I love spicy food. I put sriracha sauce on a lot of different things as well as chili flakes. Unfortunately, most of my family doesn't like spice nearly as much as me, so things are usually pretty mild in heat.
That stuffs mental. I picked up a bottle of it the other day and its damn good, but it needs to be used by october, and its not like I can use more than half a tea spoon at a time. I imagine it would go great in soup though. Have you tried their line of crisps? The habanero ones are great, although every time you eat one is making a deal with the devil: "It's so tasty but burns so much" *cry*.Queen Michael said:I've always got a bottle of Blair's MegaDeath sauce in the fridge. Goes great with soup.
Oh yes. A while back, my then-girlfriend gave me a couple of bags. She knew I liked spicy stuff and hadn't tried those.elvor0 said:That stuffs mental. I picked up a bottle of it the other day and its damn good, but it needs to be used by october, and its not like I can use more than half a tea spoon at a time. I imagine it would go great in soup though. Have you tried their line of crisps? The habanero ones are great, although every time you eat one is making a deal with the devil: "It's so tasty but burns so much" *cry*.Queen Michael said:I've always got a bottle of Blair's MegaDeath sauce in the fridge. Goes great with soup.
15 *million*? Fifteen ... Is this scale one of those things that gets exponentially larger, or more like a simple linear scale of 'hotness'? Tobasco is kind of nothing ... but if >300'000 represents a medical risk requiring signing a waiver, then on a linear scale of hotness 15,000,000 is like 50 times hotter than something that could pose a significant risk requiring legal protection on behalf of a supplier.Flutterguy said:Their is a rating system to determine how hot sauces and peppers are, scoville heat units its called. Tabasco sauce is about 700 SHU. I have been enjoying spicy food on and off for over a decade and currently get habanero and jalapeno sauces in the 9,000 to 11,000 rating. The pain just gets more manageable with time, in both ways. Try to find the garlic Tabasco OP, for whatever reason it is double the heat of regular, still mild and flavourful. Also Sriracha is really cheap, like 3-4$ a liter, I always keep a bottle around.
The hottest sauce you can get without signing a waiver is around 300,000 SHU, after 500,000 they are called reserves and meant for being cooked into things, not just consumed. The hottest I know of is 15,000,000 SHU, because it is on the counter at the burrito shop in town, and he refuses to let me try it.
15 million? that's like 5X as potent as tear gas. I have trouble believing that shit exists.PaulH said:15 *million*? Fifteen ... Is this scale one of those things that gets exponentially larger, or more like a simple linear scale of 'hotness'? Tobasco is kind of nothing ... but if >300'000 represents a medical risk requiring signing a waiver, then on a linear scale of hotness 15,000,000 is like 50 times hotter than something that could pose a significant risk requiring legal protection on behalf of a supplier.Flutterguy said:Their is a rating system to determine how hot sauces and peppers are, scoville heat units its called. Tabasco sauce is about 700 SHU. I have been enjoying spicy food on and off for over a decade and currently get habanero and jalapeno sauces in the 9,000 to 11,000 rating. The pain just gets more manageable with time, in both ways. Try to find the garlic Tabasco OP, for whatever reason it is double the heat of regular, still mild and flavourful. Also Sriracha is really cheap, like 3-4$ a liter, I always keep a bottle around.
The hottest sauce you can get without signing a waiver is around 300,000 SHU, after 500,000 they are called reserves and meant for being cooked into things, not just consumed. The hottest I know of is 15,000,000 SHU, because it is on the counter at the burrito shop in town, and he refuses to let me try it.
What is it? Battery acid?
It sounds like something that would eat your teeth away to the jaw and cause your gums to haemorrhage whilst you spasm on the floor, having apocalyptic dreams on a Skynet-level of mindfuckery.jklinders said:15 million? that's like 5X as potent as tear gas. I have trouble believing that shit exists.
Well there is this http://www.thegreenhead.com/2007/07/blairs-16-million-reserve-worlds-hottest-hot-sauce.php But it's noteworthy that this is not so much a sauce as it is pure caspaicin crystals. Last time I heard of pure caspaicin being offered, it came with a waiver and protective gear because getting this shit in your face is actually dangerous.