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New to making hot sauces

So, should I ferment my other ingredients before combining with the fermented mash? I'm assuming that by fermenting my other ingredients, it would develop more complex flavors & won't be as sharp if I were to add other ingredients, unfermented, right? I forgot to add in my original post that the mashed peppers I found were fermented but they've added some vinegar to it; I'm assuming to slow down fermentation for shipping purposes.
 
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I assume you are looking at LA Pepper Exchange? They have a lot of mashes. No that does not mean you need to ferment anything else to match it. It's simply a preservation method. It's quite common in hot sauce production.
 
The Hot Pepper said:
I assume you are looking at LA Pepper Exchange? They have a lot of mashes. No that does not mean you need to ferment anything else to match it. It's simply a preservation method. It's quite common in hot sauce production.
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I was actually looking at Magic Plant Farms. I can get it at 5 gal containers. I will definitely check LA Pepper Exchange. Thanks for the tip.
 
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