/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>10169324
Where's the 'vark?

>>10169332
What's 'vark? What's it taste like, what kind of peppers and such? Maybe I'll grab a bottle next time I'm at the store

i found a local one thats really tastey called "cry baby craigs"

one of the more balaced hot sauces iv ever had. really good

>Crystal

stellar taste, absolutely the best hot sauce to throw on breakfast eggs and hashbrowns

>>10169401
Idk, Valentina is great for breakfast too

OP pick up some some el yucateco, preferably the extra hot one that isn't full of neon dye. 'vark means Secret Aardvark and it's a meme like Sriracha. it isn't particularly tasty nor spicy and fans of conventional hot sauce should ignore it entirely

>>10169401
Right?! I was eating some ko sardines with a splash of Crystal when I decided to make the thread. Delicious

>>10169324

>literally the wal mart line up with a melinda's thrown in

>>10169415
B-but I like Sriracha in my stir fry... I'll keep my eyes peeled for some El yucatecko.

I see secret aardvark on Amazon, but I'm going to see if I can find it somewhere else for less than $1/oz. Looks interesting, but I don't usually go for hot sauces with tomatoes and such

>>10169429
>Can't make a suggestion, or any contribution to the thread

>no bru bru

>>10169411
Valentina extra hot is probably my favorite of the bunch. Perfect with beans and cheese, or on a quesadilla. Tacos... Anything remotely Mexican.

>>10169415
El Yucateco gives me the liquid shits.

>>10169415
>preferably the extra hot one that isn't full of neon dye
they stopped using artificial coloring in the red & green

>>10169324
I only use 'vark, 'cha, and 'lula.

Is dumbass hot sauce any good?

>>10169911
shii dumby good my guy

>>10169913
?

>>10169324
Any suggestion for foods to have with hot sauce

> try franks 'red hot' sauce
> its not hot at all

> try srirarcha
> tastes like garlic tomato sauce
> not really hot either

are there any mainstream 'hot sauces' that are actually spicy?

>>10169345
Better start saving those good hubby points! My wife's son hates spicy food, so I'm only allowed to get the 'vark when I've been extra helpful.

>>10169954
Dude, no. Most people are complete pussies, and if you put anything even CLOSE to Death Sauce anywhere within 10 feet of any food they eat, they'll freak the fuck out. Most people think mayo is spicy.

People are fucked.

>>10170004

>>10169345
>>10169969
so much forced meme cancer. Does your shed have extra shelves for your vark sauce?

Fucking this. Obviously its nothing crazy spicy but its super flavorful and one of my favorite sauces.

>>10169946
Anything savory/salty. Veggies, legumes, meats, chips, cheeses... Not fruit/candy?>>10169969
Lol, I'm a single lady with a cat. I eat whatever I want whenever I want tyvm. Who knows if I'll find a partner, but they won't make me eat bland food
>>10169954
No, mainstream stuff is supposed to be appealing to lots of people. Most people have no capsaicin tolerance.

>>10170013
This is unreal with eggs.

Valentina>Cholula>Texas Pete>Frank's RedHot>Tabasco>everything else

>>10170010
I wish! My darling sweetest says those shelves are for Tyrone's basketball trophies. I keep the 'vark under me and Tyrone's bunk bed

>>10170066
>cholula
>texas pete
opinion disregarded

>>10170070

Tastelets confirmed
>best hot sauce ever coming through

>>10170084
>calling other people tastelets while toting Tabasco as the best hot sauce ever

>>10170084

This is the worst post I've ever witnessed. I assume you like milk, water and butter as well?

>>10170084
No. I find the flavor off-putting. It doesn't go well with anything. I guess it could be useful to mask the flavor of bad food, but I like my sauces to compliment what I'm eating.

valentina / el yucateco masterrace here

valentina/tapatio for me

>>10170106
This

tabasco has literally ruined hot sauces for me

what sauce should i add to my collection next?

'Tec and Melinda's (ghost/naga) are my go-to's

>>10171400
Look for anything by this company, but I recommend pic related.

Heartbreaking Dawns is the best hotsauce manufacturer. Everything else is inferior.

The best hot sauce I know is a Mexican brand called Rio Mayo, it's pretty small and I don't think you can get it in the US. Yucateca is ok for larger brands.

>>10169332
>>10169345
>>10169464
>>10169969
>>10170010
>>10170068

>>10170068
>I keep the 'vark under me and Tyrone's bunk bed
this sounds so comfy

>>10169324
I traded in my Good Hubby Points and wifey let me get 3 of these bad boys! It has twice the mayo content and sugar of regular 'vark sauce.

