I dunno woberto, every hot sauce I've ever had, even a few I've come across that those cats down in Austin sell are really hot and all, but the problem I have with such stuff is that it's "just" hot, but misses the mark in the flavor category. It's just not the same as eatin a fresh pepper with your food, which is my preferred way to eat hot stuff, so they accentuate the meal, or puntuate it , depending on your perspective. And, one thing I've learned over the years is that pickled peppers and other varieties of distilled hot sauces and such make it harder when the actual seasonings make their eventual exit of your system as opposed to simply eatin the actual fresh peppers they're made from. Seems like the vinegar they all use as a base really spreads the fire in a decidely unpleasant fashion on its way out. For this reason, I've already put in an order for my sister to get me some of these peppers for my upcoming 53rd Bday this next June. So, if I'm lucky, I should have a genuinely HOT Bday celebration

In the mean time, here's another one that was funny: I was wanderin around at the farmers market just outside downtown Big D one afternoon and came across an ol Mescan woman sellin all kinds fresh peppers and decided to have some fun with her when I noticed she had a buncha Habeneros for sale. I stopped and perused her stock for a minute and then pointed to the Habeneros and sheepishly asked "Are those hot?". She eyed me for a minute as a slow "Yeah" rolled off her tongue. I asked "Mind if I try one?", to which she said "Sure, go ahead" with a kinda sneer in her voice, as if she was gonna have fun lightin up this unwary gringo.

Now I didn have anything else to eat, or drink with me, so I knew this might be a bit of a challenge, but I thought, why not, this'll be fun, so I reached down and grabbed a nice bright red one and ate it. BTW, one thing I've learned over the years is that when any pepper turns red it's at its hottest stage and is also the most poingnant in the flavor category, in most peppers it's actually when it's at its juiciest stage and will have a slightly sweet taste to it, so that's my favorite stage to eat 'em.

Anyway, she eyed me intensely as I was eatin the pepper, just waiting for the howls she expected, and when I finished and looked at her and simply said "That was pretty good, mind if I try another?", she slowly said, "Nah, go right ahead.", with a gleam in her eyes thinkin the heat haddn really sunk in from the 1st one just yet and that she was gonna for sure get her reaction if I had another.

So, I reached down and grabbed another juicy red one and slowly chomped it down, watchin her just like she was watchin me, but again, she didn get the intended reaction she expected when I was finished and now this seemed to really piss her off as she went into a sudden tirade tellin me "Those peppers ain't shit! I make some hot sauce for some boys 'down in the valley' that's really HOT" (Rio Grande Valley, close to the Texas/Mexico border)

I smiled at her, thanked her for her generosity for havin shared her wares with me and walked away smilin

As a total aside to this 'berto, there's a donut place close to me here owned by a nice Korean couple where I get fresh Thai peppers from their garden, which I think are waaaaaay hotter than any Habeneros I've ever had. They're a nice treat with their delicious egg, sausage and cheese breakfast burritos