Chili Pepper News — gourmet hot sauce

Remember when you first added a drop of Tabasco to your food, and you were floored by the flavor and burn it added to your meal? Those days are long gone now, aren’t they? Adding Tabasco to your food is now something you do because you accidentally pulled into a restaurant that doesn’t fully comprehend what hot is. These days, you’re all about gourmet hot sauce – it’s hotter and has infinitely more flavor than you can explain. (We understand that.) But, believe it or not, there is more to gourmet hot sauce than you might think.

Have you become tired and disillusioned with the “barely hot enough to make a difference” hot sauces that you find on tables at your local restaurants? If you’re a chili head in the making, that’s hardly surprising. After all, those condiments barely rank on the Scoville scale. And, because they’re usually mass-produced, they usually don’t carry the flavor you’d expect from a sauce. Once you’ve found yourself in the predicament of wanting a better hot sauce, but not knowing where to turn, you know it’s time to invest in some gourmet hot sauces! Here are some tips on choosing gourmet...