I admit it! I love hot stuff! I slather hot sauce on everything from eggs to potatoes. (Yesterday my guests, Todd and Janet Zimmer of Zimm's Hot Sauce, gave us a technique for frying bacon in hot sauce. That's what I'm talkin' about!)
At my local breakfast hangout, The Corner Cafe, I sit at the counter and order the same thing every time. The servers don't even offer me a menu anymore when I sit down. They know what I'm going to order. A three-egg omelet with tomato, bacon, hot pepper cheese, a side of salsa and a bottle of their Gunslinger Hot Sauce. (And of course, to keep it healthy, a side of wheat toast!)
A great hot sauce has to have a slow burn. It can't just sizzle your tastebuds right off your tongue. It creeps up on you. First you taste the tang on the back of your tongue, then the heat begins to slowly move up the center and sides of your tongue, then the explosion of flavors release and the burn begins. A great hot sauce will bring you back for more as your tastebuds begin craving the flame.
Todd and Janet arrived at the station with samples of their hot wings and shrimp. The owner of the station, Pete, met them with anticipation. Pete loves Wednesdays when The Food Radio Hosts show up with their culinary concoctions looking for tasters. He's always willing to oblige.
Zimm's Hot Sauce was awesome. Todd Zimmer got his start in the restaurant business in Buffalo, New York, home of the Buffalo Wings, so he knows a thing or two about hot sauce. At first bite, I tasted a sweetness from the molasses, then the heat began its slow burn and the spiciness kicked in. A great combination. Everyone in the studio, from the owner to the engineer, tasted Todd's samples and all agreed, it was "Kicksas"! (That's the name of one of the sauces, the hotter of Buffsas and Kicksas sauces.)
Visit the Zimmers web site at http://www.zimmshotsauce.com/. Great product, made and produced in our great city, Kansas City, where we know a thing or two about sauces.
At my local breakfast hangout, The Corner Cafe, I sit at the counter and order the same thing every time. The servers don't even offer me a menu anymore when I sit down. They know what I'm going to order. A three-egg omelet with tomato, bacon, hot pepper cheese, a side of salsa and a bottle of their Gunslinger Hot Sauce. (And of course, to keep it healthy, a side of wheat toast!)
A great hot sauce has to have a slow burn. It can't just sizzle your tastebuds right off your tongue. It creeps up on you. First you taste the tang on the back of your tongue, then the heat begins to slowly move up the center and sides of your tongue, then the explosion of flavors release and the burn begins. A great hot sauce will bring you back for more as your tastebuds begin craving the flame.
Todd and Janet arrived at the station with samples of their hot wings and shrimp. The owner of the station, Pete, met them with anticipation. Pete loves Wednesdays when The Food Radio Hosts show up with their culinary concoctions looking for tasters. He's always willing to oblige.
Visit the Zimmers web site at http://www.zimmshotsauce.com/. Great product, made and produced in our great city, Kansas City, where we know a thing or two about sauces.
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