a guy i work with makes his own bbq sauce using ghost peppers, etc. he hooked me up with a jar and it's pretty amazing. very hot, yes, but the depth of flavor from the peppers and whatever else is in there is the true accomplishment. i'm not a "i'd drink this sauce" guy, but i could almost drink this stuff.

This is what some people don't get about why others like spicy food so much. Every chile has an incredibly different flavor and some of them are really unlike any other type of vegetable or aromatic. It's not just the heat, it's the earthy, savory, ridiculously complex flavors you can only get from chiles.

i'm smoking a pork shoulder next week and i ended up ordering this from seeing it on a bbq show the other day...it arrived yesterday and just tasting it, its a wonderful vinegar based sauce..

I love the hot mustard chinese places have. You don't so much taste it, as you feel it coming out of your nose and eyes.

we had some left over my junior year of college. one of my roommates passed out pretty good; we actually thought he was going to die from alcohol poisoning. but of course, rather than call the paramedics, we opted to take matters into our own hands to make him come to -- we put some of the hot mustard under his nose. worked like a charm.

my wife is making home made harissa right now and i can't stop sneezing...i love harissa