I've just picked up some Dave's Insanity Sauce as I got bored of adding loads of normal hot sauce to dishes so this should last me a while as I'll use way lessdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Also got a bottle of this for my mate's birthday
Blair's Ultra Death Hot Sauce | Blairs Ultra Death | Ultra Death Sauce - £8.90
1.1 million scovillesdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Good company too, ordered Monday and arrived Tuesday morningdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
I've surprised quite a few innocents with that Ultra Death sauce data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
I don't really get these ultra hot sauces.If something is so hot it makes you feel ill and you cant even taste the food its on,whats the point?
Or is it the case i'm tougher than you because i can eat it this hot data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
It's a case of different people having different tastes and levels of tolerance to spicy food.
I know people who find the mildest Indian curries to be their limit as they find them hot. Personally I don't notice any heat in a Korma or Chicken Tikka Masala.
I get hot sauces because I like a bit of a kick in spicy food, I want my senses to be pushed and I like the heat and the tingle you get from hot food, but I also like the taste of chillis... Scotch bonnets for example are pretty hot chillis but they have an amazing fruity taste - probably one of my favourite chillis for the flavour, also up there is the jolokia but they are hotter again and sometimes the heat from them can overpower the taste.
With hot sauces I go for flavour and heat - some of the hottest sauces I have are purely for going in food, such as Satan's Blood - it's too hot to use and enjoy as a sauce on its own, but it goes well with a drip in certain foods.
All for cooking, I wouldn't like to put anything too hot direct on to food as I'll never taste it, and wouldn't particularly like the pain. It's useful having something that you only need a drop or two of to put some heat in.
I'm partial to curries, chilli, wings, bolognase, fajitas, soup, home made burgers. All of which are much better with some added heat
Except the Ultra Death Sauce above, that's just crazy and a present rather than something too useful.
In my teenage years I was at a gig once and this kebab shop had won an award for the 'after shock' hottest kebab sauce in the uk.I took that thing down without a drop or water, need to try Franks as I've saw it mentioned in here and they sell it in the supermarkets around here.
The chemicals in hot spicy food irritate the trigeminal nerve, which is responsible for sensations.
Scientists theorise that the irritation causes the brain to release endorphins to ease the discomfort of the pain and then give the eater a natural high, and like any high, it's addictive, and the eater wants to make it still more intense.
So people who love spicy foods are actually addicted to the pain.
http://www.monell.org/research/sensation_perception
And I'd go along with that as I do love the feeling of the sweating, burning etc.
Got some of the saves insanity sauce - not a fan, its not got a great taste at all. Definitely poor compared to the likes of Marie sharps.
Not so much when it's coming out the other end.
Heston Blumenthal did a test with a brain activity scanner at a hospital and the chilli oil activated the pain part of the brain, but also activated the pleasure part of the brain.