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Default REVIEW: Trader Joe's Habanero Hot Sauce

Mark Thorson > wrote:

>Saw this for the first time today, so naturally
>I had to buy it. I'm adapted to rather hot food,
>so it takes a pretty hot sauce to meet my standards.
>This is a good sauce. Adequate heat and a strong
>habanero flavor. I've tried other putative habanero
>sauces, and while the heat may be there, the habanero
>flavor is usually lost. Not so with this sauce.
>Heat AND flavor will not disappoint! Another defect
>in many sauces is too much vinegar. This sauce is
>just about right. It will be a regular in my fridge.


>I can't really fault it for anything. A bit of a
>surprise is that it is made in South Africa.


I use El Yucateco. Cheap, hot, and with a lot of habanero
flavor. Not sure if it would fail your vinegar
content test, I seem to recall you're fairly anti-vinegar
whereas I add it to nearly anything savory.

Steve