Chilli sauce appreciation thread

[chico enrico]

Ah well, you see water's no good for this sort of thing as it does nothing to disprerse the chilli globules. If you'd dunked your chap in tub of yoghurt you'dve been right as rain in no time.

ah yes, but the only yoghurt in the fridge belonged to Fat Bob and he actually dips his wang in the pot as 'insurance' that noone will help themselves to it. And fuck knows what horrors lurk under his helmet so i didn't want to go anywhere near that.

 

[Thimble Queen]

we've got some extra spicy hot pepper sauce at home... it propa blows yer ead off... Called Sea Isle West Indian Extra Hot Pepper Sauce... a drop is nice in soup or pasta... but anymores deadly

 

[chico enrico]

Always got arange of chilli sauces in the cupboard, plus some super strength chilli oil I bought in a jam jar from a Thai kitchen near my old work in Acton. Even with a high tolerance more than a teaspoon on a meal is enough. Hoping to match it with whatever I make with this years habanero crop.

can you grtow habaneros here? i'd been told they were the one type of chilli that was hardest to cultivate?

i planted a load of chillis last week. lots of different btypes. plus a load of spanish 'padrone' seeds that came up a treat last year.

 

[Herbsman.]

Capsaicin (the compound responsible for chilli hotness) doesnt actually cause cell damage does it? I read that the burning sensation is just nerve stimulation caused by capsaicin, rather than an actual chemical burn...

 

[chooch]

ETA: Didn't notice you were in Seville. Not so good then.

Thanks for the thought though.
I do have my own homemade sauce, and a couple of (the weak and watery as badger piss for Spanish tastes) sauces that are sold here. The chinese shops also do a few, so it's not like I'm denied.

 

[Strumpet]

I once rubbed a Scotch Bonnet on MY "Scotch Bonnet" - just to see how it felt, likes.
I really wouldn't advise it unless you have a spare hour to spend wailing to the heavens while dipping your wang in a pint pot full of water.

Lmao
Eermm hope there is no lasting damage


I'm a wuss when it comes to hot food stuffs but I'm loving sweet chilli sauce at mo from local cafe. NO idea what make....

 

[chooch]

plus a load of spanish 'padrone' seeds that came up a treat last year.

They can be pretty great. As those of us who speak 10 words of galego say: Os pementos de Padrón, unos pican e outros non.

 

[Herbsman.]

He should have dipped it in milk, the burn would ghave gone faster

 

[hiccup]

I got some caribbean stuff the other day. Looks a bit like Encona, but not Encona. Been lashing it on everything. It's lush.

Poured a BIG dollop into a veggie stir fry on Friday... My eyes! Fuck, it was like being tear gassed in my own kitchen. Made myself eat the resultant dish, but it was a painful experience, and required three cans of lager as coolant. Hell of an endorphin rush afterwards though.

 

[chooch]

This one's very different, but also pretty good. It's got bucketloads of mustard in.

 

[Part 2]

I've got some Dunns River hot sauce on the desk here. It's okay, but like someone else said I find the Jamaican style chilli sauces Encona etc a bit vinegary. That Levi Roots fella's Reggae Reggae sauce is good, okay it's a jerk sauce but can still be put on anything.

The stuff I like is the deep red paste with loads of seeds in. Usually seems to come with kebabs/falafel.

The sweet chilli is okay for spring rolls and prawn toast but I can't imagine it with much else.

E2A: Hottest chillies. My mates wife eats these, buys them through the post I think.

http://www.dorsetnaga.com/

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Is that sauce that was on Dragons Den still on the market? Perhaps it is one of the ones mentioned above.

 

[Part 2]

Is that sauce that was on Dragons Den still on the market? Perhaps it is one of the ones mentioned above.

Reggae Reggae sauce, as mentioned above. They still have it in Sainsburys I think. On offer when I bought it, 99p.

 

[Strumpet]

The sweet chilli is okay for spring rolls and prawn toast but I can't imagine it with much else.

I have it in a big baguette with cheese, sun dried tomatoes, red onion and coleslaw *droooooooools*

 

[ringo]

can you grtow habaneros here? i'd been told they were the one type of chilli that was hardest to cultivate?

They don't grow as well in this country as most other types but they do grow and produce chillis. I have an experiment going this year. As well as my other types of chilli I have habaneros from bought seeds and habaneros culled from the previous years growing efforts.

