Hot sauces - What do you use? (ingredient, restaurant, pizza)

[Pilot1]

I love spicey food and put hot sauce on lots of different foods at times. I've used Tabasco, Frank's, Crystal, Chalula, and some others, but I'm kind of bored.

I like habanero based, chile pepper based, and jalapeno. Anthing esle I should try? Which brands due you use?

[Debsi]

Tapatio is good.

I have Frank's and Tabasco at home right now.

I don't like Crystal, it's super weak. I bought it after Emeril first came on the scene with all his "bamming" and getting people cheering over spicy food.. I nearly died laughing after I first tasted Crystal. Like a couple shakes of vinegar ever so slightly flavored with peppers is anything to cheer about!

[arsbadmojo]

Sriracha (Or "Hot C*ck sauce" as we call it around our house) is probably one of my all round favorites, but I don't care for it on chicken wings.

Call me a traditionalist, but nothing else works for me on wings like Frank's Red Hot and butter.

But Cholula is really nice, as is Melinda's for Habenero flavor.

I have a bottle of Tabasco, (doesn't everyone?) but hardly ever use it.

I never understood the mentality of 'extreme' hot sauce. Congratulations, you made something so hot I can't enjoy it. Does that make you happy? Yes, I am looking at you, Dave's Insanity Sauce.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

I hit up the local Mex restaurant for a quart of hot sauce. Why can't I replicate this stuff?

[Pilot1]

Thanks. I'm going to look for Tapatio and Melinda's. Any others?

Hmmm, maybe I'll have a hot sauce bake-off and post the results.

[Moonlady]

I like flavor with my heat -Tobasco is generally too vinegary for my taste. I like Trappey's red Bull. Good heat, good flavor.

[Cuisinette]

If I want a spicy dish I always use Thai red pepper.

But for a slice of pizza I use Tapatio or Jalapeño

[southdown]

I use a plain hot chilli sauce (Sambal Olek) either on its own or as an ingredient, and Thai Sweet Chilli sauce, especially for dipping! yum

I also use jalapeno - and the juice from the jar is really handy. So is Peppadew pepper juice!

[Nomadicus]

Dave's Insanity Sauce

Has anyone read the uses for this sauce? Seems like one of the uses was to clean driveways? I don't think I have a bottle at present but to use it you stick a tooth pick into it and then dip the tooth pick in the dish being prepared. This is not a sauce really because it is more of a pepper extract. It will make your hair sweat thinking about it if you've ever been burned with it. I have.

[neutrino]

If I'm cooking Asian dishes I use Sambal Oelek or Sriracha sauces. I like how they're thick and garlicky.

For other stuff I use Mezzeta habanero sauce. Tabasco, Cholula, etc, just aren't spicy enough for me!