Bonaire hot sauce

[tim storey]

I'm trying to re-create the hot sauce I had while windsurfing in Bonaire the Dutch Antilles. While not really a sauce as such it seemed to be a thin uncooked mixture of vinegar, onions and spice/scotch bonnet peppers, maybe a bit of sugar. i only ever saw it in the small non-touristy local/black establishments [The Rose Inn & Maikey's Snack} It was plenty hot, always on the table in a covered jar with a little spoon to ladle it out. The locals seemed quite surprised that my buddy and I ordered the goat dishes, used lots of hot sauce ,then hoovered it all up.
tim

[chilehunter]

theres some europeans that visit this site once in awhile, you could PM them to see if they know. like coop, donnie, frank, bbq-phil. they might know ?

[AlabamaJack]

First of all...welcome to THP...

closest person on here I know is Chiliac from Germany and RainbowBerry from the UK....seems there was someone else from that area but I can't remember who it was...Biscombe is from Spain...

[chilehunter]

I forgot about chiliac. frank & bbq-phil are from germany. coop & donnie are from denmark. I didnt list rainbowberry because shes not from that area & figured she wouldnt know about that local sauce, but then again you never know ?

[JayT]

Maybe Darlochileman?

[rainbowberry]

Sorry I can't help with the sauce. Like JayT said Darlochileman might know, or Woody.

[thehotpepper.com]

It's called Pika. Welcome to THP.

Classic Bonaire Pika

1 large white onion, sliced
4 habanero peppers, seeds and stems removed, minced
2 cups vinegar
Dash of salt

Combine all the ingredients in a jar and seal. Let it marinate for 2 to 3 hours.

[tim storey]

Thanks for the help, PIKA... may be a diminutive of picante.
It's going down to -29c tonight in the ''valley'' , but my summer crop of hot peppers are up, green and growing on the window sill.
tim