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Review – Benito’s Naranja Organic Hot Sauce

benitos-naranja-hot-sauce-1Benito’s Naranja Organic Hot Sauce
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m a sucker for vegetable and carrot-based hot sauces. You give me a good one and I’ll keep coming back like a sad little puppy dog begging for more. Now up at bat is Benito’s Naranja Organic Hot Sauce, a tasty-looking concoction that uses fresh organic and all-natural ingredients.

Ingredients: Onions, Tomatoes, Carrots, Garlic, Vinegar, Lime Juice, Cayenne, Jalapeno, Habanero, Serrano, and Thai Peppers

Aroma: 4.5 out of 5. Very fresh and light. I sensed hints of vinegar and garlic, blending in with a pleasing vegetable aroma. I’m not joking; after a few sniffs of Naranja, my mouth started to water.

Texture and Appearance: 4 out of 5. Naranja is a bright orange (of course, naranja is Spanish for the color orange), probably due to the presence of carrots. The sauce in my bottle contained very, very few minuscule dark specs amongst the pure orange mix. It’s consistency is…

Review: Murder Mustard and Honey Fire Mustard

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Hungry for a hearty, all-purpose condiment with bucketloads personality? Dr. E. Lee Spence has concocted not just one but a duo of spicy mustards that are among the best of their type that I’ve ever had.

Ingredients – Murder Mustard: Prepared mustard (distilled vinegar & water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, spices), peppers (jalapeno peppers, water, vinegar, iodized salt, spices & soybean oil), vinegar, spices, onion, salt, and garlic.

Ingredients – Honey Fire Mustard: Prepared mustard (distilled vinegar & water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, spices), peppers (jalapeno peppers, water, vinegar, iodized salt, spices & soybean oil), honey, spices, and onion.

Murder Mustard and Honey Fire Mustard

Aroma: Each one has a satisfying…

Review – Smokin’ Mojo Rib Rub

Smokin' Mojo Rib Rub (A Spice Island Adventure)

If you’re ever dined at one of the fun-for-kids Rainforest Cafe locations, you may or may not have been blown away by the food depending on the fare you order. Anything with the Smokin’ Mojo BBQ sauce gets a thumbs up from me. Curious as to see if the Smokin’ Mojo Rib Rub (A Spice Island Adventure) stacks up to the finger lickin’ sauce, I purchased a bottle of the seasoning from the Rainforest Cafe naggingly persistent gift shop to try at home…

Review: Blair’s Jersey Death Sauce

Blair's Jersey Death SauceFor my latest review, it’s time to bring out the big guns: Blair’s Jersey Death Sauce. When it debuted a few years back, it was the hottest “regular” sauce in Blair offered, not including reserves and specialty items, and the “king” of the Death Sauce lineup. How hot is it? Well, right on the bottle’s label, it reads this:

“Be warned: this sauce contains ingredients 750 times hotter than a jalapeno chile. Use sparingly. Jersey Death should not be consumed without dilution.”

750 times a jalapeno’s heat? Could this be correct? In terms of Scoville Heat Units, jalapenos can range from 2,500 to 8,000 SHU. If you take the low-end number (2,500) and multiply it by 750, you come up with 1,875,000 SHU. Can this be right?