I was going to look for this thread the other day. About 4 nights ago, I witnessed a grown man lose his shit on a grocery store employee because there was no Sriracha on the shelf. He was screaming obscenities and was removed from the store by management and a security guard. This was at the HyVee on Englewood and North Oak in the Northland. It was awesome.

I'm telling you guys, you need to try gringo bandito

kind of a vague article. I'd like to know why the 30 day thing? Sriracha isn't fermented is it?

30 day hold to see if bacteria develop in the product since it is not cooked about a certain temp. I toured a jelly factory once, they had the same thing.

I use both of these. My children use Valentina (the yellow label, not black) because all my hispanic students told me that's what they were raised on (it's not that hot, good flavor, heavy vinegar base). They said they use it like ketchup from an early age. My kids dig it as well. It's very heavy on the vingear... almost reminds me of Shlotzky's hot sauce (which I love). It's also extremely cheap (which Cholula is not).

valentina is great for a basic hot sauce. no crap in it either.

Tell me more about this 'Chili Garlic....'

Anyone tried it? I love me some Sriracha but I've never tried their other varieties. I may have to grab some off amazon.

So, I paid more attention to Trader Joe's sriracha (dragon on the bottle) with some canned tuna just now and it has a definitively sweeter element, but is smokier, yet doesn't quiet pack the punch of Huy Fong. Decent substitute, but I prefer Huy Fong.

The sole proprietor is Vietnamese.

I just looked and I have a bottle of this in my fridge that I'm afraid expired back in August. It's likely been in there for years. For me, it doesn't have the scope and diversity of sriracha. I only used it for stir fries.

I wonder what the shelf life if Sriracha is. I might buy a case of it.

I use to think that Mexicans favored Tapatio. Then i met my wife and realized that mexicans actually favor Valentina. Every mexican household i've ever been in now....Valentina. Never fails.

His last name certainly looks Vietnamese, but I didn't see anything indicating his nationality. Point stands either way.

That's going to be me after my Huy Fong and TJ's bottles run out.

this stuff was ****ing awesome, got it at Sams a couple of times, then could never find it again

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