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Default REVIEW: Trader Joe's Habanero Hot Sauce

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:16:44 -0700, isw wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:13:16 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>>
>>> 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

>>
>> i see the El Yucateco in my grocery in maryland. maybe i should give it a
>> whack.

>
> I've been using it for years (try it on mac and cheese). IMO the red is
> better than the green.
>
> Isaac


how is it on eggs? (scrambled, omelet.)

your pal,
blake