OT: Yet another hot sauce thread--Blair's After Death

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Josh Feltman

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I know we had a thread about hot sauces a while back, but I hate resurrecting old threads, so I figured I'd start a new one. Last weekend I picked up two bottles of Blair's After Death sauce at Granzella's on the way over to the coast. This is one of the best sauces I've ever had. Hot, but not too hot, with an excellent garlic and chipotle flavor. Goes great on chicken, beef, sausage, and scrambled eggs. I shared it with two other people, and both of them thought it was way too hot, couldn't believe they were dumb enough to try it, etc. However, I noticed that every time I would bring out the sauce, they would try it again, followed by the same complaints. One guy got a bit on his hand from touching the bottle, wiped his lips, and ended up burning them. I told him to make sure to wash his hands before going to the bathroom :D.

I'm about half way through the first bottle, and I'll definitely be looking for more of Blair's sauces in the future. I think I need a little more heat, so I'll probably go with sudden death or mega death next time.

--Josh
 
I'm sure that you have tried this but I'll ask anyways. Have you tried daves instant insanity. A single drop on each burger is great. This is the stuff that if you have any* amount strait from the bottle then even with bread and milk you will still be laying down in a "there is nothing I can do" catatonic state.

My dad gave me and my brother some "pain" in 100% and 95% by volume bottles. This is nowhere near as hot as dave's but I think has a nicer flavor.

Both of these are good added to meat loaf and other dishes that will be very diluted.

* I tried enough to stand up on the tips of two fork tines. a "friend" spread some very thin on a buttered slice of bread and had similar results
 
I've had Dave's before, but it was a long time ago. As I recall, the original Dave's Insanity sauce is comparable in heat to Blair's After Death. I need to pick up a bottle to refresh my memory.

--Josh
 
I tried planting three types of peppers, but only the tomatillos are growing. I have maybe 14 of them.

Marie Sharp's is probably my favorite hot sauce of all time.

John
 
Haven't tried any of the Blairs stuff--but the chipotle bit sounds good. But some of their other stuff seems to be based on extracts that border on mace from descriptions I've seen.

There is hot and there is tasty hot.

Any hotter than some fresh roasted habaneros ground with a bit of garlic, salt, and lime juice is a bit silly to my taste, but that may be just me. This is coming from a person that treats Louisianna hot sauce and Sriracha hot sauce prety much like catsup. The Vietnamese style one that comes with a green cap and a picture of a rooster is pretty good, especially the one with garlic, and not with the oil. Also I have occasionally found a Mexican import with a picture of a buffalo that comes in little bottles made from chipotles (they have a couple of kinds, look for the one that says chipotle on the lable) to be pretty good, but not that hot.

The Dave's products I've tried are not bad as a spice, but not suitable as a condiment, they are mostly just hot with not much taste.

The best hot peppers I've ever had are called Manzanos (apple in Spanish) or Rocotto peppers. I think they originally come from Peru, but some are now grown in Mexico. Sadly my local stores no longer carry them. They are kinda like bigger, less wrinkled, slightly less hot habaneros but just as tasty, they have that special bright fruity taste.

I did save some seeds, but they are now pretty old and I've not had success growing peppers from seeds.

Don't have any tomatillos growing this year, but even here on perhaps the gloomiest, foggiest bit of So. Ca., when I bought a few plants, I always got more than I could use, and froze a lot. Even when the tomatoes didn't do squat. The tomatillos just kept going and came on late.

Spectre, I'll be interested in what you say in a month or three. From what I remember liviing in Atlanta, I expect you may be surprised, as long as you don't overwater them. In my experience, peppers are a lot more picky. I didn't try growing anything when I lived there, but I knew somebody who did great growing chayote, which I think likes the same kinda climate. I've got a hab plant in the garden, and it's not looking good this year--too much fog. Even when they look good, and grow, they don't get ripe till past October here.

I guess that's what I get for living very close to the ocean.
 
johntrout said:
Not to be disgusting, but does it give you, err well, disgestive irregularities?
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An occasional "ring stinger" the next morning may be evidence of over-indulgence. It is a lot shorter-lived than a hang-over.

Everything in moderation. A bit of the good stuff is worth more than a lot of the crap stuff.
 
The Red Rooster Vietnamese hot sauce is one of my favorites, but I also like various kinds from Mexico. My wife, being from New Orleans, prefers Louisiana style hot sauce which has more vinegar flavor.

There is a place near us that has a whole wall devoted to different hot sauces. The ones I tried were quite disappointing as they were just super hot but without a pleasant flavor. I could probably have put a drop of sulfuric acid on my tongue and gotten the same effect. I got the feeling that they were not really for eating but for "experiencing".

