Re: [CH] Debate at Our House
Ted Wagner (trwagner1@yahoo.com)
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:22:56 -0800 (PST)
I LOVE cayenne hot sauce. And, I agree, Red Devil is my favorite too.
What makes the "Tabasco" brand zing is the aging process...the mash. I
have been known to sniff out the older bottles in local groceries where
I know people don't buy the stuff. My wife thinks I'm nuts.
But, think of it this way...the process of mashin' the peppers is VERY
similar to making kraut...and kim chee (the only difference between
kraut and kim chee is the amount of brine and the ingredient of
chiles). I love kim chee, but I don't eat much, just a piece or
two....if you pig out on that stuff exclusively, well, it's like
combining flame with methane gas...hmm, wait, you ARE! ;)
Ahem, anyway.... "fresh" kim chee is good. But, if you let it sit in
the fridge for a while, it gets a bit zingier and hotter. ;) Or, if
you buy the "aged" kim chee in an oriental grocery (big ol' vats of
stuff) it's gooooooood!
I will say this. I use a bunch of tabascos for the first time last
fall (thank you Sir Jim for Open Fields, long live Brother Jim!). I
didn't mash my peppers, I used them fresh. Boy do the fresh tabascos
hae a different flavor than the mashed stuff. You do taste a
difference.
I love to experiment. But, I'll say this, I love cayenne hot sauce. I
make a lot of hot sauce each fall and every time I come home from the
store with more hot sauce, my wife think's I've lost more nuts and
bolts from my head! "Why did you buy that?! You ALREADY have your own
shelf in the fridge!"
hehehehehehe
I do admit, however, I think "what tastes best" is all a matter of
opinion strictly dictated only by the taster's tastebuds. What tastes
good to me, may not to someone else, etc. That's what I love about
chiles. To each his own and more FIRE to ya'!
Ted
> Jersey Frank's eind the taste category in a walk. But, my preferred
> cayenne
> sauce is still Trappey's Red Devil (made by McIlhenney at Avery
> Island).
> Mildly spicy and quite flavourful. I often wonder where the world
> would be
> now if the "manly-men" hasd discovered Trappey's as their
> rite-of-passage
> instead of Tabasco.
>
> ENJOY!!!
>
> Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
> Home of Hardin Cider & Yaaaaa Hoooo Ahhhhh Hot Sauce!!!
>
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