Goya's BOTANITA Snack Hot Sauce

[chuk hell]

And now for something completely different.

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No, that's not a sports drink I'm holding. It's hot sauce. Mexican hot sauce. A whole freak'n liter of Mexican hot sauce for $1.19. Yep. Pretty crazy.

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It looks like it's some crazy hot pink color but that's actually the color of the plastic bottle...red.

Here's how it looks in a spoon....

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So...how does it taste? Well....not to bad. It's made with guajilla and arbol peppers...and a lot of water. But it really doesn't taste too bad. Not much heat to speak of....considering. It's got that basic Mexican "picante" taste..along with other...stuff.

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Can read all that? I hope so because I don't feel like transcribing it. Lots of preservatives and food color. Passow can "pass" on this one. I doubt I'd buy it again. I just picked it up for weirdness factor.

I could see it used in drinks or thrown in a marinade but beyond that...I dunno.

Heat 3/10
Taste 3/10

[imaguitargod]

Passow can "pass" on this one.
:rolleyes: :lol:

Wow Chuk! That there beard is getting long! I love the chemtrails in the sky in the first pic.

Nice review, $1.19 for a liter of sauce is astonishing...but then again, it rates a 3 on your taste scale. Looks like you can "chuk" that bottle in the trash.;)

[chuk hell]

Well, I have to admit it tastes better than I expected it to...but still, it is what it is.

I'm curious as to how exactly Mexicans consume this stuff.

[imaguitargod]

I'm curious as to how exactly Mexicans consume this stuff.
With their mouths, how else do you expect them to consume it?(please...don't answer that one folks).

As far as I can tell, living in Mexico...er....Los Angeles as the base of my experience. The Mexicans don't eat that stuff. They stick with Tepaltia or their own home made stuff.

[thehotpepper.com]

Nice review, $1.19 for a liter of sauce is astonishing...
Recycled water bottles :)

[Denio]

...and a lot of water.

Heat 3/10
Taste 3/10

I hope it's not tap water...

[GreenHot]

Preservatives. colourings and other assorted chemicals = I don't buy it. That also goes for animal products. A good chilli sauce is entirely vegetable based.

[DEFCON Creator]

A good chilli sauce is entirely vegetable based.

In your opinion.

[GreenHot]

In your opinion.

Yup, the only opinion that matters! :lol: (to me at least)

I actually meant that to mean without colourings and preservatives etc.

[imaguitargod]

A good chilli sauce is entirely vegetable based.
Coming soon, Blair's Chili Meat Death Hot Sauce, made with real baby seals :shocked: (I hate to say it, but I would buy that just for the novelty, it would be my first collectors sauce :lol: )

[DEFCON Creator]

Coming soon, Blair's Chili Meat Death Hot Sauce, made with real baby seals :shocked: (I hate to say it, but I would buy that just for the novelty, it would be my first collectors sauce :lol: )

It would be a nice effect to have a miniature baseball bat tied around the neck of the bottle.

[darthcarl]

Goya is the nabisco of Mexico. They make everything. My mexican friends will use stuff like that like we might use ketchup. It also gets used as a basteing liquid and a crock pot liquid. At a buck and a quarter it's cheap enough for family pulled pork day.

[chuk hell]

Well this stuff has been sitting on my kitchen counter for a couple weeks now and I've actually used almost half of it. I find myself using it to season things I'm cooking like tacos, etc. Not bad in that aspect.

[imaguitargod]

Chuk, do you have a Texas accent?

[chuk hell]

Only when I drink whisky.