The labels were also a turn-off for me. The last thing I want on my table is something called "Red Ass" or "Fire Fart" with a picture of a guy bending over with flames coming out of his butt.
 
firkin said:
An occasional "ring stinger" the next morning may be evidence of over-indulgence. It is a lot shorter-lived than a hang-over.

Everything in moderation. A bit of the good stuff is worth more than a lot of the crap stuff.
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Ahhhh but alcohol and spicy food just go so well together. :D Anyways, nuthing like da spicy runs :eek: :confused: :barf: :footinmou :p
 
One of the guys I used to work with at the fire station bought a bottle of Dave's Insanity sauce back from a trip to the USA and, sitting around the mess table one mid-morning (for a sandwich), asked if anyone wanted to try some. A couple of the younger lads volunteered and were warned that this stuff is unbelievably hot. Nevertheless, they each put some on the edge of what they were eating and totally disregarded the renewed cautions about its power. You can imagine the uproar when they quickly went through :) :rolleyes: :( :eek: :yawn: :o :mad: and finally disappeared to get water running over their napalmed taste buds.
Oddly, I've never felt the need to set my mouth on fire with this stuff.
All together now.........."limey chicken"
You bet. Anyone for eggs?
 
"There is a place near us that has a whole wall devoted to different hot sauces. The ones I tried were quite disappointing as they were just super hot but without a pleasant flavor. I could probably have put a drop of sulfuric acid on my tongue and gotten the same effect. I got the feeling that they were not really for eating but for "experiencing"."

Yeah, it seems like there is a recent boutique market for stuff like that. Must be a sudden rise in fraternity initiations or something. Why buy a bottle of Bacardi 151 when you can get some normal strength hooch that tastes good? At least when you buy most booze, the more spendy stuff usually tastes better. Six bucks for a little bottle of stuff that tastes like boilng paint thinner? Sure it lasts a long time, but so would a little bottle of goat pee if I was using it as a condiment.

"The labels were also a turn-off for me. The last thing I want on my table is something called "Red Ass" or "Fire Fart" with a picture of a guy bending over with flames coming out of his butt."

Having that guy present at my table would rank lower for me, but not by a lot, and I'm generally more into the food than the decor. But even I would be a bit put off by say, a beer that depicted a guy praying the the squat white idol on the label.
 
aaron_simkovich said:
blair's 3am, i think you have to sign a waiver
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Indeed:

"Product Disclaimer
Purchaser of this product hereby acknowledges the intense heat factor of this product and the element of danger if misused. This product is over 100 time hotter than a jalapeno pepper and is a complex blend of fresh peppers and extracts. This product is not a sauce but a food additive and should be used as such only. Furthermore, is should be clearly understood that this is used strictly at the purchaser's risk."

At 2,000,000 scoville units, I'd be afraid to try it :eek: The 6am and Caldera weigh in at around 16,000,000 scoville units--egad! Considering Tabasco is down around 2,500...

--Josh
 
I cry foul!!!! This on top of acid reflux and an intense craving for Mexican food.....BOOHOOOHOOOOO :grumpy: :rolleyes: ;)
 
I thought that pepper didn't give you acid , but
it was the combination of pepper and fat that did.

Egads , what good is one with out the other......

So tell me the truth, could acid reflux be another term for a flashback from the 60's...I'm so confused...
 
Well, I went to lunch at a burrito place that has a pretty decent selection of hot sauces. Picked up a bottle of Blair's Possible Side Effects, rated at 283,000 scoville units. Hot, but still not hot enough for me. My friend used one drop and was really feeling the heat. I probably had a tablespoon of it on my burrito. I think maybe there's something wrong with my taste buds. That last batch of chili I made must have destroyed some of them :D

--Josh
 
Has anyone ever tried "Spontaneous Combustion"?

Sort of like liquid fire in a bottle. Much hotter than Dave's, IMHO.

A little dab will do ya. :D

From the label:

"Has been created for the true pyromaniac, the one who says nothing is too HOT for me!! This gourmet Hot Sauce is made with the hottest commercially grown habaneros, and to make it even more combustible the Ass Kickin' people have added pure capiscum extract. Be careful it is extremely hot."
 
Here is one I haven't tried (and don't think I will)

The Source, 7.1 million Scoville Units (Pepper Extract)

[font=arial, helvetica]All things, good or bad, are driven by energy… that's what the box says, but maybe you're driven by some kind of madness? If so, this tiny bottle of energy is just right for you. 7.1 million Scoville Units is 2 to 3 times hotter than Blair's 3AM, which is so hot you need a fire extinguisher nearby when you open the bottle
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