LOL dave insanity sauce I know a guy that licked a 4 oz soufflé cup full of the stuff clean poor guy was shaking. To me the thing is there is a fine line between a good heat that brings something to the meal and just being way too hot . IF I am having a meal and have a whole pepper to eat with it the hottest I go is a jalapeno. If IM making sauce then Illl go hotter but not so that it overwhelms the meal.
And you sir, are wiser than most.
In my home made hot sauces -- no MSG, no extracts, no concentrates, just the flavor of each pepper and then additions like fresh garlic, fresh ginger, fresh lime juice, etc. (this ends here -- no peeking into the TM'ed recipies).
Jalepeno sauce is one of my favorites, I am making some tonight. I give the sister-in-law a $20 when she goes to Central America and she brings me back bottle after bottle of "made in the right place, the right way, by the right chef's". I don't feel sad eating it -- I am only sad when the last bottle is empty.