Holy Nitro Nostrils!!!

[Dick]

Wowzer!! Gotta tell ya this in hopes of keeping at least one of y'all from going airborne at mealtime.

Bro Phil over in GA dropped in on CCR '06 a coupla times, since he lives within rock-skippin' distance across the lake - hadn't registered, so didn't stay long; just shook hands with a coupla folks to let 'em know he still remembered me out here in Cowboy Country.

Well, yestiday, a USPS box wuz deposited on my front porch with Phil's addy on it, so I felt safe opening it without a metal detector swipe!! ;) Almost made a mistake tho!!! :eek: Tell ya why ---

For the past 4 CCRs, Bruce Yates has donated bottles and bottles and bottles of some famous hot sauce he procures up in the great NWet. Different flavors, with different octanes! Been a hit with the CCR attendees, to find a bottle or two in the goody sacks at register-in. Well, this year, same as last, since no Largen attended CCR, I figgered we'd just hear the stories about how the stuff wuz great on omelets or brownies or in the Ensure!! Butt, hark - leetle did I know that Bro Phil and Bruce made arrangements to swap a bottle or two in exchange for an LT ride for the week (ok, I knew 'bout the LT loan, but not about the bottle swap!). So, here comes a gifted bottle of what looks like loctite-red gone bad, with nice, customized labels front and back. Labels themselves are worth placement in a scrapbook - least they were 'til I took the caps off the bottles and some 'stuff' ran down the side and ate the label!!!

Anyway, spun the cap off with help from an impact wrench and disc sander (gorillas work on the packaging line, or this stuff really is Loctite?!! :eek: ) and scoop out a tablespoon of great smellin' stuff. 'Bout this time, Cheryl has finished reading the label - outloud - sumpthin' about "Holy Crap, Batman - this is good stuff". I nodded and stuck out my tongue for a sip off the now-sizzlin' tablespoon! "HOLY WHAT?"!!! :eek: :eek: YIKES! 'Crap' is NOT the right word. I don't know what the right word is, butt it ain't 'Crap'. It's more like "we have lift off"!! And I have to agree with Cheryl - it doesn't look real hygienic when you have your tongue stuck down in a carton of milk, with tears streamin' down your cheeks. Jeezus! This is some *good* stuff. Wish I'da had it a month or so ago when gas prices were up - Toad woulda run like a striped ...... yeah, one of those!!

BTW, wonder if this band-aid's gonna hurt when I peel it off my tongue?!?! Doctor said just squint and bear it. Doctor eats bland food!! ;)

Well, anyway, after the recovery, I gotta tell ya - that stuff does taste really, really good. Really!! Best yet, Yates. You done good, son! Can't wait to try it on some beef or chicken fajita tacos - there IS somethang to be said for chewin' with your mouth open!!!

So there you have it. If you attendees who took your bottles home and haven't opened 'em yet, you're in for a surprise. You might wanna leave your pantry door ajar, or else install a smoke detector in there for the 'event'!!

Thanks, Bruce. Cya in MO - I'll have my box of Curex! :D

[cfell]

Dick, make sure you keep that in a cool place, don't shake it much... if it's sweating, don't strike a match...or static idscharge... and BTW...the lid was probably just corroded... you do realize some chemicals eat through glass don't cha?

[dwsdad]

:histerica

Ok, that bit about the tongue in the milk carton damn near cost me a keyboard! I just hope all your furniture has asbestos pads on them or the Boerne fire dept may be showing up at yer door.

[Steve_R]

You call that stuff Hot????!!!! Sheesh!!! :rolleyes:

[Texas42]

It is wonderful stuff, had it on my brisket sandwich last night, the problem is that one little bottle aint going to last until the next CCR. Any chance of getting the recipe?

[Dick]

It is wonderful stuff, had it on my brisket sandwich last night, the problem is that one little bottle aint going to last until the next CCR. Any chance of getting the recipe?
Doubt you can get the recipe, butt you can (I think) order up some more supply from Yates' contact. I've got it around here somewhere, and I think he posted a thread or two on it in the CCR forum - might try a search over there, Bo.

BTW - you comin' to the Hard 8 Satiday?

[Dick]

It is wonderful stuff, had it on my brisket sandwich last night, the problem is that one little bottle aint going to last until the next CCR. Any chance of getting the recipe?
Here ya go, Bo: from Bruce Yates.

Glad you like this year's sauce, gang! Here are the details on where you can order more:

The Alps
13901 US Highway 2
Leavenworth, WA
(509) 548-4419

The Alps is a great little family-run outfit that makes lots of great candies and sauces,
and they do an amazing job. It (and Leavenworth, a quaint little faux-Bavarian
town in the mountains of Washington state) is a great place to stop if you happen
to be touring through the Cascade Mountains.

Unfortunately, the Alps doesn't have a website (on that new-fangled "in-tar-net"), so
you mustorder their stuff by phone. But if you call and tell them you want some
CCR Georgia Sunshine labeled sauce - the same sauce as they sent to Georgia a
few weeks ago.

[Texas42]

Thanks much, I'll give them a call.

