Right off the bat, I will mention a couple things. The first is that I'm a long-time Twisted Sister fan, Mr. Ojeda being one of the guitar tandem of that long-running act, but I'm not so much a fan of the novelty/vanity branding, having tried a number of products and finding the results less than perhaps glorious. In the hot sauce world, however, the results have tended to be better...not why I bought it but worth noting. I was kind of amused that Dee Snider, who has zero to do with this sauce, was also on the label, though. The second is more on point and that being that "hot" sauce here is kind of a misnomer; there is precious little heat to be had here.What there is though is flavor and tons of it. If you threw an apple pie filling into a blender and then spiked it with both apple soda and ginger ale, this is about the flavor you would get there, along with some very mild serrano tones. So, if you're thinking this is probably hyper-sweet, you're on the money there. It is, incredibly so, passing cloying along the way. This makes it hard for me to consider it an everyday sauce, but it does make it pair incredibly well with meat. I've tried it with several, including the old standby of chicken strips and it is a joy with all of them, including salmon, which can be hard to fit with a sauce.
Bottom line: If you like very well-crafted, fruity and very sweet sauces, this is right up your alley. While I find it highly enjoyable overall, it doesn't seem to have a natural place in my regular lineup.
Breakdown:
Heat level: 1
Flavor: 9
Flexibility: 6
Enjoyment to dollar factor: 8
Overall: 6
No comments:
Post a Comment