Sterling Kaiser wrote: > Hey everybody, I'm trying to create a survey for people on hot sauces, > hot peppers, and hot stuff in general. Wanted to see if anybody has some > good questions to add or any ideas. > > I'm covering basics like heat, consistency, burn, and all that. Just > looking for any ideas I've overlooked. I look for flavour, whether the heat is all up front or does it build in the back of the mouth and throat as well as how persistent the glow is (after-bite, I guess). Of these, flavour is the most important. If looking for firey heat just for heat's sake one can always use extract sauces ... but, for me the perfect sauce (which I haven't found BTW) has a good flavour, with some undertones of other things besides just the chilies and does not roast my mouth and numb my tongue in a flash of fire. -- ENJOY!!! From Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen Home of YAHOOOOAHHHH Hot Sauce & Hardin Cider ... ... All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else. -- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)