Bitter: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Salty: 🟡○○○○ Sour/Tangy: 🟡○○○○ Sweet: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Umami: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Heat: 🟡🟡🟡○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Peanuts, ginger, carmelization Recommended: Yes Texture: Super crunchy with good moisture Ingredients: Groundnut, Pepper, Onion, Ginger, Salt & Sugar I’ve reviewed a number of spicy Asian snacks in the past but I realized that Africa has largely been a blind…
Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡🟡🟡○○ Sweet: 🟡○○○○ Umami: 🟡○○○○ Heat: 🟡🟡○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Cumin, bright, savory Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium and mostly smooth Ingredients: Serrano, organic distilled white vinegar, lime juice, garlic scapes, cumin powder, salt, coriander powder. Sometimes a hot sauce company will become famous for a certain sauce and when that happens…
Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡🟡○○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡🟡🟡🟡○ Sweet: 🟡🟡○○○ Umami: 🟡🟡○○○ Heat: 🟡○○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Clean, fresh, malty, yeasty, hoppy, sweet Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium-thin with a few seeds Ingredients: Honey Field Farm cayenne peppers, distilled white vinegar, The Alchemist’s “Farmer’s Daughter” Belgian style saison, Brookford Farm parsnips, salt, water Sometimes I pick a new sauce…
Bitter: 🟡🟡🟡🟡○ Salty: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡🟡○○○ Sweet: 🟡🟡○○○ Umami: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Heat: 🟡🟡○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Coffee, cocoa, fruity, sweet Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium and smooth Ingredients: Familia Farm red jalapeno, organic distilled white vinegar, cold brewed Carrier Roasting Company’s “Deep Thought” coffee, pure organic Vermont maple syrup, salt Every so often I’ll go through the spare…
Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡🟡○○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡🟡🟡○○ Sweet: 🟡🟡○○○ Umami: 🟡🟡🟡🟡○ Heat: 🟡🟡🟡○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Fresh corn, black pepper, earthy, fresh Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium-thin with some small bits Ingredients (corrected label version): Vinegar, Sweet Corn, Avocado Oil, Salt, Onion, Garlic, Ghost Pepper, Cilantro, Chile De Arbol, Nutritional Yeast, Raw Sugar, Black Pepper, Lemon. Savir Foods…
Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡🟡○○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡🟡○○○ Sweet: 🟡🟡○○○ Umami: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Heat: 🟡🟡○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Rich, citrusy, warm, bright Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium-thin and emulsified with some spice bits Ingredients: Red bell peppers, Onions, Cider Vinegar, Canola Oil, Lemon pulp and zest, Habanero peppers, Garlic, Salt, Cayenne peppers, Sumac, Cane Sugar, Spices Monteal’s La Pimenterie has…
Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡🟡🟡○○ Sweet: 🟡🟡○○○ Umami: 🟡🟡○○○ Heat: 🟡○○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Tomato, Fruity Chile, Black Pepper Recommended: Yees Texture: Medium-thin with some nice spices floating around Ingredients: Water, Tomato Paste, Worcestershire Sauce, Fresh Datil Peppers, Key Lime Juice, Horseradish, Salt & Spices Florida Cracker began as a restaurant run by brothers Blair…
Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡○○○○ Sweet: 🟡🟡○○○ Umami: 🟡🟡🟡🟡○ Heat: 🟡○○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Earthy, umami, rich, toasty Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium with some small bits Ingredients: Rice vinegar, Honey Field Farm red serranos, Honey Field Farm cucumbers, water, Pete’s Greens garlic scapes, Northwoods Apiaries honey, Rhapsody Natural Foods red and white miso, salt, sesame…
Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡🟡🟡○○ Sweet: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Umami: 🟡🟡○○○ Heat: 🟡○○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Floral, sweet, citrusy Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium with some seeds and small bits Ingredients: Champlain Orchards pears, Familia Farm red serranos, distilled white vinegar, Northwoods Apiaries honey, salt, water, fresh ground pink peppercorns. There are likely to be an increased number…
Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡🟡🟡🟡○ Sour/Tangy:🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 Sweet: 🟡🟡○○○ Umami: 🟡🟡○○○ Heat: 🟡🟡○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Tangy, Fruity, Rich Recommended: Yes Texture: Thin and smooth Ingredients: Distilled Vinegar, Chilies (dried Calabrian, Sicilian and Tuscan Cayenne), Salt Stuzzi Hot Sauce has an interesting (and globe-trotting) origin story. Founded by a quartet composed of Carla Rza Betts, a winemaker,…