First, I recommend this article in The Smithsonian, The Gut-Wrenching Science Behind the World’s Hottest Peppers. Recently due to my foolishness I took a teaspoon of Dave's Ultimate Insanity Sauce. The problem is that
though my tongue has developed a very high tolerance to capsaicin, my stomach has not
. Tasting a teaspoon of Dave's Ultimate was actually tolerable in regards to the sensation in my mouth, but my stomach did not agree. With that out of the way, for the past few months I've been sampling seven purportedly very hot sauces with a group of friends on various dishes. The seven are:
CaJohn's Trinidad Scorpion Hot Sauce
Dave's Original Insanity Hot Sauce
Dave's Ghost Pepper Naga Jolokia Hot Sauce
Dave's Ultimate Insanity Hot Sauce
Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce
I will give each hot sauce up to 10 points, broken down by ...