Passow’s An Original All-American

Since we are doing a joint review on the All American Hot Sauces and the order of the review is done by region, I got the honors of going first. Is it because my suave German looks and heritage make me the ideal candidate because, when my family came to America they were searching for that very thing which makes The United States of America so great? Is it because I’m a patriot who has read the Constitution and Bill of Rights (something, that as an American you should automatically have done at least once)? Nope, keep dreaming, Passow. According to Buddah of Taste The Fear hot sauce blog, “Passow, I think anyone that travels across country with a vented car with no heat is an original in his own right. Therefore you are da man for this review.” Sigh…a guy can dream though, right?

Suffern Brothers All American Hot Sauce Original Ingredients: Seasoned rice wine vinegar, chilies, carrot, salt, sugar, sodium bisulfate.

There’s actually two sauces that fall under the original label, Mild and Full Bodied. Since Mild is just the Full Bodied but less intense, I’ll be reviewing the Full Bodied. I noticed right off the bat that this is a completely liquidy sauce so I do not advise taking off the flow restrictor cap that comes equipped with these bottles.

The color in this sauce kinda reminds me of some of Devil Duck’s sauces. It’s an interesting shade of green….But looks aren’t everything as well all know, it’s taste! Heavy on the salt and vinegar but not to the point that I wouldn’t use it. The first thing to hit are both those ingredients then the sugar comes in. The sugar actually helps you forget about the salt and helps to mellow out the bite of vinegar.

Up next comes the carrots but they are more of a background taste. Unfortunately, I can’t taste the chilies at all. I’m getting the tell tale signs of a cayenne burn but not the taste which is disappointing because this is a hot sauce after all.

The one major qualm I have is that they use Sodium Bisulfate in the sauce. I don’t care how much money is donated to charities, use of a chemical like that is not at all necessary and should never be used. Unfortunately it’s in all their sauces.

Overall, it’s not a bad start especially with when you consider that this is a charity organization of sorts. I would recommend using this one on salads in place of your usual vinaigrette.

Taste: 2.41, Heat: 1.5