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Default REVIEW: Trader Joe's Habanero Hot Sauce

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> 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.)


I love all sorts of hot sauces, but for omelets, the only kind I want on
them is good ol' Tabasco -- and that's just about the only thing I *do*
like it for. Well, besides pulled pork sandwiches, where it's sort of a
required ingredient.

Isaac