I will be down that way at the Harvest Classic, so I may ride over for some BBQ. I have a friend with me on an FJR but I'll tell him it's OK, nobody will care.

[NOGILLS2]

GEE WHIZZ dick out there in cowboy country Ida thought you boyz had a tollerance for HOT food. My favorite salsa I found south of the border and the Senora that I talked into allowing me a taste said "You are one loco gringo"

She had chopped onions, habenaro peppers, (as many as you like it hot, I use 2 or 3 per quart) and lime juice 4-6 limes. Let it sit in the fridge for awhile, about as long as you can stand it, longer as it percolates. it gets better as it ages.

Try it you'll like it!!!! You can try different onions... vidaila, white, yellow and get different flavors. yeehaa

[Dick]

GEE WHIZZ dick out there in cowboy country Ida thought you boyz had a tollerance for HOT food. My favorite salsa I found south of the border and the Senora that I talked into allowing me a taste said "You are one loco gringo"

She had chopped onions, habenaro peppers, (as many as you like it hot, I use 2 or 3 per quart) and lime juice 4-6 limes. Let it sit in the fridge for awhile, about as long as you can stand it, longer as it percolates. it gets better as it ages.

Try it you'll like it!!!! You can try different onions... vidaila, white, yellow and get different flavors. yeehaa
Hey, Floyd - great to hear from ya. Yeah, I do like a good hot sauce. Yates' latest wuz actually just right - butt it wuz hot straight outta the bottle. Had super taste, that lingered, which is good. I'm looking forward to trying it on different meats and thangs.

I gotta friend who used to work for Pace Foods (the git-a-rope bunch) and made a special batch that had to be used purdy quick. If not, you'd better take the lid off, cuz the damn thang is gonna essplode 'bout the 4th day (and did!!). Problem with that stuff wuz, it toasted your taste buds and all the linings in your mouf and throat, so that any food you ate, had no taste. I don't like that kind of heat.

I'm reminded of Yates' post about the chili taster at the country fair - now that wuz funny and nearly believeable!! Prolly in the humor forum somewhere.

Anyway, like you, I like a good tastin' hot sauce, and Yates has sent some good ones down the pike.

[grifscoots]

Hey Dick, give the back label a good reading.

[Dick]

Hey Dick, give the back label a good reading.
Yupper - I did. The boy has a word gift, don't he? Got a chuckle or three outta that.

Think I'm gonna bury a bottle out in the backyard - a few milleniums down the way, they's gonna wonder what in the world happened on this site in '06!!! :D

[EdBruce]

I just got back from San Diego. While I was down there, a pal of mine who lives down there took me to a place close to downtown. It was a huge warehouse (sort of like a farmers market) in the Mexican part of town. Lots of little vendors selling authentic mexican food. We were the only white guys in the place. We opted for some of the small tacos. My pal points out to me that there are 2 types of hot sauce, Mild Hot, and Extremely Hot. Well I looked at both bowls and noticed that the Mild was about 1/4 full and the Extreme had pretty much hadn't been touched. Well I decide to go for the Extreme. As I start to spoon the sauce onto my tacos, I notice the locals watching me and having a good chuckle. My pal and I sit down at one of the small tables and proceed to have our lunch. I take a bite of my taco and it was marvelous. Im saying to my pal that that sauce isnt that hot at all. I look around and the locals are still watching. About 15 seconds after the first bite, the sauce kicked in. My pal said that I went completely red and I could feel the sweat start to form on my forehead. I thought my head was gonna fall off my shoulders. Now I can see the locals really having a good laugh. I make my way through all my tacos. I get up to clean off the table, when one of the locals says to me laughing "pretty hot huh" I look at him with sweat running down my forehead and said " wasnt to bad, just not use to no air conditioning" He had a good laugh.
It was the hottest sauce I have ever had and I loved it. Ended back there agin the next day for lunch as well.
Looking forward to ordering some of this sauce from Leavenworth

[Bruce_Yates]

:histerica Dick, you kill me! Thanks for giving me a good laugh! The tongue-in-the-milk-carton line is a classic!

Glad you like this year's sauce. Ironically, the brew I ordered ("Red Lizard") is one of their milder sweet-hot sauces I've brought to CCR previously, and some folks got that recipe (so some of them don't understand why you think it's hot). But they brewed most of it this year WAY hotter than usual - the bright red color is a giveaway that there's a bunch more cayenne in it than usual - and that's obviously what you got. As you say, it's really good ON stuff, but eating it straight from the spoon will definitely bring a tear to your eye... ;)

[vvk]

Wowzer!! Gotta tell ya this in hopes of keeping at least one of y'all from going airborne at mealtime.....
It's more like "we have lift off"!! And I have to agree with Cheryl - it doesn't look real hygienic when you have your tongue stuck down in a carton of milk, with tears streamin' down your cheeks.

Heyah Dick,

I'm still snickering in Amsterdam!
From now on: "Use more juice!"
Thanks for the laugh.

[Randy]

You call that stuff Hot????!!!! Sheesh!!! :rolleyes:It's not that hot.....


But it certainly is GOOD!!