Threads like this always crack me up. To me, extract sauces are just fine...WHEN USED ACCORDINGLY. People who smother Dave's onto a sandwich or use it as a dipping sauce are akin to a person who has never tried lemonade, tries it for the first time out of a concentrated can, and declares lemonade is gross. They're like "Ooh, lemonade. I've always wanted to try this." *looks at directions* "Mix with such and such quarts of water, yada yada. No time for that. I want lemonade NOW!" *eats a frozen concentrated lemonade chunk from the can* "HOLY SHIT THAT'S FOUL! LEMONADE IS NASTY! HOW THE HELL CAN ANYONE LIKE LEMONADE??? DON'T BUY LEMONADE!!!"
There's a reason why extract sauces have warnings that say "use one drop at a time." THAT'S the intended purpose of these sauces, folks. When used a couple drops at a time to heat up soups, sauces, etc (my favorite thing is to add a few drops of Dave's Ghost Pepper sauce to a tub of hummus) taste is typically not sacrificed and it heats up the food quite nicely.
People like us demand more heat from our sauces. That's where sauces like Defcon, THSC's line, etc come in. But that doesn't mean extract sauces don't have their own time and place.
There's a reason why extract sauces have warnings that say "use one drop at a time." THAT'S the intended purpose of these sauces, folks. When used a couple drops at a time to heat up soups, sauces, etc (my favorite thing is to add a few drops of Dave's Ghost Pepper sauce to a tub of hummus) taste is typically not sacrificed and it heats up the food quite nicely.
People like us demand more heat from our sauces. That's where sauces like Defcon, THSC's line, etc come in. But that doesn't mean extract sauces don't have their own time and place.