>>10171400
Maya Ik
Ik means pepper in several of the Mayan dialects.

Any recommendations for UK fags here? I'm experimenting with hot sauces I see in the supermarket but they're hit and miss. Really want something that goes with chicken and/or beef

>>10171546
UK can’t handle heat. Try blending some bell peppers and water together.

>>10171546
Try 'vark sauce.
It's the mildest and sweetest hot sauce on the market.

>>10171517
>I traded in my Good Hubby Points and wifey let me get 3 of these bad boys!

my le sides are in space

>>10171645
>hot sauce
>it's sweet
???

>>10171675
The FDA forced Secret Aardvark to reduce the spiciness of the sauce due to the nature of the cartoon animal mascot appealing to children. They compensated by making the sauce as sweet as possible and now it's the sweetest hot sauce on the market.

>>10171659
PROTIP: "Le" is French for "the" so in your statement it doesn't make any sense.

>>10169411
Tfw when Valentina is my go to hot sauce but also the name of my ex who cheated on me. What are the odds

>>10171765
With every bite you're reminded of the burn.

>>10171765
You dated Sarina Valentina? Nice.

Texas Pete is the best sauce for putting on everything. It doesn’t taste like vinegar like memebasco and it’s not crazy hot like some insanity sauces. I use hitter sauces often, but if I could only choose one it would be Texas Pete.

>>10171881
Louisiana Hot Sauce > Texas Pete

>>10171881
Texas Pete is pretty good, but for some reason I keep going back to Frank's Red Hot.
>>10171894
Louisiana is kind of vinegary.

>>10171899
Franks is a very acceptable Texas Pete replacement. They taste almost identical, I just prefer Texas Pete a little more. Franks is better if your mixing it with butter for hot wang sauce though, I’ll give you that.
Plus TP is made by a relatively small corporation compared to Franks which is made by McCormick. So part of my bias could have to do with that.

>>10169464
>I like Sriracha in my stir fry
Bottled garlic is bleh. Once you just switch to chili paste and add fresh garlic, you'll be done with the sriracha. Bottled garlic is as foul as bottled lemon juice, so be careful not to buy the chili w/ garlic.

OP, I'd add Cholula to that collection. It's a different beast, kind of fruity hot tingle. It will enhance some caribbean food, breakfast and meats in a different way. It's not too hot.
Yucateco green is also a fun different one. There's a hot blackish color one they also make that has some smokiness.
>>10169946
>Any suggestion for foods to have with hot sauce
This is preference, really. I like to microwave Goya tamales, and then hit them with a liberal shake of hot sauce. Grits, arepas, sopes, tamal en cazuela is a nice neutral cornmeal base calling for hot sauce like that. Hot sauce works equally well on cornmeal dusted fish, chicken livers, fried green tomatoes, and those southern things like that. I dump hot sauce into the egg wash before dredging my okra, tomatoes, eggplant, and such. It adds a nice vinegar essence too.

>>10172207
Ya, I've had Cholula before. It's pretty good, I'll probably grab a bottle at some point.
Definitely going to look into all these El yucatecko recommendations.
I'll get some chilli paste too... I already use plenty of fresh garlic.

>>10172584
Try vark sauce, it is the mildest and sweetest habanero sauce available.

>>10172588
Where's the cheapest place to order it?

>>10172614
Amazon or the vark store.

>>10169324
What's the best way to make buffalo sauce using something like one of these as a base? I've been buying premade but it's just not cutting it anymore.

>>10172714
1 part Frank's Red Hot
1 part butter
Grind a little black pepper

>>10169954
You might wanna do what I did and just order some goddamn superhot pepper powder or puree on amazon. Just add that to your favorite hot sauces, see the problem with "superhot sauces" is they always have that fucking disgusting extract taste, save for the spiciest shit at "b-dubs". For some reason, it's not the hottest sauce I've had but it's caused me by far and away the largest amount of intestinal distress. Tastes damn good though, but I still won't be going out of my way for more any time soon.

>>10172725
>Frank's Red Hot
I PUT THAT $#!* ON EVERYTHING LOL!

>>10172751
LOL

>>10172756
LOL

>>10172725
>>10172751
>>10172756
>>10172777
>Frank's Red Soy
fuck off, this shit is almost as bad as 'vark

>>10172725
this meme needs to stop

>Hi everyone from First We Feast this is Hot Ones.
>The show with hot questions and even hotter memes

>>10172843
I unironically enjoy this show

>>10172833

Um, that's literally the ingredient list for Buffalo sauce.

