RE: [CH] 5 AM RESERVE

T. Matthew Evans (matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu)
Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:15:14 -0500 

Item #1:
I have an unopened bottle of Dave's Reserve.  Unfortunately, I once knew
someone who had an open bottle and I tasted it.  Hot is an understatement.
@#$%&!@ HOT! is also an understatement.  The third understatement would be
disgusting.  I did not like it at all by itself, but I can see where it
might have merit in cooking.

Item #2:
I also have an unopened bottle of a hot sauce that I am not sure what it is.
It is a 5-oz. clear liquor bottle with no label and a stuffed voodoo doll
around the neck.  I know a few things about it:

1.  It was made by a company in Portsmouth, VA which is now out of business.
I had another one of their sauces once (good) but forget the name.

2.  I was told by the owner of a hot sauce store in Temecula, CA (forget his
name, talked to him for about 2 hours one day, tasting sauces the whole
time) that he would pay me $50 for a bottle if I could find one (said they
were collectors' items and he could sell them for much more).

3.  I bought a bottle for $15 off of a guy at the Orange County Swap Meet in
Costa Mesa, CA with the idea that I would either eat it or give it to the
other fellow.

Well, here I am in Atlanta now, and I still have this bottle.  What is it?
Is it tasty?  Is it hot?  Should I eat or save?  It looks delicious and
seems only to taunt me every time I look at my hot sauce shelves....

Item #3:
Made some buffalo wings last night using predominantly Krakatoa in the sauce
(had to cut it with some Tabasco) and ground pequins in the flour and
seasonings.  Very tasty.  Quite hot.  Am suffering slightly today, but well
worth it.

In heat we trust.

Matt

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T. Matthew Evans
Graduate Research Assistant
Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
URL:  www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
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Blair's has created another chile extract, which is supposed to be
hotter yet, he claims it is 6,000,000 Scoville units.