I was so, um, fascinated by the concept that I actually allowed every. single. script on that page (including amazon-adysystem and google-analytics, which I never - ever - allow) and turned off my AdBlocker (which I selectively whitelist, but only very rarely turn off on random sites), yet - alas - no earwax ad for me… (I did see the the Kinjadeals mention of Amazon’s “Mucinex Gold Box”, which was possibly even more disturbing, but not nearly as curiosity-piquing…)
My hope is that this sauce is not going taste like Franks/crystal/lousiana mixed with old bay. I’m hoping for some other flavor(s) …if that makes sense (ie something I couldn’t replicate at home.)
Currently I have Cholula, Old Bay, Bee Sting, Formosa Jalapeño, Sriracha, Melinda’s Naga Jolokia, and Melinda’s Bhut Jolokia. The last two are my favorites, but I squirt Sriracha into Mornay to make mac and cheese or a cheese soufflé and like Cholula or Old Bay on fries. The two Melinda’s sauce are wonderful on fried eggs. Just a few shakes does it. I also have sambal oelek and severL salsas.
The only one I’d go out of my way buy is Cholula, because that’s the only one with chiltecpins in it.
I love to make homemade, and fill old Heinz ketchup bottle with it. Instead of vinegar overkill, you add lime juice for the acid.
2-3 cloves garlic
1 medium onion
1-2 tomatillos
4-5 mini sweet peppers
2-4 jalapenos (or habaneros, but whoa they’re spendy lately.)
I grill everything but the garlic, toss in a blender with 1/8th cup broth and spin it. It’s what I use like others use ketchup, and taco sauce. Love it on eggs.
After the nearly two intervening years I am down to Melinda’s Bhut Jolokia, Cholula, the same half bottle of Huy Fong Sriracha, the same bottle of Old Bay, and two Herdez salsas, Casera and Guacamole. This covers all of my salsa bases quite nicely. I have several very spicy pepper concoctions for stir fry, but they really are not sauces. My diet has continued to reduce French fries. So the Old Bay will take aeons. Ditto for mac and cheese and soufflés. So the Sriracha will take FFE. We mainly go through Bhut Jolokia, Cholula, and Herdez Guacamole (on breakfast tacos). Our chile bushes, planted by the birds, continue to bless us with wonderful crops of chiltepins. They are eaten fresh, steeped in vinegar with onions, or in a simple sauce. We eat way more jalapeños on tacos than salsa. The repetition might be boring to some, but for Taco Tuesday I grill a big batch of chicken thighs. I slice a few for tacos and top with jalapeños, cilantro, a squeeze of lime, and a drizzle of crema. The rest are frozen to be used as needed.
Bottled - El Yucateco Black Label Reserve, El Yucateco green habanero, Tabasco Chipotle, Cholula, Huy Fong Sriracha, Frank’s Red Hot
In the fridge is also a chile oil with garlic and peanuts, a Lao Gan Ma one with black beans, and a homemade batch of sweet chile sauce (Hot Thai Kitchen). There’s also a 2 c. deli container of chipotle en adobo.