Comments on: Making Homemade Tabasco Sauce

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:00:20 +0000

Handful–Hey, girlfriend! You must have a TON of hot peppers!
I probably should have strained the sauce, but I sort of had this idea that I would just leave them in and let it get hotter and hotter. They sink to the bottom and lurk there, infusing the brew with hellfire. Most people would probably prefer a more controlled, strained version, so that’s a very good idea.
I would love tomato leather. Wow. I think you’ve covered the spectrum of tomato products. For the green tomatoes, I have today’s pickle recipe.
Thanks so much for the wings sauce recipe! I bet it beats store bought hands down.

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:52:58 +0000

Handful–I think the term applies to both of them, in their own ways.

By: Handful

Handful — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:08:53 +0000

Oops – Frugal Man belongs to somebody else – my bad!

By: Handful

Handful — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:26:00 +0000

Hey Tomato Lady!

Turned out really well! No humans or animals were harmed in the making !

Although I have to admit I ALMOST took out the compost which is (naturally) beside the garden which is where all those tomatoes and peppers need picked so you see where I am going with this…a potential leafblower incident!

Thank goodness I followed THAT part of the recipe!

I let it “meld” for a few days in the fridge, used my immersion blender and then strained out the solids (seeds and skins). Did you do this? Awsome sauce!

Not too thrilled with my wing sauce though. Turned out WAY too vinegary. I just added a bit more lemon juice so will taste again in a few minutes.

However, after so many taste tests I am not even sure anymore…I think I may have burnt off the top layer of my tongue!

The basics were along this line… modifed from a few different recipes…of course

2 c. (50 grams) dry cayenne peppers
1/2 c. vinegar
1 t. coarse sea salt
1/2 c. pepper water (reserved)
1/2 c.-ish onion chopped
2-3 cloves minced garlic
1 to 1 1/2 c. tomato sauce
1 stick butter
1 c. Tomato Lady hot sauce
2 T. lemonjuice
1 t. honey
1/4 c.ish ketchup
1 box of Kleenex (you may substitute a roll of your favorite brand of toilet paper)

Roast peppers over med. high heat a few minutes. Add enough water to cover and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 min. and drain reserving 1/2 c. water. Blend (I used my immersion blender…handy little gadget and so much easier than the whole blender process – dig it out, set it up, pour it in and blend then back to pan, scrape it out, wash it… well you get the point) ummmm… where was I?

Oh yeah…

At this point STEP AWAY FROM THE PAN AS FAR AS YOUR ARMS WILL ALLOW!!!! You may want to start up the exhaust fan as well. Blend peppers, pepper water, salt and vinegar and allow to percolate. (I ran thru a sieve to remove seeds and skin.)

You may need to begin using the tissues at this point.

Melt butter. Add onion, garlic, tomato sauce and T.L. hot sauce and cook for a few minutes. Then the immersion blender thing again…

Stir in the pepper sauce mix, lemon juice, honey and ketchup and simmer for a bit more.

Oh yeah, fry up some chicken wings too.

Note: The main “base” of this recipe called for an additional CUP of vinegar – WAY to much pucker for me. I still think it is too much, will use maybe 1/8 c.ish next time to start – you can always add more! It also called for 1 bottle Lousiana hot sauce (apparently he had never heard of Tomato Lady hot sauce) so maybe that is why mine was too puckery since I thinned your recipe with a bit more vinegar.

I will try again with fresh peppers…not sure why he used dried? I guess out of season that would be fine – I do have about 8 chili ristras hanging around my house right now!

Let me know if you try this and what your modifications were.

I just picked another basket of mixed hot peppers and am getting ready to make more Tomato Lady hot sauce. My sister’s family LOVES hot. Hope to can some for Christmas gifts. Gonna try to make my own cayenne pepper too.

Anymore tomato ideas? Still overflowing. I have made gallons of V-8 (in varying degrees of hottness), gallons of Mom’s homemade tomato soup (the BEST ever TY), canned juice, canned both whole and crushed ‘maters. Canned pasta sauce, plain sauce and paste too. Still have salsa from last year so that is out. Have made tomato leather. I have dried cherry tomatoes – YUMMY like sweet little raisons – have more on tonight.

Really enjoy your posts and Frugal Man sounds like a hoot!

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:48:09 +0000

Handful–I just lurv you.

Kinda interested in that hot wings sauce recipe.

By: Handful

Handful — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:38:02 +0000

So… I’m looking for a recipe for homemade hot wing sauce. I mean HOMEMADE, not even using bottled hot sauce. Then I come across this blog and I almost peed my pants! I signed up for your site BTW, everyone needs a good laugh and to know they aren’t the only ones going into a “Brave New World in the kitchen! I love experimenting! And I never follow the recipe either…I feel recipes are a guideline and are meant to be broken.

I am still gonna try it…and good point about the gun…LMAO!

I’ll make this and then my hot wing sauce to can – over abundance of peppers this year. If my man AND my dawgs make it through, well… I will consider it a great success!
Really enjoyed the bread story as well…been there-done that. I feel ya!

By: brightlight08

brightlight08 — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:15:26 +0000

LOL, do I really want to try the recipe after reading all of these laughs? =)
Yeah, really- who needs a gun if you’ve got peppers? LOL
Great stuff! Always!
I look forward to all of your posts. =)
KallyLyn

By: Corinne

Corinne — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:43:09 +0000

this is exactly why i check this blog!
for informative green recipes and LAUGHS!
not at your expense, but in the way that I don’t feel so alone when I do things like this to myself…..
so the Moral of the Story is, when you’ve got a burglar, put on a pot of peppers!

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:17:51 +0000

Heather–Oh, NO! Not the raspberry! Tell me it wasn’t the raspberry!
Melissa–I’m sure it will go without incident. I really checked out on this one.
Linda Perkins–Thank you for your kind words. And of course that’s the best thing about screw-ups, the stories and the laughs later!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:46:58 +0000

Okay I SO FEEL YOUR PAIN! OKay not the pain from peppers, per se, but the other night I stayed up all night bottling peaches and raspberry jam and I put the last batch of jam on, looked at the clock (did not want to wake kids up…) and I sat down. Next thing I know, I smell something awful, realize I had fallen asleep and then my smoke detector went off (kids did not wake, so I guess timer would have saved us all some trauma) and my pan is charred, but I think it will recover. Oh crazy. Guess 3 am is not a good time for canning…