Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/11/29/horrid-sriracha-merch.html
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I like the socks. I would totally wear those.
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Samsies… but…
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I cock the hell out of hot sauce!
I hella cock hot sauce!
I put hot sauce on my…
…well, everything, I guess.
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So hipster ketchup is the new bacon?
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I was given a Sriracha Water Bottle a few years ago for Christmas. I liked it as a gift but sadly the low quality plastic nozzle ripped off completely somehow.
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There’s a pot shop near my house (I live in Washington State) that advertises a THC-laced Sriracha sauce for sale, and the logo looks exactly like the real one. I have no idea if it’s legit or not.
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Yeah, uh, guy took out no copyrights.
He’s a different kinda’ guy.
Good sauce though.
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That sounds like the first line of a Darwin Award entry.
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Yes, I bought a pair.
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I’ll order some from my Alexa fish
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I have that bike water bottle, it’s hilarious and I love it. Maybe you’re too serious and should lighten up a little?
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Sriracha eyedrops or GTFO.
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I say AND! Why not both?
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Sriracha is ok, but just kinda bland. It tastes like tabasco or something generic with a few extra shakes of garlic powder.
If you want a big, cheap (and I mean cheap!) bottle of hot sauce that tastes great with everything, get this stuff:
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Yeah, they’d keep you really warm.
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You’ve… never actually had sriracha, have you?
Apart from the heat, there are fundamental differences:
- Tabasco: vinegary
- Tapatio/Cholula: savory
- Sriracha: sweet
I’ve not tried Valentina, though I’ve seen it at the 99Cent store many times. I’ll try it out next time I’m there.
Edit: I tried Valentina (orange label/original “Mexican Hot Sauce”) today. Its flavor is quite similar to Tapatio, but it’s a little thicker (not as thick as ketchup, though.) Its killer feature, though, is its lid. So good! It has two holes - a big one for the sauce and a smaller one to prevent vacuum lock - and the big one has a bit of a neck to create a spout. It’s the PERFECT sauce bottle for in-car burrito delectation! When I finish off the bottle I’ll see whether the lid can be re-fitted to any other brands.
In the field of widely-retailed, mild-to-medium-heat, Jalisco-style hot sauces, my ranking now stands:
- Cholula, chipotle style
- Valentina (I’ve only tried the original style so far)
- Tapatio
- Cholula, other styles (original red, green, etc.)
- La Victoria salsa brava (the flavor of my youth)
I still love Tabasco AND sriracha, but they’re entirely different creatures.
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Many, many years ago, I contacted Huy Fong, asking about merchandise. I thought a red/green ringer tee with the bottle artwork would be pretty cool and a big seller.
Months later, I got a reply telling me that they DID have Huy Fong T-shirts for sale. It was an ungodly looking white T with what looked like an iron-on patch of a photo of a bottle of Huy Fong sriracha. It was really dumb looking and it told me everything I needed to know about their marketing/merchandising savvy. So it’s no surprise that they’re screwing the rooster, so to speak, in terms of cool swag.
You CAN buy a Huy Fong sriracha shirt now, via Target, with loads of other rather obnoxious brands, making it a somewhat pyrrhic win.
No, I just haven’t had tabasco in like 10 years. I just use that as shorthand for “boring ubiquitous hotsauce”.
Sriracha is “boring ubiquitous hotsauce + garlic”
Valentia is great. It seems to go with everything and, like you said, it’s amazingly cheap.
