# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/61 "2020-03-03T06:15:38Z")
I wouldn’t salsa-up anything I might smoke. But Tobasco helps some beers, same as a few drops of anise. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/62 "2020-03-03T09:30:51Z")
Let’s see: None of my roman or medieval recipes, that’s for sure. All it would do is render them inauthentic. Not happening. I can’t see it adding anything to most French cooking, either. I certainly don’t see it complementing an onion soup or a cassoulet. And for some reason, the idea of hot sauce anywhere near my mushrooms makes me very angry. The flavours of some sauteed morels or porcini would not be enhanced. At all. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/63 "2020-03-03T19:29:23Z")
> [@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. I can’t imagine it would add anything to a single-malt Scotch. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/64 "2020-03-04T05:13:14Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I can’t imagine it would add anything to a single-malt Scotch. Salt, garlic, vinegar etc sure won’t help any. But straight capsicum? Maybe steep a very few raw Habañero seeds in a sacrificial bottle until June. But beware hot Scotch buns. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/65 "2020-03-04T14:26:57Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > Salt, garlic, vinegar etc sure won’t help any. But straight capsicum? Maybe steep a very few raw Habañero seeds in a sacrificial bottle until June. But beware hot Scotch buns. ::Shudder:: No. Just, no. I’m with **puzzlegal** ; I completely fail to see the pleasure you maroons take in incinerating your taste buds. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/66 "2020-03-05T01:04:36Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > ::Shudder:: No. Just, no. I’m with **puzzlegal** ; I completely fail to see the pleasure you maroons take in incinerating your taste buds. My taste buds were shot off in the war. I can take anything. Except beets and succotash. Well, maybe if they’re doused with jalapeños and tequila. Sufficient spice conquers all. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721/67 "2020-03-05T01:30:59Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The thought of Laphroaig with hot sauce makes my skin crawl.:eek::eek::eek: Hot sauce could only improve Laphroaig. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-foods-should-one-not-use-hot-sauce/848721.md?page=3)