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I really enjoy slightly spicy food and want to start increasing my tolerance for spice and try new hot sauces! I've been using lots of Texas Pete and/or Sriracha on my food, what is my next step up?

>> No.14477104

>>14477097
>want to start increasing my tolerance
Why?

>> No.14477112

>>14477104
IDK it seems like fun to try new kinds of sauces, but most of the interesting ones you need a bit of tolerance for it seems cuz theyre exponentially hotter then the ones I've been using

>> No.14477120

eat a capsaicin crystal

>> No.14477123
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14477123

Texas Pete is fucking gross

>> No.14477129

>>14477097
try eating raw peppers every day until they dont hurt anymore and you dont have flaming shits anymore the next days. Start of with jalapenos and work your way up. That way you dont get all the preservatives and shit they put into hot sauces

>> No.14477130

>>14477097
El Yucateco XXXtra Hot was my next step up from drowning stuff in sriracha

>> No.14477139

>>14477130
i bought this a week or so ago. it has a strong smoky flavor, dont really like it. i bet itd be good for making stuff with but not for just putting on eggs or pizza

>> No.14477140

>>14477112
That's a really good reason anon, cheers!

>> No.14477142

>>14477130
Even their regular habanero shit is pretty hot

>> No.14477145

>>14477139
>smoky flavor
I get that from the Black Label, but the XXXtra hot?

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14477181

Try Valentina. The extra hot isn't that hot so you should consider it. But if you are scared, the original still has spice.

It is best for Mexican food, cheesy food, and with eggs.

Also, buy fresh jalapeños and use them in your cooking. Soups, chili, eggs, stir fry, anything. Adds heat and will cook down to be less spicy while adding heat and flavor. You should add hot sauce on top to increase your tolerance as well.

>> No.14477220

>>14477097
Go for the Tabasco Chipotle, it's genuinely great.

>> No.14477242
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14477242

OMG whats your favorite sauce bro?!! This one is heckin spicy! Ha! Think I'm gonna wash it down with this IPA!! Oh mann wicked!! Did you see the sports guy on TV run around like that? Brah! Our team is gonna be so good this year! I'm freaking stoked man.

>> No.14477255

>>14477242
hey man hot sauce and IPAs can be pretty great
fuck sports tho

>> No.14477283

>>14477242
>hot sauce bad
>beer bad
>sports bad
What are people allowed to like, anon?

>> No.14477293

>>14477283
why bother replying to contrarian wojak posters

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>>14477097
>exas Pete
this is really a mixer. It's good for adding butter, garlic, lemon to make buffalo sauce. Using straight up, ehh. I think the best of the genre is Crystal and Louisiana, better than Pete and Tabasco.

I also dont understand the desire to increase tolerance. Sauce is a preserve convenience food. If you want to get more deliciousness, you should think about moving using it in your cooking itself, making relishes, slicing thinly on top of foods. A bit of fresh serrano. Roasting a jalapeno. Pickling a jar of onions, carrots and jalapenos in vinegar.

Next up from sriracha might be Super Chili Crisp, langama. Toss it into noodles, spoon it into soups, sprinkle it over rice or use it like a relish. It's even good in a grilled cheese. Why is it good? No vinegar to get too tart.
You might start cooking with sambal olek which I think is better than sriracha.

Valentina has versions, and one of them has a great roasty flavor from a particular (merida?) brown dried chili, forget which.

Green Jalapeno and Chipotle Tabasco flavors have nice purpose. for some dishes, like a quick addition to a mayo, for adhering some breading or a dipping sauce.

A habanero fruity hot Cholula is not too hot and not too vinegary, so really good for eggs and some hispanic rice or beans.

Shout out if you can find it to the various Herdez salsas in the can. They tend to have as much heat as flavor. Ranchera salsa makes instantly great huevos rancheras, or divorciados if you add in the roasted green salsa.