Weapons-Grade Hot Sauce

This is my brother.

Knowing that I'm a part of the ever-curious DINNERGEDDON stable of roving hungry food pioneers, he decided to give me the gift of a new edible experience this Christmas.

"Here you go," he said. "You can blog about it, or not. Whatever."



"Thanks bro!"

The only problem is, as a food-blogger, I'm still not even quite sure that Da' Bomb: Beyond Insanity Hot Sauce even qualifies as 'food' per se.

The label quite clearly states: KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN, CONSUME ONE DROP AT A TIME.

I don't know how common it is for companies to urge you to use less of their product, and that in itself should be a sign...



"I'M NOT SURE I'M TOUGH ENOUGH FOR A SAUCE LIKE THIS."



Oh ok then.

But first, some facts about Da' Bomb...

The relative heat of all chili peppers is measured using the "Scoville" scale. In brief, this is expressed as a number representing how many times a flavour extract of the chili must be diluted in sugar-water before the spice is no longer detectable to the human tongue.

A regular "sweet pepper" has a Scoville rating of zero: not spicy at all.
Tabasco sauce rates around 2,500 Scovilles.
DA BOMB can boast 119,700 Scovilles.

Needless to say...



I made sure to anaethetise myself appropriately.



Next, I poured myself an "emergency spice relief" shot of milk...



Portioning out a (disclaimer defying) two drop fingertip serving, I was ready to embrace the taste. What you see below is actual documentary evidence of Da' Bomb being deployed...



The wierdest thing about Da' Bomb is that the heat and the taste are completely seperate, in a clearly discernable way. The spice is obviously crazy hot, and waaaay more than I can ordinarily handle, but the flavour itself is actually great; really earthy and sweet. This comes through after the burn, clear and satisfying; like watching a beautiful sunrise after a night spent picking open your own surgical stitches.



In short, I may not be able to stomach this kind of heat on a regular basis, and I suppose I did pick the most moronic schoolboy way to sample it (ie: neat, with vodka) but among the right crowd of brave appreciaters, this could be a very useful addition to a large-scale cooking pot, and has far more to offer than simple novelty masochism.

Just take it easy there guys!