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How to make sauce hotter???

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I just made a nice sauce with pineapples peaches vinegar water and habaneros. For 40 ounces total liquid by volume I used 6 orange habaneros. I thought this would be spicy (comes down to .75 habaneros per 5 oz woozie.) but it really is just a mild-medium sauce. There is some heat at the end of you use a lot, its more like a spicy sauce than a hot sauce. The flavor is spot on. How do I make this hotter without adjusting other ingredients? I thought maybe double the habaneros (1.5 per 5 ounce woozie) or mix in X (fill in the blank) teaspoons of ghost pepper powder? Add some red jalapenos? Thank you. I want it hot but not stupid hot and still focusing on flavor not just insane heat.
 
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Something to try is to take the seeds of peppers and the white ribbing inside the pepper, put it in a cheesecloth and tie it off like a tea bag and let it steep then remove after a few days or the cooking process.
 
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Tomsawyer said:
Something to try is to take the seeds of peppers and the white ribbing inside the pepper, put it in a cheesecloth and tie it off like a tea bag and let it steep then remove after a few days or the cooking process.
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I am not sure how this works for increasing heat, seems reasonable, but I do this with herbs and it works well.   :thumbsup:
 
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tctenten said:
Could be one of the funniest posts I have ever read here. Thank you for making me laugh.
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When a wise man hears of the Tao,​
he immediately begins to live it.
When an average man hears of the Tao,
he believes some of it and doubts the rest.
When a foolish man hears of the Tao,
he laughs out loud at the very idea.
If it were not for that laugh,
it would not be the Tao
 
Youre welcome.  
 
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:cheers:  you guys 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Chilero said:
Salt increases heat to some degree. I never add salt (beyond the required for ferment etc.) until the last so that I can fine tune the heat.
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Never heard of that. Not saying it couldnt be true....but you would think that over the years, someone would of made that correlation by now.
Sugar toning down the heat, that has been proven.


Tomsawyer said:
Something to try is to take the seeds of peppers and the white ribbing inside the pepper, put it in a cheesecloth and tie it off like a tea bag and let it steep then remove after a few days or the cooking process.
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This does have some merit. If a person has a bunch of extra peppers, especially superhots, the placenta and seeds could be put in cheesecloth and steeped in the sauce. The capsaicin will leach into the sauce making it hotter without adding more pepper flavor.
 
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I'd have to agree wholeheartedly with Chilero!
Salt will absolutely increase heat.  I witnessed it first hand. 
First the snow came down and then there was the ice.  The road clearing crew then came in and put down salt on the roads.  The salt heated the ice and cleared the roads, allowing me a safe path to drive on. 
Clearly salt will provide heat.
 
I will absolutely be experimenting with my next sauce!
 
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salsalady said:
  

Never heard of that. Not saying it couldnt be true....but you would think that over the years, someone would of made that correlation by now.
Sugar toning down the heat, that has been proven.
 
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I dont mean to be glib, but this is widely known amongst proffesional cooks, that's why I am poking a bit of fun.  
 
Cooking cajun and spicy southern dishes for less than "pepperheads" will teach you how to make slight adjustments without over adding ingredients. 
 
Salt doesnt specifically increase the "scolville units", instead it amplifies the perception of whole pallete- spiciness more than any other for most people. 
 
But hey, what do I know? Post count of like 10?  Clearly I'm here to make up stories and make friends...lol.  ;)
 
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The Hot Pepper said:
 
I see you backed off your claim but I bet you can sell ice to an eskimo no problem :rofl:
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"backed off"? Claim? 
 
Naw, little guy.  What I did there was restate my point, slower, with more detail, so you could try to keep up. 
 
Just because you cant understand something, or your small world hasn't accepted an idea, doesnt make it false.
 
Once again, this is, in most circles, common knowledge.  Why or how you goofs havent heard of salt enhancing heat is beyond me. Quite honestly this discourse is why I dont usually involve myself with internet douchery, too many echo chambers full of know nothings posturing about the place. 
 
Yawn. Boring. 
 
Good luck. 
 
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