# What's your favorite hot sauce, and what do you put it on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910 "2004-09-24T17:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/41 "2004-09-27T17:21:00Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > I’m really into many of the above (I’ll throw another vote for regular Tabasco, it’s my “go-to” hot sauce) > > I’m almost ashamed to bring this one up, it’s not really all that hot, and it will blow any food cred I may ever have on the board, but…I…love…Taco Bell Fire sauce. I don’t know what it is, but I’m all over it. I have hundreds of the packets in my kitchen drawer. An old friend-with-benefits of mine who works at Taco Bell tells me that the only difference between the sauces at Taco Bell (mild, medium, fire, whatever) is the names on the packets. It’s all the same stuff. Or, at least, the ‘hottest’ two or three are the same. Something like that. Anyway, that’s really weird (that you keep Taco Bell ‘hot sauce’ around, that is). I’ve never really been a big fan of Tabasco sauce. Seems too…gringo. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/42 "2004-09-27T18:15:55Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > I’ve never really been a big fan of Tabasco sauce. Seems too…gringo. I’ve never thought of it as “gringo” just cajun/creole, and too vinegar-y for my tastes. There are other vinegar-based hot sauces I prefer - Crystal’s for instance. I am surprised at how many of you use multiple sauces. I must be lazy. I tried having multiple around - a sweet hot, a vinegar hot, a chipotle/smoky hot, etc. - but found I wasn’t switching around. I ended up sticking with Yucateco Green for flavorful hot, and sprinkling crushed red peppers to just add heat with minimal flavor modification… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/43 "2004-09-27T20:05:12Z")
[Marie Sharp’s](http://supermall.comp-doc.com/cat310/drchilepepper/Dr __Chile_Pepper_Marie_Sharp_s_Headquarters__ 16.html). Accept no substitutes. It works on pizza, eggs, pasta and anything else. It is good in sandwiches like Spam, cheese whiz and Marie Sharp’s or peanut butter and Marie Sharp’s. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/44 "2004-09-27T20:46:39Z")
[Trappey’s Chef Magic Jalapeño Sauce](http://www.mybrandsinc.com/ShopOnline/Catalog.asp?t=6&s=T&ss=TRAP&p=224) is my favorite. Perfect blend of hotness and flavor for just about anything. I’ve been known to sprinkle hot sauce on plain rye bread and eat that. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/45 "2004-09-27T22:46:29Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Trappey’s Chef Magic Jalapeño Sauce](http://www.mybrandsinc.com/ShopOnline/Catalog.asp?t=6&s=T&ss=TRAP&p=224) is my favorite. Perfect blend of hotness and flavor for just about anything. I’ve been known to sprinkle hot sauce on plain rye bread and eat that. Rye bread, **mayo** , and crystal. 😃 Tabasco’s too hot for it’s flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/46 "2004-09-27T23:00:07Z")
My favourites are probably the green ones based on Jalapenos, but I like a lot of different hot sauces and usually have two or three different bottles on the go at any one time. I opened up my bottle of Dave’s Insanity Sauce today (Thanks **Bippy** ) and my oh my, it’s potent! - just a speck about the size of a pinhead smeared onto a full-loaded forkfull of food produces a full-mouth ‘wow!’ - I dread to think what would happen it I splashed a load of it on a sandwich or something, like I generally do with other sauces. Oddly, for such a concentrated, hot sauce, it is also quite rich and flavoursome - like a sort of essence of harissa. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/47 "2004-09-28T23:47:27Z")
> [@YWalker](#): > > A local company has developed a line of dessert hot sauces to put on ice cream, in cheesecakes, etc. It’s called [Toad Sweat](http://www.calantilles.com/Products/prod48.html) and comes in Cranberry, Key Lime, Chocolate Orange and Vanilla Lemon (all with habanero) flavors. They ship lightning fast, too. I ordered some on your recommendation and it just arrived. Wow! That stuff is GOOD!! 😃 I can’t wait for dessert tonight! ---
**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:** [September 29, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/48 "2004-09-29T01:18:47Z")
Oooh! Oooh! I just remembered a new fave use for Tabasco Chipotle! _On Macaroni and Cheese_! Yummy! ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/49 "2004-09-29T03:45:31Z")
Sriracha It goes on everything, even oatmeal. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/50 "2004-09-29T12:43:09Z")
I’m very picky when it comes to hot sauce. I don’t like the flavor of most of them. This may be shocking to some, but I think my favorite has to be the stuff they give out at Wendy’s for thein chili. It has no flavor, just heat. But I think I’ll have to give that Siracha a try. Chili and garlic… mmmm… ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/51 "2004-10-04T22:41:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They ship lightning fast, too. I ordered some on your recommendation and it just arrived. Wow! That stuff is GOOD!! 😃 > > I can’t wait for dessert tonight! What flavor? Or did you get all four? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/52 "2004-10-05T00:00:07Z")
All four. They are GOOOOOOOOOOOD! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910/53 "2004-10-05T00:24:57Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > Anyway, that’s really weird (that you keep Taco Bell ‘hot sauce’ around, that is). Nothing really weird about that. That’s good stuff, and the only way I can eat anything at Taco Bell is if I drown it in the “fire” sauce first. Of course, it’s not particularly _hot_, but it’s pretty tasty. And I don’t get any more exotic than Tabasco. But I put that on everything I can, especially eggs & hash browns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce-and-what-do-you-put-it-on/265910.md?page=2)