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Tim Urban

22 Nov, 18 tweets, 8 min read

My hot sauce hall of fame (thread). In no particular order.

Tabasco. The og. Old faithful. My stuffed animal. If I was only allowed to have one hot sauce for the rest of my life, this is the easy choice. Family Reserve is a fancier and slightly hotter version I highly recommend. Also shoutout to green Tabasco.

Frank's, duh. So not hot it's almost not hot sauce. Just succulent sauce that I might drink a shot of if I'm hungry enough. While Tabasco is polite and just runs with the vibe of the meal, Frank's is a loud fuck who takes over the room.

Crystal. Hot sauces with labels this simple tend to be extremely delicious.

Not exactly sure what the difference is between Louisiana and Crystal, but they're both very special.

Moving onto some different flavors, Melinda just gets it. Possibly the most delicious hot sauce. Not very hot.

Another woman who gets it. Marie Sharp's is the first in the thread that's actually pretty hot. Hotness in hot sauce is like scariness in horror movies. More is only better if it's really good, otherwise it's just annoying. Marie earns her hotness with equivalent goodness.

Matouk's Calypso Sauce takes some practice. It's one of those that first tastes really mild so you get cocky with it before realizing it's extremely hot and then you suffer for 5 minutes and it's upsetting. But once you nail the little dab on eggs, it's exquisite.

I don't know who D.L.Jardine is or how they got so good at stuff, but everything they do is delicious. This is my favorite of their hot sauces, and their Texacante salsa is absurdly good too.

The Scoville Food Institute sauces are excellent and this GC one is my favorite. In contention with Melinda's for the most delicious one on the list.

These Hank Sauces are quite the thing.

Mule Sauce is what I wish Sriracha tasted like.

A non-hot sauce. But supremely delicious.

Not really sure what's going on here but I want to drink it plain.

Inner Beauty hot sauce is some heavenly combo of hot sauce and mustard. Great on sandwiches.

Another cuddle bunny of mine. Goes well on everything.

There are like 30 more I like but that's my hall of fame. Now you can yell at me / tell me your favorites.

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