Re: [CH] El Yucateco Hot Sauces
Dan Gillis (DanGillis@earthlink.net)
Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:42:04 -0400
I've had the green and the red versions. I didn't think they were all that
bad, but I have to say that I've only had them with chips and salsa... and I
can't really see using it for anything else. But that's not the worst
thing.. everything has a purpose, right?
----- Original Message -----
From: <terrabyte@tds.net>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: [CH] El Yucateco Hot Sauces
> Has anyone else had experience with the El Yucateco brand hot sauces?
> http://www.elyucateco.com/english/products/index.htm
>
> They have 3 main brands. An alien green kind, an alien red kind, and then
a natural green/brown kind labeled XXXXtra hot.
>
> Mo Hotta has their scoville units listed as:
> red: 5,700
> green: 8,910
> brown: 11,000
>
> Now, I remember having the green one at the beginning of this year. I had
no idea it was so hot, and my tacos were making me jump up and down! The
fake food coloring made this sauce look like alien poop, and I didn't like
the taste. I decided I just didn't like it once I (finally) finished off the
bottle.
>
> 7 months later, I pick up the other 2 at a mexican grocery store, and
decide to try them out. The red one I tried on my tongue and it felt like
tiny cats trying to scratch my tongue off. Front heat? Anyway, besides that
small setback, I was still able to finish off half a bottle in my Jambalaya
for lunch, and the rest the next day.
>
> 2 weeks later and I bring in the XXXTra Hot brown version. But it just
doesn't seem to be all that hot. Don't get me wrong, my nose was running
like a leaky faucet and my eyes watered a few times. But this is suppose to
be twice as hot as the red one? I finished off half the bottle yesterday in
my potatos and chicken lunch. Today I look forward to finishing it off.
>
> But with my memory of the green one, I'm wondering if I've just gotten
used to the heat within that time. Or if different types of heat have
different affects on people. I want to say the red & green version are pure
front heat. Intense, but short. The brown one doesn't seem to be as intense,
although it's suppose to be 'rated' hotter?? Thanks.
>
> (Any Wisconsin Hot-Lucks out there?)
>
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