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Margery Home Made Pepper Sauce
Ingredients: Pepper, Garlic, Onion, Carrots, Vinegar, Mustard, Salt, Soya Oil, Mayonnaise
Another local Trinidad sauce from the grocery store. This one has a nice old granny on the label, I assume this is Margery. Also, the name promises "home made" and all the Trinis I have spoken to have told me their favourite pepper sauces are the ones their mother/aunt/gran made so I had high hopes. I didn't really pay attention to the ingredients when I bought it (I would check for extract if shopping in Texas but not here) and am very surprised to find mayonnaise on the list! Quite what mayonnaise is doing in a sauce, is beyond me.
On opening the bottle you get a sharp whiff of vinegar. Also, the sauce seems to be very watery on first inspection. A "shake well" may be advisable on the label as they sauce isn't as watery as initially appears, just that the solids have settled somewhat to the bottom. It's still pretty watery though - perhaps some xantham gum would help. Looking at the colour, it seems to be mostly red and perhaps yellow scotch bonnets as the "pepper" with more orange coming from the carrot.
The taste is very tart - a lot of vinegar in Margery, similar to Tabasco. But not a great deal in the way of flavour - mostly heat and garlic. There is some smoothness which I suspects comes from the mustard. Overall, it's reasonable and edible sauce but not one that stands out for me. On the heat side, the sauce is fairly spicy but not so much that I can't eat it plain. Here's a sandwich dosage pic:
A cute label, an average sauce but too much vinegar and not enough flavour to make it a repeat buy. Now please do give me your thoughts - my last review has had many views but absolutely no comment!