In my plastic greenhouse the bought seed plants are bigger than the plants grown from older seeds, and have twice as many leaf sets. Not convinced those grown from old seeds will get big enough to provide much fruit.

The seedling (from new seed) I brought into the office and sat by a south facing window is twice the size of any of those at home, confirming what I thought - that habaneros like very high temperatures and don't like being outside at night, even in a greenhouse.

The hottest habaneros I've ever managed to grow lived indoors for their whole life. The weakest ever were planted out into my garden one May and stayed outside until harvest.

 

[Y_I_Otter]

Reading this thread has just made me reach up to get the Tabasco. Only have this at work. At home I have the Thai Sweet Chilli (as pictured above), Tabasco, Chinese Chilli oil (picturing some nice Chinese Man; probably Chairman Mao; what do I know), and Sambal Oelek. Love how, essentially, the same plant can be made into so many flavours. And it is good to help some infection get out of the body. Or cure a hangover.

Sambal Oelek is the chlli sauce of choice at the table, chez Otter. I like it because it's neutal (doesn't make everything you put it in taste of vinegar, like Tabasco or Trappey's sauce does.). And it's cheap-- a three litre jug for $14.99 CDN gets me through the canning season with enough to spare for the table all year.

For cooking, when I just want heat and it's something that cooks quickly, or for Thai pastes, any of the habanero sauces will do. For longer-cooking things I prefer my own dried chilli flakes from cayennes or "ring of fire" peppers out of the garden.

 

[idioteque]

I love sweet chilli sauce with curly chips

 

[Numbers]

I don't have chilli sauce as my missus makes her own hot pepper sauce and we always have a cpl of big jars of it, cos it goes on everything.

I actually liked the Reggae Reggae sauce, lovely on a fried breakfast.

 

[ChrisFilter]

I don't have chilli sauce as my missus makes her own hot pepper sauce and we always have a cpl of big jars of it, cos it goes on everything.

I have very fond memories of this sauce.. fucking lovely. I'd buy it on a standing order if you ever went pro!

 

[Rainingstairs]

Cholula is FANTAB! straight from mexico

this stuff (Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chile Sauce) almost made me choke the other day...but in that good way.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Yeah, we get both of those here (although the bottom one is normally sold by Flying Goose - same bottle, different bird).

 

[Roadkill]

Chilli sauce is fine - unless it's the bottle of super-hot stuff that aqua and bees occasionally inflict on people. It's like an incendiary bomb in your mouth.

 

[hiccup]

I got some caribbean stuff the other day. Looks a bit like Encona, but not Encona. Been lashing it on everything. It's lush.

Poured a BIG dollop into a veggie stir fry on Friday... My eyes! Fuck, it was like being tear gassed in my own kitchen. Made myself eat the resultant dish, but it was a painful experience, and required three cans of lager as coolant. Hell of an endorphin rush afterwards though.

This is the stuff. Recommended:

 

[Y_I_Otter]

I once rubbed a Scotch Bonnet on MY "Scotch Bonnet" - just to see how it felt, likes.

I really wouldn't advise it unless you have a spare hour to spend wailing to the heavens while dipping your wang in a pint pot full of water.

*Cringe*

It reminds me of the time I discovered it's important to wash one's hands before AND after using the toilet when stringing cayennes for drying.

 

[Schmetterling]

I love sweet chilli sauce with curly chips

Mix it with mayo!!!!!! Deeeeee-lish!

 

[aqua]

Chilli sauce is fine - unless it's the bottle of super-hot stuff that aqua and bees occasionally inflict on people. It's like an incendiary bomb in your mouth.

 

[chegrimandi]

had some splashings of dunns river scotch bonnet in my soup last night to liven it up a bit...

I've worked out if I don't have chilli sacue on something I'll generally have mustard instead.

 

[chico enrico]

yes, that choluha stuff is pretty nice. not too vinegary as i find is the failing of too many sauces.

there's also an 'organic' chilli sauce you can get it a load of places now which is very nice too.

incidentally, went for a meal in Song Que on Kingsland Rd last night and got my fucking mouth BLOWN OFF by the fresh red chillis i was given a bowl of. I always get a bowl of fresh red chillis to sprinkle on my dish and can eat them bad boys no problem but the ones last night were bigger and MENTAL hot.

 

[chegrimandi]

song que is the business

in fact you can't really go wrong on that stretch

 

[Badgers]

Encona is good
I get through a lot of chilli sauce and have it on a lot of stuff (not desserts though)