Happy Hot Sauce Day! 😲 I’m not sure if that really should be capitalized but it sounds official enough so why not. I’ve looked into it but have not been able to determine the origin of Hot Sauce Day but I’m going to take a wild guess and say it’s relatively new and was dreamed up by a marketing company. I’m guessing it’s fairly new because when I was growing up there weren’t many hot sauces out there so there wouldn’t have been a need for a “day” and it probably would have been called chili pepper sauce day not hot sauce day. And I’m guessing it was the brain child of a marketing group because I’m not stupid.
Hot Sauce Day is a particularly significant day for me this year. I am finally getting some appetite back having been set back by pneumonia now going into its third week. But just because I want to eat doesn’t mean I can taste much of what I eat. Thus the addition of strong flavors to my foods. It’s amazing what a splash or two of Tabasco will do to scrambled eggs.
Tabasco is one of two hot sauces I keep in my pantry. The other is Frank’s. I don’t get any remuneration from either but if one, the other, or both would like to make an offer, I’m all taste buds.
Frank’s is the hot sauce most often associated with Buffalo wings although it serves a more subtle use in my kitchen. Anything made with ground beef, chicken, or turkey, such as meatloaf gets a few splashes of Frank’s. So too do most sauces and braising liquids. Tabasco, being lighter and more acidic is added to most dressings and marinades.
So today being Hot Sauce Day in one way isn’t such a big thing for me. Almost every day is Hot Sauce Day to me. On the other hand it’s a really big deal because instead of the controlled restraint I usually use on my hot sauce, today and for a few more I’ll be pouring it on like the typical macho bar fly uses his hot sauce. As a weapon against his taste buds.
Fortunately my taste buds are just as incapacitated as the rest of me and can stand a little extra jolt. Hmm. Jolt? No, that would be November 19, Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day. I wouldn’t make that up.
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I have a buffalo mayo I use all the time. Packs quite a punch in the taste buds. I’ll have to consume some tonight, for the cause.
The cause thanks you. 💣
done…and yum 😀
Yum is always good!
There are stamp collectors and beer-can collectors, but I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the hot-sauce label and bottle collectors. There are infinite labels and bottles out there. The earliest known U.S. commercial bottle was sold in 1807. Needless to say, if you find one of these, collectors will beat a path to your door!
Cheers.
So true. Food and beverage package collecting is a huge thing! Me, I prefer to collect the food and beverage on my dining room table. And then in me!
I hate that you’ve been sick for so long. But I’m just catching up on your blog so I’m going to assume you are better by now. Don’t spoil it for me. I will keep reading to find out.
I’m glad you finally caught up. I’ve been holding off on reading your comments so I wouldn’t spill it. See. I can take direction.
Yes I am better now but not best yet. All the symptoms are gone except for the fatigue. I’ll probably be dragging through the rest of the month but I’ll manage. Thsnk you for asking!