Re: [CH] Macaroni cheese - a bit off topic

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> Lee's comment made me a bit curious about something.  Every once in a while
> someone mentions using Dave's or Pure Cap or something similar.  I bought a
> bottle of Dave's at one point and, after a while, threw it away.  I found that
> it simply added heat to food, but not really any flavor.  So my question is,
> are there a lot of you that just like food burning hot or are you like me and
> like hot food, but like the extra flavor that, say, "Lotte's Hot Pepper Sauce"
> adds to it?

I don't add heat for the sake of heat alone.  I like hot and spicy food, but
I consider "heat" to be a basic taste, like "sweet", "salty", "bitter", etc.

There are plenty of hot sauces that I don't use because they are plenty hot
but just taste like crap (Dave's Insanity and Crying Tongue come to mind) and
yet I will often shred a habbie or two into my scrambled eggs because I like
the fruity taste and the searing heat.

If I am eating something and the only flavor is "HOT", or the heat so dominates
everything that the rest of the dish is out of balance, I find it annoying 
and obnoxious after a short time, irritating in a sort of "toothache" way and
rather unpleasant.

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Speaking of pure cap, I have a jar of it in my fridge right now.  It has a
rich, peppery undertone along with all that fire.  I like a few drops blended
into the butter I use for making garlic toast. :-)
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Dave Sacerdote
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