Actually, I had noticed tamerind as an ingredient in a number of sauces. I bought some today, I thought I'd give it a try next time we make our sauce. Do any of you have any experience using it? On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 13:25:59 "Alex Silbajoris" <asilbajo@hotmail.com> writes: > > > > >From: Kenneth R Haynes <jkpyro@juno.com> > > > > >Does anyone know how to produce the blazing, slightly bitter > aftertaste > >similar to that in Dave's Insanity Sauce? > > > K - > > As you might have guessed, that flavor finds little favor among the > regulars > on this list. In the last few years, we have usually referred to it > as a > "burnt cat" or some more imaginative labels. > > It comes from the pepper extract used in Dave's and several other > sauces, > plus some of the other ingredients in Dave's. > > (Personally I suspect that without that extract flavor, Dave's > Insanity > would be close to Pickapeppa or maybe A-1 without sweetners, a dark > and > somewhat bitter flavor from tamarind and other spices.) > > If you're not familiar with pepper extract, you will be soon. It > appears in > many of the hottest sauces made by several people, as it's an easy > way to > add a lot of heat. Some here have pointed out that some large-scale > sauce > makers use the heatless jalapeno varieties (heavily scorned here) > and then > they add a known amount of extract to produce a predictable and > reproducible > level of heat in the finished product - that way, they have product > uniformity across batches. > > - A > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.