Blue Gartr Meal Time: Bacon optional? Bacon required.

[Drai]

Here's the spread. Lots of tasty stuff, ya know? including the homemade dip.

Is that a cheese spread with peppers of some kind on the plate front and center? If so I am most jealous.

[Elizara]

Drai; nope that's a cheese ball with nuts on it. Ya can get 'em at walmart.

Anyway I'm up to stuff again. You..guys know I live in the South right? Well, I'm busy making hoppin' john in the crock pot, then I mean to take a nap then go stew some greens. There's a ham too that I'm gonna bake for dinner..I'll get pics of that later.

[Outlaw]

I guess this would be the thread to ask this.

I'm looking for a good hot sauce. I am tired of just buying brands you get at the supermaket. To be specific I want one with a nice flavor NOT heat. I would be willing to go mid to more spicy though if it's good.

[Kirin]

I know hot sauce can be a touchy topic, but I really enjoy cholula. It's got good flavor, a good kick, and can be used on a lot of things.

I've always been more of a "spice for flavor and not just for heat" cook and I am not a huge "hot sauce in my bag" type of person, so not sure if it has the street cred. But I like it.

[Zetanio]

https://www.amazon.com/YELLOW-JAMAIC.../dp/B0791JT24H

[Zetanio]

My homemade sauce is a variation on this.

[jelkwaz]

I know hot sauce can be a touchy topic, but I really enjoy cholula. It's got good flavor, a good kick, and can be used on a lot of things.

I've always been more of a "spice for flavor and not just for heat" cook and I am not a huge "hot sauce in my bag" type of person, so not sure if it has the street cred. But I like it.

Cholula is also my go to every day hot sauce. It's flavor profile is nice and goes with just about anything, and has enough kick to notice it but not to make anything hot.

That being said, and I know we're not talking extremely spicy hot sauces here, I got this garlic reaper sauce a couple years ago and it has been my absolute favorite hot sauce I think I've ever had. It is extremely spicy, but it isn't just hot for the sake of being hot. Its' flavor is amazing, and whether you put it on tacos, wings, or even burgers it's exceptionally nice.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NVSW3HG

[kuronosan]

I made reaper sauce last year. Good amount of heat if you mix it right. Cholula does a good job of balancing tang and heat but ultimately is a weak sauce.

[Zetanio]

mine favors flavor over heat but it's a solid 6.5/10 heat-wise. i go pretty hard on the peach for both sweetness and the thiccness that cooking it out brings but the major flavor is still habanero. Leaves a nice warmth but isn't gonna bite you. I grew reapers twice but the sauces needed too much "watering down"/flavoring added for my taste and ended up being an otherflavorhere sauce with some reaper heat instead of reaper hot sauce with notes of the other flavors.

i finally found a local spot to get some good jarred fermented calabrian chili and its taken my red sauce and pizzas to a new level.



Homemade mushroom and scallion dumplings with ginger/garlic/sesame



local pepper/olive bread with homemade mushroom/onion/turkey linguica red sauce mixed with aforementioned calabrian chilis, parmesan cheese, and then topped with feta.

this is how i do.

also i eat soba for breakfast every single day now. i'm so old.

[kuronosan]

Cosign calabrian chilis being a good punching agent for sauces. You're using peaches for sauce?

[Zetanio]

Cosign calabrian chilis being a good punching agent for sauces. You're using peaches for sauce?

yep, the more ripe the better. the consistency it adds to the sauce makes it thicc without having to use gelatin.

[kuronosan]

That's fucking genius. I need to try that.

[Zetanio]

it pairs perfectly with scotch bonnets and habaneros.