Today I participated in the Hot Ones Challenge, season 23 sauces.
Tips - have something on your stomach before eating. Nothing acidic.
Hot Ones Buffalo Sauce - tastes like “weak sriracha”, barely any spice
Sam Sa’House - creamy and smoky
Funky’s Stellar Fuzz - first one with bite, nice flavor
Hot Ones Los Calientes Verde - flavorful, probably the most flavorful of all the sauces
Good Heat - Queso Sin Queso - does have a cheesy taste, but spicier, nose watering at this point
Cantina Royal - Bourbon Maple Reaper - heat level intensified
La Pimenterie - Forbidden Fruit - hot. Not a lot of flavor
Da Bomb - Evolution - taste not as bad as I thought it would be but it burns my tongue
Chili Monoloco - Mata Sanos - hot but not that bad.
Hot Ones The Last Dab - hot but not as bad as Da Bomb.
Overall, I’d say I was actually let down by the lack of flavor throughout the sauces. I’d prefer a sauce with a good taste in addition to a decent spice level. I think the spicy factor was all very manageable until Da Bomb, as was expected. But still, Da Bomb didn’t destroy me like I feared it would. Maybe I’ve increased my spice tolerance considerably after months of prep. Who knows?
I would say the things that helped me towards the end were Calamansi Lime Juice and melons. I snotted, my lips burned, and I involuntarily cried at the end. I would do this again.
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