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Hot Sauce: 4 Mouth-Warming Hot Sauces To Keep You Warm This Fall

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I won’t do this all the time, but since I just relaunched the Catholic Foodie newsletter last week, I want to give you a sneak peek at what it is like. Below is the newsletter I sent out last week. I hope you enjoy it! And if you haven’t done so already, click here to sign up for the weekly newsletter! The next issue comes out in just a couple of days!

I love hot sauce.

That’s not surprising if you know that I’m a Louisiana boy. I grew up with hot sauce.

As a matter of fact, when I talked back to my momma as a child, I was “rewarded” with a dash of hot sauce on my tongue. At the tender age of 7 I couldn’t really appreciate the finer points of hot sauce. At that time, it was only a harsh and agonizing punishment. I remember those tears!

I learned my lesson though. [I love you, Momma!]

And today I love hot sauce. I can’t tell you exactly when the change took place, but at some point I moved from fear to infatuation… then to love.

I love hot sauce.

Here are a few of my favorites:

  • Sriracha
  • Tabasco
  • Crystal
  • Louisiana

Sriracha is affectionately known in these parts as “Rooster Sauce” because there’s a rooster depicted on the front of the bottle. Really good stuff. Not so hot that it will incinerate you, but it will definitely clear out the sinuses.

In our house we love to make what we call “Sriracha eggs.” [I’ll give you that recipe in a minute.]

I should also tell you that  we also like to call it “Shah-Ra-sh” or “Shah-Ra-She.” So, really, we make “Shah-Ra-She eggs.” They have a bit of a bite. 😉

Tabasco is a Louisiana staple. It’s been made on Avery Island since 1868. I love that hot sauce too. In recent years they have branched out. Tabasco now makes a garlic sauce, a jalapeno sauce, a habanero sauce, a chipotle sauce and several other products. But, personally, I like the original.

Did you know that Tabasco was an ingredient in the original Bloody Mary recipe made in Harry’s New York Bar in Paris? It’s true! We Louisiana folk get around! You can find the full Tabasco-Bloody Mary story in episode 118 of the Catholic Foodie. I produced that episode when I was at the beach this summer. Fun!

Crystal is probably our all-time favorite. It’s so versatile! It’s not as hot as Tabasco, and it has more of a tang to it. We love that tang! We love to add Crystal to our red beans and our white beans, and… Goodness! We like to add it to just about everything!

Louisiana Hot Sauce, in my mind, is somewhere between Crystal and Tabasco. It’s hotter than Crystal, but not as hot as Tabasco. It does have tang though. Did I mention that I love that tang?

I just read something the other day about the health benefits of hot sauce. I don’t remember all the details, but I like the idea. Maybe I should dedicate an episode of the Catholic Foodie to this question: Does hot sauce make us more healthy?

Here’s our recipe for “Shah-Ra-She eggs” (it’s crazy-simple!):

Ingredients:

  • 4 to 6 eggs
  • Whole milk
  • Butter
  • Sriracha
  • Kosher salt & fresh ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat a cast iron skillet on medium heat.
  2. Crack eggs and add to a mixing bowl.
  3. Add a splash or two of milk.
  4. Add Sriracha to taste (we usually start with one “circle” around the bowl).
  5. Beat until well mixed.
  6. When the skillet is hot, add enough butter to coat the bottom.
  7. Immediately add the eggs.
  8. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  9. Stir eggs around in skillet for about a minute. DO NOT overcook. If they look like they are cooked, then they are over-done.
  10. Remove eggs from pan and place on serving plate. This allows them to finish cooking on the plate. You can then plate them and serve. (Or, of course, top with a bit more Shah-Ra-She…. And green onions, if you’re really adventurous!)

We love “Shah-Ra-She eggs,” and I hope that you do too!

If you decide to make this recipe, please let me know how it turns out! You can email me at jeff@catholicfoodie.com, or you can call the listener feedback line at 985-635-4974. I love to play voice feedback on the show!

