Sriracha warning too all!!

Eyes burn. Baby crying. Wife mad. Cats hiding. Contact lenses on fire….LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE!!! Don't let this happen to you

…So i wonder if dehydrated Sirracha could dual use as bear spray?

…prolly just end up with the wife, and the bear chastising you for being a dumbasse

lol- just saw your avatar… yeah- you may need it

Dehydrating siracha is actually dumber even than the tear gas effect. All that stuff filling the house was the volatile parts of the siracha leaving it forever. If anything you dehydrate depends on heat when you dehydrate it it is going to be gone forever. You should bring condiments like that in separate non dehydrated packets. There are a bunch of good hot sauces that come in packet form but I'd love it if they had some siracha packets.

Anyway rehydrated dehydrated siracha is no longer siracha but something different. Might still taste ok but not the same. A great example are onions. All the heat goes away and you are left with something with the taste and a bit of the sugars come out that are no longer asked by the heat.

You can get Sriracha in Packets… it's not Rooster Sauce Sriracha, but it works for me.

How much sriracha do you carry to make this worthwhile?
you can bring red pepper flakes or dehydrated hot peppers too

I just ordered some Texas Pete sriracha off minimus.biz
No idea if it compares to the real thing..but I'm guessing it's better than tear gas pain and suffering. My house still smells like a burned down PF changs.
I'll let ya know how it goes.

thanks for the laugh Christopher, you had me laughing out loud!

Since it looks like you are in ca I assume you have heard of the ongoing story about the neighbors of the siracha factory complaining/sueing the company over the smell coming from the building and filling the neighborhood. Guess you can now commiserate first hand. Lol

Another great very potent spice is chipotle powder. That is dry and very potent but has no smell. That is made out of smoked jalapeños so somewhat similar to siracha which is I believe made with red not fully ripened jalapeños. So something else highly recommended to satisfy your heat cravings.

Best I've had in this vein is Sonoma Williams smoked serrano chili powder. Smoky and smokin', and tasty too.

I had a question about the dehydrated heat comment above – i.e. that the drying process removes the heat element from something like sriracha or an onion…

How does that work? Dried chiles and dried onions are something of spice staples and certainly appealing for backpacking meals – is drying in those cases different than dehydrating in terms of how it impacts the product?

This sounds like the category of "Stupid husband tricks"…something I am guilty of at times. ;-)

(My first attempt at a home made alcohol lamp for an alternative during a power outage had Mrs Mags rather..er, concerned)

Heya! I have good news. The Texas Pete Sriracha packets I ordered arrived early and are awesome!! Nearly identical to the huy fong brand we all know. Maybe a touch sweeter…but just barely.

http://www.minimus.biz/Texas-Pete-Sriracha-Cha!-F03-3303505-1100.aspx

Lol!!

Anyhow, just so you know, Sriracha doesn't go bad easily – you have to really try for that to happen. You can carry a bottle – even in mega hot temperatures.

I'll check those out – always liked Texas Pete generally as a hot sauce (plus supporting a NC company – deceptive but I suppose "Winston-Salem Pete" doesn't have quite the same ring to it…)

If a person was so inclined, you can use a tiny Tobasco bottle out of a MRE meal. They are glass, but can be refilled.