[CH] From the Hot Sauce Blog

Linda Panter (lipant@sympatico.ca)
Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:01:19 -0400 

Frostbite Hot Sauce

Posted on 07.25.05 by Nick @ 7:23 am

Spurred by the comments of a reader, I moved my scheduled review 
of Frostbite Hot Sauce to this week. Frostbite Hot Sauce is made 
by CaJohns and is marketed as a hot sauce/drink mix. Luckily, I 
had a half bottle of Jose Cuervo Margarita Mix to finish off. If 
you haven't yet tried it, it's a tasty concoction of Jose Cuervo, 
margarita mix and Grand Marnier - all you have to do is pour. 
Perfect for drinkers and lazy people. Plus you only have to buy 
one bottle, instead of 3.
Now, the scoville rating of Frostbite is supposed to be 
1,000,000 - but in all actuality Frostbite isn't that hot. The 
high scoville rating comes from the Aquaresin of Capsicum that's 
mixed in to the vinegar, water and salt. The bottle is clear, and 
you can see from the shot glass, that the liquid is pretty clear 
outside the bottle as well.
Although I wouldn't recommend it to beginners, I applied 
Frostbite directly to my tongue. The heat lasted only a few 
minutes and was pretty tolerable. Now that I knew exactly the 
heat level I was dealing with I stirred about 8 drops into my 
margarita. WOW - now that made it a mean margarita! The Frostbite 
mixed with the margarita drink mix very well and distributed even 
heat to each sip. Not like when I tried the Caliente Lager from 
Spanky's - all the hot sauce settled to the bottom and the last 
sip almost killed me.
Frostbite is now being made with a list of drinks (see below) 
attached to each bottle, so that it's evident to buyers that 
Frostbite should be used as a drink mix. I doubt applying it 
directly to food would add any heat worthwhile. If you buy/use 
Frostbite like a regukar hot sauce, your going to be 
disappointed. If you use Frostbite as a drink mix (recommended) 
you'll find yourself drinking more then a few spicy martinis or 
beers.


Suggested drink recipes :
"Kicked Up" Margarita
3 parts Jose Cuervo Tequila
3 parts Lime Juice
1 part Triple Sec
3-4 drops Frostbite Hot Sauce
Put into blender with equal amount of ice and liquefy. Salt rim 
of glass.

Classic Frostbitini
2 1/2 oz. Vodka
a dash of Vermouth
3-4 drops of Frostbite Hot Sauce
Shaken, not stirred of course. Garnish with a jalapeno stuffed 
olive.

Siberian Amigo
3 oz Vodka
1 oz. Silver Tequila
3-4 drops of Frostbite Hot Sauce
Garnish with a lime wedge.

Frostbitten Cosmopolitan
3 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Triple sec
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
Splash of fresh lime juice
3-4 drops of Frostbite Hot Sauce
Garnish with a lemon twist.

"Hot" Appletini
1 part Absolute Vodka
1 part DeKuyper Sour Apple Pucker
1 part Apple Juice
2 drops Frostbite Hot Sauce
Pour all into shaker, then strain into Martini Glass.

Fierce & Frostbitten
1 part Coffee Liqueur
1 part Crème de Cacao
1 part Crème de Menthe
2 parts ice
1 part Vodka
5-6 drops Frostbite Hot Sauce
Blend vodka, Crème de Menthe, Crème de Cacao and ice until 
crushed and drink
appears smooth. Then add the Coffee liqueur on top.

Hot & Chilly Chocolate Mint
3/4 oz. Myers Dark Rum
1/2 oz Peppermint Schnapps
1 oz. Crème de Coconut
1 oz Chocolate Syrup
1 oz Heavy Cream
5-6 drops Frostbite Hot Sauce
16 oz. crushed ice
Combine ingredients until smooth and creamy in blender. Serve in 
specialty glass. Garnish with whipped cream and cherry.

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Wine Factoid

Posted on 07.24.05 by Nick @ 9:04 am

For all you wine drinkers out there that ever wondered how to 
pair the right wine with your heat, the San Fransico Chronicle 
ran an interesting article on the pairing of Rieslings and 
chiles. I know nothing about wine, can't stand the stuff myself, 
but I have much respect for those who are truely into wines and 
can understand how to properly pair a wine with a meal. But I did 
learn something from the article:

As a general rule, more chile heat needs more sweetness in the 
wine.
Seems like common sense to me.

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Cayenne Coffee
Posted on 07.23.05 by Nick @ 8:06 am
The Ultimate Pick me up - hands down. After an evening of 
margaritas, pull yourself out of bed and whip out the hot stuff 
early. I prefer to grind my own, but I'm sure you can make a 
spicy cup with the pre ground just as well.
Cayenne Coffee:
(Makes 2-3 Cups)
1/2 Cup Coffee Beans
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Cayenne
unsweetened chocolate powder - to taste
Morning Instructions:
1. Turn off alarm
2. Lay there
3. Think about getting up
4. Scratch self
5. Get up
6. Walk to kitchen
7. Start tea kettle - boil water
8. Turn on news
9. Put all ingredients in coffee grinder
10. Grind, wake dogs up with grinding noise
11. Toss coffee mixture into french press
12. When tea kettle whistles, pour boiling water into press
13. Watch news
14. Pour self nice cup o joe, drink
15. Start thinking about waking wife up
16. Feed dogs
17. Pour self second cup
18. Send dogs in on wife, hope they wake her
19. More coffee
20. No more coffee, time to face the day


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Linda
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Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me - I want 
people to know WHY I look this way: I've traveled a long way and 
some of the roads weren't paved.