And, until next time…

BON APPETIT!

Photo courtesy of ilovememphis on Flickr.com.

Disclosure:

Any links in this email may very well be affiliate links, which means that I get a small commission if you decide to purchase something you discovered here. It doesn’t cost you a penny more, but it does help to support the work that I do here at the Catholic Foodie. Thank you! By the way, if you do buy some hot sauce, email me and let me know. I would like to thank you personally. 

About Jeff Young

Jeff Young, perhaps better known as The Catholic Foodie, is an author, blogger, radio host and podcaster. He is the founder and producer of The Catholic Foodie blog and podcast where he provides "Catholic culinary inspiration to help you grow in faith around the table." Jeff hosts a daily radio show – The Catholic Foodie Show – on BreadboxMedia.com, and he co-hosts the Around the Table Food Show on Catholic Community Radio 690AM (New Orleans) and 1380AM (Baton Rouge). Jeff is a monthly contributor to CatholicMom.com and a contributing author of Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary, published by Ave Maria Press. Jeff is also a contributing author of The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion: A Book of Daily Reflections by Ave Maria Press. Jeff Young is a proud member of the elite Catholic Speakers Organization, CMG Booking. Jeff has spoken on topics ranging from "growing in faith around the table" to "using social media in the New Evangelization." Jeff's first book, Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine, published by Liguori Publications is now available. With 78 recipes and stories of faith and family (including his travels to the Holy Land), the book is sure to inspire you to get into the kitchen and to gather your family around the table. The book is available on Amazon.com, Liguori.org, and wherever good Catholic books are sold.

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  1. WSB

    October 5, 2011 at 1:56 AM

    Don’t care much for Tabasco… matter of fact, I don’t care for it at all – it’s too vinegary. Their jalapeno is okay, however. I like the El Yucateco (green variety).
    http://www.elyucateco.com/english/products/sauces/green-habanero.html

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    • Jeff Young

      October 5, 2011 at 5:47 PM

      Thanks, WSB! I’ll have to try El Yucateco. I’ve never seen it before. You are right, Tabasco is vinegary. But I like that. You would not like Crystal, because it has even more of a vinegary bite. There is so much that could be said about hot sauces. I tried to focus on local Louisiana sauces in this post. But if you have any others that you recommend, I would love to hear about them! Thanks again for the comment!

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  2. Kimberly

    October 17, 2011 at 11:41 PM

    I really enjoyed the newsletter about hot sauce! In our household, we use it at least once a week. Over the years I have become a huge fan of Texas Pete’s and Frank’s. When it comes to wings, I love Wing Time’s medium sauce. Found at:  http://www.wingtime.com/products.aspx If you ever get a chance, be sure to check out the Pepper Palace and All Sauced Up. These speciality shops have sample bars that give you a chance to try a product before you buy it.

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Jeff Young, perhaps better known as The Catholic Foodie, is an author, blogger, radio host and podcaster. He is the founder and producer of The Catholic Foodie blog and podcast where he provides "Catholic culinary inspiration to help you grow in faith around the table." Jeff hosts a daily radio show – The Catholic Foodie Show – on BreadboxMedia.com, and he co-hosts the Around the Table Food Show on Catholic Community Radio 690AM (New Orleans) and 1380AM (Baton Rouge). Jeff is a monthly contributor to CatholicMom.com and a contributing author of Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary, published by Ave Maria Press. Jeff is also a contributing author of The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion: A Book of Daily Reflections by Ave Maria Press. Jeff Young is a proud member of the elite Catholic Speakers Organization, CMG Booking. Jeff has spoken on topics ranging from "growing in faith around the table" to "using social media in the New Evangelization." Jeff's first book, Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine, published by Liguori Publications is now available. With 78 recipes and stories of faith and family (including his travels to the Holy Land), the book is sure to inspire you to get into the kitchen and to gather your family around the table. The book is available on Amazon.com, Liguori.org, and wherever good Catholic books are sold. Read More…

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