Chilli Sauce - My Addiction by Humphry
Chilli Sauce - My Addiction by Humphry
Some say variety is the spice of life, but I believe spice is the variety of life!
On the back of Jillian's smashing post about Kefir grains, I thought I'd write a little about one of the loves of my life. No, not my wife - chilli sauce. Just as Kefir helps to promote a healthy gut flora, capsaicin, the active component in chilli peppers, possesses powerful antibacterial properties and may do a similar job in keeping bad bacteria away. Healthy guts may be bound (no pun intended) in preventing heart disease.
I love adding chopped fresh chillies to dishes for that cutting-edge spiciness (admittedly it's usually just me, as others don't seem to have a Teflon-coated tongue). But when the latter are in short supply, I turn to hot chilli sauce. I've usually got about 5 bottles on the go that I never get tired of. I've kept the list simple and will do a proper review of some of the more extravagant titles out there in the future. The following are typical examples of what is in the larder and why:-
Tabasco sauce - available in most retail outlets. Gives you the spicy hit with a sassy sourness. Good on almost everything. It's like being stung by a friendly wasp - each hit a little addictive and not painful enough to stop you coming back for more.
Frank's Hotwing Buffalo sauce. In my opinion a step up from Tabasco with a slightly smoother taste. Good as a simple marinade - I would probably add another 10 or so ingredients if marinating wings etc
Scotch Bonnet West Indian sauce - there are lots of variations, even extra hot. It never lets you down for meaningful heat. I love the square bottles too!
Nando's X Hot Peri Peri Sauce - the most expensive so far, but worth it. It's nearly always on offer somewhere, so shop around like I do. I buy the XX version of this when I see it (black label), but sadly it's not always available.
Any bottle of Ghost Chilli sauce you can find (I'm using Morrisons Ghost Chilli Sauce at the moment) - This is for when I'm feeling sorry for myself and need an endorphin rush. I'll tend to put a small drop in a cooked dish - like chilli con carne. I'll turn red, I may sweat, but then all is OK with the world.
Stay spicy
Humphry
Some say variety is the spice of life, but I believe spice is the variety of life!
On the back of Jillian's smashing post about Kefir grains, I thought I'd write a little about one of the loves of my life. No, not my wife - chilli sauce. Just as Kefir helps to promote a healthy gut flora, capsaicin, the active component in chilli peppers, possesses powerful antibacterial properties and may do a similar job in keeping bad bacteria away. Healthy guts may be bound (no pun intended) in preventing heart disease.
I love adding chopped fresh chillies to dishes for that cutting-edge spiciness (admittedly it's usually just me, as others don't seem to have a Teflon-coated tongue). But when the latter are in short supply, I turn to hot chilli sauce. I've usually got about 5 bottles on the go that I never get tired of. I've kept the list simple and will do a proper review of some of the more extravagant titles out there in the future. The following are typical examples of what is in the larder and why:-
Tabasco sauce - available in most retail outlets. Gives you the spicy hit with a sassy sourness. Good on almost everything. It's like being stung by a friendly wasp - each hit a little addictive and not painful enough to stop you coming back for more.
Frank's Hotwing Buffalo sauce. In my opinion a step up from Tabasco with a slightly smoother taste. Good as a simple marinade - I would probably add another 10 or so ingredients if marinating wings etc
Scotch Bonnet West Indian sauce - there are lots of variations, even extra hot. It never lets you down for meaningful heat. I love the square bottles too!
Nando's X Hot Peri Peri Sauce - the most expensive so far, but worth it. It's nearly always on offer somewhere, so shop around like I do. I buy the XX version of this when I see it (black label), but sadly it's not always available.
Any bottle of Ghost Chilli sauce you can find (I'm using Morrisons Ghost Chilli Sauce at the moment) - This is for when I'm feeling sorry for myself and need an endorphin rush. I'll tend to put a small drop in a cooked dish - like chilli con carne. I'll turn red, I may sweat, but then all is OK with the world.
Stay spicy
Humphry
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