# What do you use hot sauce for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601 "2015-11-15T00:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/21 "2015-11-15T15:05:16Z")
Most everything. It’d be easier to answer what I don’t put it on! It’s heaven on all things, meat, cheese, egg. It’s in my spaghetti sauce, and every Asian dish I cook, which is a lot. Everything else, it’s on instead of in! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/22 "2015-11-15T15:43:07Z")
I use it mostly for decoration in my collection of hot sauces. But for cooking it’s too heat up foods meant to be hot and spicy. ---
**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 15, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/23 "2015-11-15T15:45:22Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I put that shit on everything! Yeah, pretty much. ---
**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 15, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/24 "2015-11-15T16:54:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Pretty much this. I put some kind of hot sauce on anything but the wife. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Yeah, pretty much. You guy DO realize “I put that shit on everything” is a slogan for Franks Red Hot right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/25 "2015-11-15T17:11:03Z")
Yes, we all DO! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/26 "2015-11-15T19:21:13Z")
• morning egg sandwiches (fried egg on roll or english muffin, bacon, cheddar cheese)\ • tuna fish salad sandwich or melt • chili or hash (of course) • turkey breast sandwich • meat loaf • gumbo • turnip greens, mustard greens, kale, chard, broccoli rabe, and other leafy greens • rutabagas • pulled pork sandwiches • chicken salad / chicken salad sandwiches • deviled eggs, boiled eggs • omelets • hell anything eggs except maybe eggnog • vegetable soup MMmm yeah easier to list what I _don’t_ put it on. Doesn’t go on ice cream, in my coffee, on my creme brulee, biscuits or rolls, iced tea… probably a few other things ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/27 "2015-11-15T19:21:23Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I put that shit on everything! Hot Sauce is the new bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/28 "2015-11-15T20:48:07Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Toad Sweat on ice cream! Seconding this. Sweet hot sauces like [Toad Sweat](http://www.carolinasauces.com/SearchResults.asp?mfg=Toad+Sweat) are truly delightful, and the resulting mix of ice and fire when put on ice cream is to die for. Great on cheesecake, too! Try the lemon vanilla to start with, it’s the mildest. Then work your way up to Chocolate Orange or Cranberry for a medium heat. Key Lime is the hottest, and my fave. Especially for Key Lime pie! ---
**Author:** ![Applecourt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@Applecourt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Applecourt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/29 "2015-11-15T21:30:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Toad Sweat on ice cream! Interesting 😉 but how do you know what Toad sweat tastes like? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/30 "2015-11-16T01:42:21Z")
1. pork barbeque 2. beef stroganoff 3. pizza 4. most things battered and fried ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/31 "2015-11-16T03:03:16Z")
Pretty much any hot, savory dish. I generally don’t use hot sauce on dishes that aren’t served hot (sandwiches, cold pizza, etc). ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/32 "2015-11-16T03:39:16Z")
Almost all savory dishes. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/33 "2015-11-16T14:42:55Z")
Salad. Popcorn. Peanuts. Usually some combo of hot sauce and cayenne pepper on the above. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/34 "2015-11-16T14:49:22Z")
And I use different sauces for different foods. For pizza, I use ABC Indonesian hot sauce (kind of like a spicier version of siracha), it’s thick like ketchup so it doesn’t work in all foods. For soups, I use Tabasco and for sandwiches, I like a spread of harrissa. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/36 "2015-11-17T10:07:39Z")
I’ve only discovered it recently. Now it (normally tabasco) goes on pizza, fries, eggs (fried and boiled), fried chicken, quesadillas, fried rice. Nearly everything delicious and bad for you basically, to make it even more delicious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601.md?page=1)