>>10169332
FPBP

>>10172833
Then how do YOU make buffalo sauce? It’s literally one part louisiana style hot sauce, one part butter.

>>10171765
My ex died earlier this month

>>10172981
no one cares.

Got damn tastelets around here

>>10169324
>soylentina
gross

>>10172981
kek, good riddance the stupid bitch.

>>10172996
Gross. vark sauce is the superior habanero sauce

>>10173004
>extremely sweet
No thanks

>>10172875
It's a great show

>>10173020
It’s sweet for children. Children love it.

>>10172875
>>10173038

>>10173004
>gay hot sauce
thanks for letting us know that you are a giant faggot.

>>10172981
Did she OD on tide pods

>>10173185
Her new boyfriend raped and stabbed her to death lmao

this has really been wonderful.
It pairs so well on breakfast burritos or carne asada fries.
The nozzle is also very helpful for adding the right amount to a dish.

This is the hot sauce that currently has wowed me.
It's got a nice scotch bonnet flavor, but still has a savory, fruitiness to it.
It isn't too hot to handle either, just right imo.
However you will need to refrigerate it after opening.

I've owned this for about 2-3 days and i'm already halfway through the bottle. stuff is addictive, sometimes i just want to buy food just so i can enjoy it.

>>10173237
its too hot and bitter. if it was sweeter and milder I could see myself getting it but its not so I don't buy it

>>10173245
i actually dont think its bitter or too overwhelming at all.
it doesn't have a vinegariness to it.

the only downside is it can have a metallic aftertaste. which is why it doesn't work well with Chipotle burritos.
it works great in any sort of black bean stew.

>>10173254
The metallic aftertaste is a feature of the sauce, not a negative.

>>10173256
that flavor can be bad when paired with the wrong things tho.

>>10169324

Crystals tastes like a frank redhot to me....and a louisianas hotsauce too for that matter

>>10173278
>>10173278
Not my fault you have shitty broken taste buds, bro

>>10173299
weren't you the one saying it was too spicy and bitter?
yet my taste buds are shitty.
hahahahahahahah

Thats a mild hot sauce.

Good shit

Why would anybody have 6 different bottles of watery vinegar sauce?

>>10173683
>melindas
>soylentinas
>viniggery

>hotsauce thread
>100 replies
>literally everybody is just posting tobasco and franks
That's like having a mustard thread and posting nothing but generic brand yellow mustard

Hands down the best shit I've had. Not crazy hot but not pathetic sugar-paste or vinegar-water like tobasco and 'cha, tastes amazing and smokey and lime.

>>10173712
thanks man i've been looking for a good hot sauce and sharp knife.

>>10173245
Ah my friend, I've got the perfect sauce for you right here! Thanks to the FDA and the cartoon animal on the bottle, Secret Aardvark, or 'vark as I like to call it, is the sweetest and mildest hot sauce on the market. It's more like a dessert than a sauce, but it's still labeled hot sauce so you can feel good about yourself when you eat it! My wife's son loves the stuff, he says it tastes great in his breakfast cereal.

>>10170004
>Most people think mayo is spicy.

-Sir Einstein Tesla Jefferson

Rip in piece.

>>10173741
KEK

One of the things I love most about the insanely large variety of hot sauces is that you can find specific uses for nearly each of them. They are all a little different, or very different. Some are the same, yes, but then you just use those in that same way you would the next one. But there are so many varieties of flavors and possibilities. There are the vinegar laden ones (majority, it seems) that have their rightful place, then the more "fruity" (habanero) flavors which are hotter, but sometimes not too much. Then there are the roasted ones. Some are very salty, others not. Some are thick, some thin. Its no wonder that hot sauce is such a popular market item. Good stuff.

I personally love pic related. Kinda fruity flavor and decent heat.

>>10173127

>>10172999

>>10173201
>raped and stabbed her to death
LMFAO!!!

This shit right here is a literal wildcard. Every bottle I've bought tasted completely different from the last.

>>10173824
>>10173201

>>10173817
well waddya know

>imagine being a snob about hotsauce of all things

Come on //ck/.

>>10173850
>t. vark fanatic

>>10173859
You can do better than that.

>>10171986
>hot wang

>>10173863

anyone ever have pic related? shit is surprisingly really good

>>10173872
Not sweet enough and it's too spicy. I don't even think they have this kind of mass produced stuff here in Portland. I'll pass and stick with vark.

>>10173870
Made me laugh. Saved.

>>10173870
Gonna need a gif version with his hands and head bobbing up and down

Just bought these bad boys, has anyone tried this stuff before?

>>10173899
Both of them are very good. I like to use Tiger Sauce on shrimp and yucatan on fish tacos.

