for anything involving tomato juice, I cannot see it helping various cocktails that use a lot of fruit and/or fruit juices–daiquiris, margaritas, pina coladas, and the like, either. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/32 "2020-03-01T07:34:39Z")
For me, not on any sweet/confection desert food. Cakes, pies, pancakes, waffles, puddings, etc. I also don’t see it on my sweet potatoes or glazed carrots, nor my sautéed green beans. Most fruits, I wouldn’t hot sauce; I cannot, at this moment, think of any fruit that I _would_ hot sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/33 "2020-03-01T09:03:51Z")
Many things. I like spice and heat. Everything doesn’t need heat or be very spicy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/34 "2020-03-01T14:28:19Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > For me, not on any sweet/confection desert food. Cakes, pies, pancakes, waffles, puddings, etc. > > I also don’t see it on my sweet potatoes or glazed carrots, nor my sautéed green beans. Most fruits, I wouldn’t hot sauce; I cannot, at this moment, think of any fruit that I _would_ hot sauce. I don’t use it on sweets or dishes that are meant to be simple or “pure” tasting, like the carrots or beans you mention. In terms of fruit, I can’t say I’ve ever used hot sauce on fruit, but I have often used fruit in my hot sauces. And I have used _tajin_ (a mix of powdered chiles, lime, and salt) on my fruits before – it’s a common Mexican seasoning for all sorts of fruits, particularly mango, melons, papaya, oranges. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/35 "2020-03-01T14:55:53Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Really? In _tuna casserole?_ > > In the other thread I was gonna say _In New England clam chowder?_ Are you crazy? > > These are mild and soothing dishes. Why would you accelerate their rhythms? Because they are mild and soothing dishes? ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/36 "2020-03-01T15:11:17Z")
My vision is quite frankly not great, and in the morning a little worse. I have more than once grabbed a glass jar of cinnamon to put on my hot breakfast gruel and had it turn out to be cayenne pepper. The color is markedly similar. It’s really not terrible, and I do eat it when that happens, but I’d never do it on purpose. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/37 "2020-03-01T15:12:20Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > How is your tuna melt sandwich recipe materially different from the others, which all benefit from a shot or two of Cholula or Scorned Woman? > > Tell me more. It ain’t a goor-may tuna melt. I put two lightly toasted slices of a soft sandwich bread, like Pep Farm Italian, in a 375 oven. On one you put 2-3 slices of deli-cut cheese of your preference. On the other mound the tuna salad: 1 can albacore white tuna 1-2 tblsp mayo 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 tsp balsamic vinegar 2 tsp minced dill pickle Dash of salt. Bake for seven minutes, until cheese has melted and the tuna hot through. Slap together and serve with a fork to retrieve any salad that gooshes out. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/38 "2020-03-01T15:47:22Z")
“Les madeleines.” _—M. Proust_ ---
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Anything you want to feed me. Please, please, no surprise hot sauce. Devil worshippers, all of you. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/40 "2020-03-01T16:05:12Z")
I _only_ make savory oatmeal, rather than that sugary crap. I add some thyme to the cooking water, and when the oatmeal is done, crumble some bacon on it and add a fried egg on top. Hot sauce would be perfectly fine with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721.md?page=3)