Condiment Corner: Hot Sauce (by William Gillen)

In our first guest post, William Gillen has put together his thoughts on his favorite condiment: Hot Sauce.  Hope you like it!

Often times, when searching for the proper spice to enhance my favorites dishes, I find myself at a loss.  The old standbys of salt, pepper and to a lesser extent, cinnamon just do not seem to tackle the job as they used to.  But I’ve noticed one addition to my garnish collection that has never let me down.  A dab from my favorite hot sauce can turn any banquet from a mere firecracker to a volcanic eruption of flavor.

Added to any poultry, steer or seafood snack, the right hot sauce puts the kind of life into a dish that you might only expect to find at a backwoods Creole festival, deep in the swampland of Louisiana. 

Many a morning has found me dribbling a smidgen of a habanero-fueled hot sauce into a cup of black coffee.  At first it may sound a bit off the level but after a few trial weeks, I found it to be an invigorating approach to jump-start any day.

So as a recommendation for those looking for more than just a little spice in life, take a trip down the hot sauce isle of your local market and prepare to enter a new fortress of flavor – each level more sensational than the next.