Re: hot sauce...

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:34:50 -0500, songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
wrote:

Dave Smith wrote:
...

Sriracha has a moderate amount of heat? I use a number of different hot
sauces and I would say that Sriracha is very hot.Given the range of hot
sauces in North America I would put it closer to the high end of hot.

>
 no, it is very wimpy in comparison.  it is enough for me
and i'm acclimated to it where it isn't a challenge at all
unless i've not had any for a month or longer (very rare
i would go that long as i probably use some every other day).
>
 the Scoville units of sriracha might get up to 5k or so.
some of the super hots get into the millions.

I looked it up and you're right. Nevertheless, the sriracha sauce in
our fridge is quite hot and I'm used to a fair bit of heat. Of course,
I apply it liberally (sorry Leo). Maybe that multiplies the Scoville
score.

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Bruce
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