>>10173807
my nigga
if you don't fuck with the tec foh

>>10173909
The tiger sauce made me think of spicy teriyaki, its kinda sweet and has less heat The habanero sauce was great though, ill probably finish the bottle within a month

>>10169324
Anyone tried this hot sauce?
I'm thinking of buying it when I next need more.
Need something a bit fruitier/sweeter.

>>10173964
u sweet and fruity enough my nigga

>>10173977
Cheers babe.

>>10173964
sorry

>>10173964
>extremely sweet
No thanks

>>10172614
HeatHotSauce

>>10174088
OMG thanks! Time to drop $30 on some new sauces

>>10173964
>Need something a bit fruitier/sweeter.
Right this way my friend, check out >>10173741

>>10170004

>>10172996
I tried this. It's not hot, and it sucks.

>>10173712
>tobasco
I see this a lot on here.
Is it a regional spelling?

>>10169324
Anyone here tried Vicious Viper by CaJohns? It's GODLIKE.

The Ghost is the shit desu you should all try it

>>10173964
The one in pic related is way better.

>>10175507

>>10172981
kek

>>10169324
I've had all of those except on the far right of your picture. I've had a lot more sauces too of course.
I still just really like Tapatio. I'd have to say it's my favorite of what I've had.

>>10173243
Looks good. They didn't have it at my store today though dang it.

i like spice but really don't like vinegary sauces. regular buffalo sauce makes me want to throw up just when i smell it. are there any hot sauces for a person like me

can't go wrong for a buck.

>>10169324
Alright, finally tried tapatio again. It really is the superior sauce to cholula. Maybe the last time I had it the food just wasn't good.

>>10178095
I'm not sure what heat level you like, but Dave's scorpion sauce has no vinegar. Not sure if it's fermented or how they make it. It's pretty damn hot but it still has a nice full, slightly fruity pepper flavor.

>>10178169
This stuff is fucking good, man. The red and chipotle variants are also very good.

>>10178169
>>10178348

>>10169480
I like this more than el yucateco, but I don't know where to find it. I haven't seen it in stores for over a decade.

>>10178577
Is this like one of those pics where you're supposed to unfocus your eyes to see a 3D pic? Or is it like a "find the 5 differences" kind of pic? What gives?

>>10178604
It's just that the seller was selling units of 4 bottles, and it's the old label I remember. It's the same photo twice.

Raw sauce

>>10178169
this shit right fuckin here. Green and xxx are my favorites. Black is strange but good

>>10173243
this right here is the hot sauce of kings

>>10171400
niggah what are you even doing. Tabasco is gross.

Currently have: Valentina extra hot, Yucatan Sunshine, Tabasco regular and habanero, Cholula, El Yucateco regular red and Mayan sauce, Louisiana hot sauce and the usual brand of Sri Racha.

>>10170084
The hababero and chipotle varieties are good.

>>10172996
>>10173807
>>10173899
>>10178169
My niggas.

>>10171400
Valentina or El Yucateco.

>>10178618
He looks like he might be hot.

>>10179078
>no 'vark sauce
You fucked up

>>10179499
Can't find it where I live, my dude.

>>10179503
If you have internet you should look on Amazon

>ctrl+f
>UFC Banana Sauce
>0 results

I got a bottle of pepper extract that should be coming in today. I generally like stuff a lot hotter than my friends do, but don't really want to add the taste of a hot sauce to anything. So, I'm going with a bottle of pure heat

>>10171546
try to find some El Yucateco, its pretty baller

>>10169332
You have to taste the log first. Only then can you banana meme it more. Dummy

This stuff is breddy gud

>>10169324
Do you smoke cigarettes?
I've learned in my many years of cooking everytime some says their food isn't spicy enough it's because they smoke a pack of cigarettes a day and the inside of their mouth is a dead dried out void that doesnt know what flavor is

Anyone else ever tried this? It tasted like shit to me honestly, far too sweet, but I like the bottle so I use it to hold some of my home made hot sauces.

>>10183720

Oh a use for this picture

>>10183770
ah yes, the walmart collection

>>10183718
Nah. I smoked pot every now and again until a few months ago. I just like my tacos and stir fry to have a little kick

Pretty nice sauce.

>>10171400
Valentina or green Cholula

>>10169474
quality is awful after they moved to apple vinegar. Throw that stuff in the trash.

>>10170084
based

>tfw its really good

I don't even want to live on this planet anymore

What sauce would come closest to something you would find in a Mexican restaurant?

>>10185142
soylentina

Extremely hot, as well as tasty. Can't help not to love it.