Saturday, January 5, 2013

The Neighbors Hurt Me: Dave's Insanity Sauce!

This Christmas, our loving neighbors, Kelly, Jace, and Bill, reduced my guts to lava by giving me a bottle of Dave's Insanity Sauce. As I've noted on this blog and elsewhere, I'm a huge fan of heat and sometimes take it to extremes, like this summer, when my brother-in-law Mike and I split a Moruga scorpion (the hottest pepper in the world), each of us eating half a pepper on a grilled cheese sandwich. That was fun. Painful, but fun.

Dave's Insanity Sauce is far more painful than fun. HOT stuff! Not much taste, just heat... brutal, brutal heat. It's an extract sauce, rather than coming from straight peppers.

I've learned, however, that heat is personal. Individuals might have a natural resistance to certain peppers while suffering a vulnerability to others. For example, I can eat habanero, ghost, or even Moruga scorpion peppers, but those red cherry peppers kill me. So now I'm wondering: Is is Dave's Insanity Sauce or is it me?

Any fans of heat out there? Any of you try this? What were your impressions? And since I'm asking questions, do you think my neighbors are trying to murder me?

4 comments:

E.Maree said...

They might be trying to murder you. I bought this for my other half, but his name was 'Dave' so I had an excuse. I also bought his 'Dave's Nuts' though which was unwise because turns out he hates peanuts. I think the can of lethal spicy peanuts are still somewhere in the house.

This stuff in burn-y. Sirachi (Goose version with added garlic, doesn't seem to be very different from Rooster though) seems to be the most popular hot sauce our house has ever had, now that the local supermarkets import it.

John Dixon said...

Speaking of lethal peanuts, the seemingly murderous neighbors -- and more specifically, the fourteen-year-old, outwardly awesome / secretly evil (?) girl, Jace, also gave me a can of ghost chili peanuts. Hmmm...

I love Rooster sauce and must find the Goose version! Thanks!

Pete Aragno said...

I'm a big fan of heat also but I'm definitely a man who knows his limitations. I've had hot peanuts but nothing I would call "lethal".

Better watch out for the teen girl. They're pure evil. I speak from experience. I have an older sister

John Dixon said...

PETE: The most dangerous thing about this flame-gifting teen is her seeming innocence. Always pleasant, always smiling, always polite and thoughtful... until you crunch down on the peanuts and your head is instantly engulfed in flame!