News - My Favorite Hot Sauces, Salsas,
and Culinary Picks
As a devoted fan of all things piquant and pungent, I thought I would share with you a few of my very favorite condiments. I tend to favor those sauces and salsas that combine good flavor with heat, rather than the ones that simply try to send you to the emergency room with third degree burns on your tongue, or somewhere else too personal to mention here. I will also include (for what it's worth) a few other favorite food and drink items. If you have a hard time finding these products, contact me at this web site's guest book, and I will try to help you in your attempt to eat like Daddy Squeeze.
HOT SAUCES, SALSAS & BBQ
- Melinda's XXXXXReserve ( the standard by which all habanero sauces are judged)
- Iguana Brand "Red" or "Gold" (Amazon pepper sauces that truely enhance the flavor of any food )
- Pueblo "Indian Summer Salsa" ( My new fav, sent to me from New Mexico by my pal John Walker. Roasted New Mexico chilis and jalapenos, and summer squash! )
- Mac's Hot Barbeque ( From a tiny shack in the tiny town of Skiatook, Oklahoma, comes the smokiest, richest, thickest and HOTTEST BBQ sauce you will ever need! 918-396-4165. I'm ordering two gallons at a time, now.Try it in black eyed peas, or on meatloaf. WOW! )
- Cholula Hot Sauce (The one in the grocery stores with the wooden ball on the cap. A great, cheap all purpose sauce with a real "Mexican" flavor. Not too hot. )
- Holy City Heat ( An attractive little flask of hot peppers blended with sweet potato! What a treat! )
- Mrs. Renfro's Hot Jalapeno Picante (Who needs any other? Wonderful heat, and flavor )
- Tiger Sauce ( Find it in any grocery store. Not a bit hot, but really far better than Worcestershire or Soy Sauce. Also good:Pick-a-Peppa sauce.)
- Inner Beauty "Real Hot Sauce" (Wow! Real hot, and very mustardy. Great for eggs or fish, or sausage, or naything.)
- Jump Up and Kiss Me (Any of the three versions of this pretty hot condiment are yummy.)
- Busha Brown's "Pukka Sauce" ( A real dark, rich, habanero sauce from the Carribean.)
- Marie Sharpe's ( Bonnie peppers, and a real fruity, mustardy, calypso taste.)
- Trappey's "Chef Magic Garlic Sauce"* (Unfortunately, this is not currently being made. It was so good, that people who don't like hot sauce even liked this one. It was barely hot, but had such a sweet, roasted garlic flavor, nobody could resist.)
- Tobasco-NOT ON YOUR LIFE (unless it's the only thing the cafe has to offer)
BEVERAGES
- French Roast Columbian and Kenya AA. (Preferably from Dunn Bros Coffee, the Twin City coffee shops that roast beans in each location daily. When it's that fresh, and roasted real dark, it's breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, in a cup.)
- Guinness Extra Stout (The same qualities as the coffee I like. Can't see through it, and it's good for you. Actually, it has less calories and alcohol than equal ammounts of most popular "American Style" lager beers.)
- Sierra Nevada Porter, Stout or Pale Ale. (One of the best and most consistant breweries in the US)
- Summit I.P.A., Octoberfest, or Winter Ale (This St.Paul brewery does a great job on all their beers, these are just my favorites)
- Anchor Steam Beer (I don't drink many things you can see through other than water, but this is one fine, hearty beer, from San Francisco.)
- Modelo Negro Dark Beer (I can hardly eat Mexican food without it, except at breakfast.)
- Santa Rita 120 Merlot (A very nice wine for an unbelievable price. From the southern hemisphere.)
- Septima Malbec-Cabernet blend (wonderful wine for a little bit of dough...worth seeking out)
- Rex Goliath (47lb Rooster) Cabernet or Merlot (Another bargain, discovered when a friend "re-gifted" a bottle to me at Christmas one year.)
- Jest Red (ditto)
- Guignol Cotes-du-Rhone Blanc ( I don't drink much white wine, but on a warm summer evening, this one really tastes swell.)
- Water (Not that it's my 10th favorite drink. I love it , morning, noon and night.)
OTHER FOOD TIPS
- Roasted Carnival Squash with curry and "Jump Up and Kiss Me" hot sauce.
- Jiffy brand Corn Muffin Mix (Gotta cook it in a hot cast-iron skillet)
- Chiapas Mexican Restaurant, Minneapolis.
- Roasted garlic on French bread. (Let it roast until it's sweet and mushy. Soooo good!)
- Yams, greens, black-eyed peas, cornbread, and dirty rice. (Now that's eatin'!)
- Smothered Cabbage.(See recipe on this web site. Thanks to Millie Ortego)