Hot Sauce Review: La Sabrozita con Limon
This is a sample review for all those folks looking at the site and wondering, how in the heck do these new things work? Well in short - anyone can now write a review on anything spicy related. I do ask that all reviews contain contact information for the product/service, ingredients (if applicable) and that you do not review your own product (duh). We will still be accepting products for review here at HSB headquarters - and those products sent in will be added to the "Featured" section of the site - so that they can be seen on every page.
Anyways - onto this short early morning review.
It happened during the Hurricane Ike recovery - Laura & I drove 40 miles west to College Station to find gas, ice and food. While there I ran into a Wal-Mart while Laura guarded the gas cans in the back of the truck. As I went up and down the isles picking up non-perishable items (no power to keep things cool), I happened across the ethnic foods aisle and of course went straight for the hot sauces. It was there that I found these beauties - for a whopping $1.78. And of course I picked up one of each (they make more then one flavor of these big suckers).
It's like a jumbo Gatorade sized bottle of hot sauce.
Smell wise - without looking at the ingredients and just taking a whiff - you can tell that it's made of reconstituted dried peppers. If you can get past that, there is a slight ting of lemony scent - but then again, that could be anything.
Ingredients: Water, Iodized Salt, Dry Chili Peppers, Modified Corn Starch, Acetic Acid, Natural Lemon, Spices, 0.1% Sodium Benzoate as preservative, Gum and FD&C Yellow #6
Taste: Yeeech. Straight to the tongue taste testing induces coughing and sputtering. The "tang" in the sauce is the culprit - if your a fan of sour foods, this may work for you. Trying it on food had a much better result, however the sauce is so runny that it was near impossible to get enough to stick to the food. No wonder it comes in such a large bottle, you need all the sauce - my plate ended up looking like a small murder scene by the end of dinner.
Overall: While I wouldn't buy this sauce again (except maybe to add a bottle to the collection), I would use this again. But only if the only other choice of hot sauce was Tabasco.
Anyways - onto this short early morning review.
It happened during the Hurricane Ike recovery - Laura & I drove 40 miles west to College Station to find gas, ice and food. While there I ran into a Wal-Mart while Laura guarded the gas cans in the back of the truck. As I went up and down the isles picking up non-perishable items (no power to keep things cool), I happened across the ethnic foods aisle and of course went straight for the hot sauces. It was there that I found these beauties - for a whopping $1.78. And of course I picked up one of each (they make more then one flavor of these big suckers).
It's like a jumbo Gatorade sized bottle of hot sauce.
Smell wise - without looking at the ingredients and just taking a whiff - you can tell that it's made of reconstituted dried peppers. If you can get past that, there is a slight ting of lemony scent - but then again, that could be anything.
Ingredients: Water, Iodized Salt, Dry Chili Peppers, Modified Corn Starch, Acetic Acid, Natural Lemon, Spices, 0.1% Sodium Benzoate as preservative, Gum and FD&C Yellow #6
Taste: Yeeech. Straight to the tongue taste testing induces coughing and sputtering. The "tang" in the sauce is the culprit - if your a fan of sour foods, this may work for you. Trying it on food had a much better result, however the sauce is so runny that it was near impossible to get enough to stick to the food. No wonder it comes in such a large bottle, you need all the sauce - my plate ended up looking like a small murder scene by the end of dinner.
Overall: While I wouldn't buy this sauce again (except maybe to add a bottle to the collection), I would use this again. But only if the only other choice of hot sauce was Tabasco.
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Replies to This Review
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Permalink Reply by Jacinto on -
Hello! First of all, thank you for approving my membership. All the best to all you chileheads for this 2009.
I am from Mexico and work in Alimentos Naturales Sabroza, one of the largest salsa and hot sauce (there IS a difference!) producers in Mexico. If anybody has any questions on the subject, please do not hesitate in contacting me.
The type of hot sauce in this review, is called "salsa para botanas". Botanas means snacks. This type of hot sauce is made from dried peppers, as correctly mentioned in the review. The lime flavor comes from natural dedydrated lime. The tang comes from vinegar (acetic acid) which is a natural preservative, permiting the hot sauce be packed in plastic.
The use of this salsa is for snacks: Pork rinds, chips, popcorn, etc. Allthough also good with foods such as pizza.
Sauces made to be used with food are called SALSA, and have the characteristic feature of having seeds most of the time. These are called table salsas (de mesa) or homestyle salsa (casera).
I thank Nick for being adventurous and trying our product.
LONG LIVE THE SALSA!!!
Jacinto
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