Nobody mentioned this one but it's good as well.

I'm all about it's thicker, more saucelike cousin...

I've had and enjoyed both of those. They're head and shoulders above the "look how many scovil units we can have" hothothot shit, and the afore-mentioned salty Marketing Machine that is Tabasco.


The restaurant Bloor and I worked at in highschool used Red Rooster and sometimes Texas Pete on their wings, if I remember right.

This is my go-to.

I do keep some Tabasco Chipotle around, and usually see Cholula out in restaurants.

I use the Crystal and Louisiana pretty much interchangeably.

By default I use tobasco and horseradish for 'heat' in my bloody marys. Anyone have any other suggestions?

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Tentoze for president.


The following arrived at the house Friday:






Busted one open right there on the spot and sampled it. Then Saturday we made some hash browns from scratch, just to have the proper delivery vehicle for the goodness. My god how I've missed that flavor.

Serial killers and thumb rings aside, there's some remarkably decent people on this board. GottDAMN.

Good to hear the P.O. didn't make styrofoam soup out of that box. Let me know when the stock runs low, mang.

I will be hoarding those bottles for months, instituting a sponge-worthy-esq ethical pass/fail test prior to use.

In other news of awesomeness, I got my buddy who is consulting here and in Louisiana to bring me some Boudin sausages!

O man, I'd re-stack the crawl space for some good boudin this morning. As long as it was white- never could get into the red variety.

All white. 4 packages. It does not appear to be of the locally made/gas station variety, but it shall suffice.

Used to be a tiny little gas station/store in St. Francisville, sold boudin more addictive than meth.

In other Sriracha news, I made an asian barbecue sauce last week by tweaking a simple barbecue sauce equation (ketchup+worcestershire+vinegar) and substituting soy sauce and rice wine vinegar for the worches. and vinegar and adding sriracha for spice.

Used it to baste a grilled pork loin that had already been hanging out with an asian based rub on it for a while and then had some more on the side for random dipping. So damn good.

Edit: I might tweak this into a more mustard-y sauce with some chinese spicy mustard.

Never been to this one, but the "Best Stop" in Scott, LA is incredible. I've been wanting to make a run and buy some for some time. If I ever get the chance I'll send you and Gar some.

You may want to try a little sesame oil in this.

Actually, i did put a little in there (some garlic and other spices as well) The loin was also brushed with sesame oil before it went on the grill.

Thanks for jogging my memory loose though.

Not necessarily my favorite tasting hot sauce, but you can't argue with the label:

I really enjoy Crystal as well...

Having said that, in a completely different flavor category, this here's simply the best and most flavorful hot sauce I've ever had:



You can order them directly from http://www.mikeanddianes.com/.

Plus, you've got to love the "it burns at both ends" logo, even if it isn't exactly true

http://obner.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=363 ... ary+recipe

And I've been using Texas Pete hot sauce liberally in my bloody mary mix

That looks like a creepy thumb puppet.

That's no thumb...

I travel from New Orleans to Lafayette fairly regularly, and there's a place off Hwy. 90 that is definitely a must-visit. It's called Billeaud's, located in Broussard, LA. It's a Shell gas station with a butcher-shop/convenience store attached. Their boudin has attained the coveted A+ rating from www.boudinlink.com. Their cracklin is tip-top, if you're in to the whole seasoned, deep-fried pig skin... which you should be, because it's incredible.

If ever there were a place to fill up your tank with gas and your mouth with pig offal, this is definitely THE place.

My mouth is watering and arteries are hardening simultaneously. That sounds like heaven.

i keep Crystal Ho'sau'ce in my fridge
which i love

but
i recently had some stuff i liked even better at a friends house
i will have to ask him

i was drinking

so maybe it sucked