Hmm, hot!

[bellinghman]

Oh dear ghod, I'm turning into a chilli-head.

One thing with being on this diet is that one gets rather bored of the small variety of soups available. And I'm not that keen on some of them - I've never liked tomato soups, and the broccoli and cheese one is rather thin.

So, in an effort to spice them up without actually adding a measurable calorie load, I've taken to adding a bit of chilli sauce. This lunch, it was a teaspoon of Tabasco Habanero (the hottest from that particular stable), and I was drinking the soup and thinking "this isn't very hot, but there are some nice flavours in there".

I'm now wondering where to get more Dave's Insanity, since although I don't use huge quantities of that, I'm using much more that the original single drop that I started at ( though I'm unlikely to try the half-teaspoon quantity again). I'm rather bemused at how my heat tolerance has built up, so that I'm now drinking soups a single drop of which makes bellinghwoman shy away.

Once the heat has turned off, one can definitely taste some of the other flavours in some of the sauces.

But before I get blamed for masochismo, I should point out that I didn't intend to get acclimatised. It just happened, over a period of some weeks.

Comments

Dave's Insanity Sauce

[uitlander]

It looks like these people may be able to help you.

Re: Dave's Insanity Sauce

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Indeed, and we may well be going with them (we were looking at that site last night, and going "2,000,000 Scoville Units? WTF!" (No, not Dave's Insanity, or even the Ultimate)). I'm just wondering where I bought the bottle I have.

[mkillingworth.livejournal.com]

My stomach won't let me do that. I have my first diet group meeting tomorrow night.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Yep - not suitable for everyone. I'm just somewhat surprised that it was fine for me.

Good luck with the 100 days.

[gmh.livejournal.com]

Tesco's pumpkin & chilli soup is much improved by Tabasco Habanero; without, it's frankly anaemic; but given a couple of sploshes of T.H. you get a lovely warm peppery afterburn.

[petermorwood.livejournal.com]

Here's another UK source for hot sauces by post, though don't forget the Encona range, which IIRC is carried by Tesco and Sainsbury.

I've tried quite a few of the sauces listed, though I have to admit I avoid those with names that aren't as funny or as clever as they think they are. This isn't me being po-faced, just avoiding embarrassment and any extra additives that the manufacturers might find amusing. I saw "clam juice" in one description, and that's something I wouldn't let through the door, never mind down my throat!

I prefer "Endorphin Rush" over "Dave's Insanity" because ER (an unfortunate contraction) doesn't have that odd oily scent which reminds me of used chip-fat.

On the same Chilefarm page: "Blair's After Death" is OK, while "Who Dares Burns" is actually rather good. Be advised, it seems to be something of a Stealth Sauce, i.e. it's quite possible to use and consume more of it than you intended, before the error becomes apparent somewhere around the 10th mouthful, frequently "with hilarious results..." Thanks to the presence of more chipotles than the After Death, it has quite a pleasing flavour rather than mere heat, which may be the reason for its delayed-action effect.

BTW, Blair's make an even hotter concoction than that 2-million version. How about this? Not just the strength, but the price...

Eek!

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Eeek, indeed. I wonder how much of that price is meant to be a deterrent to idiots buying it without much considered thought.

(And how much is taking advantage of the "I must have the ultimate" tendency that so sadly disadvantages such poor folk as HiFi purists.)

I might well try some ER - and as you say, there's the Encona in Tesco. I actually have a handful of the hotter sauces available from the 24 hour branch here, for comparison.

though I have to admit I avoid those with names that aren't as funny or as clever as they think they are

As per half the names on http://www.hot-headz.com/acatalog/Super_Hot_Sauces.html. One should never be embarrassed to let one's aged mother go through one's kitchen cupboard. (Though bearing in mind mine works for the Samaritans, she's at least heard it all before.