New Sauce from Melinda's!

I have been a big fan of Melinda's sauces for years, especially the garlic habanero hot sauce which is absolutely chuggable. This new variety (which I haven't tried yet but hope to soon) looks a lot less tame! It's got the Guiness Book of World Records' hottest habanero pepper as its main ingredient! I have a feeling its rather interesting, and its got a rather cheap order price. Good for dares!
Ingredients:
Naga Jolokia Peppers, Carrots, Papayas, Lime Juice, Vinegar, Onions, Passion Fruit, Citric Acid, Garlic, Salt, Xanthan Gum.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 1 Tsp (5mL), Servings Per Container: 28, Amount per serving: Calories 0, Total Fat 0g (0% DV), Trans Fat 0g (0% DV), Sodium 150mg (4% DV), Total Carbohydrate 0g (0% DV), Sugars 0g, Protein 0g.
Percent Daily Value (DV) are based on 2000 calorie diet.

http://www.melindas.com/sauces/nagajolokia.html

The Saucerater Collection

Batch #1 - Carrot base, apple cider vinegar













Second & third batches: Separation anxiety!














Batch 4 - This was the big break. A fellow told me about Xanthan Gum's amazing properties! The sauce stayed together. This was when i finalized this recipe, using the Fresnos, Habs, garlic and cilantro.













Batch 5-6 - Pretty much all the same, just different labels except the yellow bottle at the end was much hotter. Experimented with consistencies.














Batch 7 - Supremo. Garlic and fresnos.













Batch 8 - Jalapeno based green hot sauce - full of garlic.













Batch 8 - More green sauce but this time as xmas gifts














Batch 9 - Sucks to run out of supplies, but ya just make do with the sharpie and duct tape. This batch had a bit of a badmix on the xanthan gum.













Batch 10 - The most recent. Nice and deep red fresnos ...

The amount of time from batch 1 to 10 is roughly from 2004 - 2009.

Taco Bell Mild Sauce Bacon Potato Burrito Explosion

We start with the new Taco Bell Bacon Cheesy Potato burrito. This one was purchased yesterday and left out on the counter in its initial wrapping. Here it is in all its naked glory.













Some sausage seemed to be a good idea, as the brealfast theme is to be observed here.














A quartet of fried thin shelled ovum of the domestic fowl...















I nuked the burrito for a couple of minutes. The tortilla decided to rebel against itself slightly, and I decided to let it have its way. I found this to be the right time to slap the eggs on top.















Next, the sliced sausages hop on board the crazy hell train...















A little bit of medium cheddar....















Since this is saucerater.com, you've probably been wondering where's the sauce. As usual, Taco Bell nails it with a nice large amount of sauce packets. I thought mild would be the way to go.













So I ripped about 20 of them open and pooped em into a Dixie cup.













Cheese melted and sauced, this is a mountain of pure glory. Although its actually quite good, I don't think I'll do this ever again.

UPDATE

So sorry I haven't done an update recently but here's one that some folks should find interesting. I reviewed 7 different kinds of McDonald's dipping sauces that are posted in the Domestic Reviews section. Will be adding a review for the other of Sizzlin' Sauces' new items very shortly.

UPDATE

So today I had the fortune to receive a box with a couple of samples in it! One is called Papa Jack's Buffalo Hot Sauce and the other is called Razing Cane Garlic Relish. Both of these were sent to me by Sizzlin' Sauces LLC, who in the past have sent me some of the best sauces I've had the priviledge to review. One in particular comes to mind, and that's their Creepin' Quag. You can find that review in the old Saucerater section. The new reviews can be found in the domestic section. This week is Razing Cane Garlic Relish!

Saucerater 2.0

After a few years of slacking, I've finally decided to redesign saucerater.com. All new news and sauce reviews will be in a blog format. This will allow me to write them more easily and keep fresh new reviews coming regularly. As for the old site, you can access it by hitting on the Old Saucerater link on the right over there. So here goes nothing and a new approach to one of my old favorites. By the way, you'll notice there are now Google Ads on the side. Check them out - some good sites on there to purchase sauces.

Don't forget - the forums still exist and I'd like to see more chatter on them. Just click on the Forums link on the menu on the right to get in and sign up. Hope everyone has a great holiday season!

- Hans Lienesch

The Saucerater