Comments on: Review: El Yucateco Green Hot Sauce

By: Arizona Jack

Arizona Jack — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:01:01 +0000

Generalee….busy busy busy, new toy remember?

I’ll call you monday

By: Buddah

Buddah — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:57:52 +0000

Thanks guys.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:49:04 +0000

:nerd:, another great review. I peronally have not tried most of their line however I have tried their chipotle. I really like it. It doesn’t have much in the way of heat but the flavor is great. I’m not sure what they smoke the peppers with but a friend of mine who gave it to me said it is traditional in Yucatan to use the stems and leaves of the pepper plants to smoke the peppers. I have no factual data to support that, but he has been down there several times and is buddies with a family that grows habs there.

By: Big Dawg

Big Dawg — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:09:10 +0000

Great write up as always :nerd:. I think eggs for a green sauce is pretty good, my favorite thing for green sauce is pizza. I have tried the El Yuc and as always you usually get what you pay for, not bad but nothing to package up and send as Christmas gifts.

As far as ingredients I am more like Ethan, more curious about the order of ingredients in association to the taste.

By: Buddah

Buddah — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:17:55 +0000

Jodie Says:
November 16th, 2007 at 12:42 am
“:nerd:, aren’t you Jewish? HA HA HA….I swear my hubby, Garry, would love to see something like that! He always says from one Jew to another! Yes I am …..whatever you call us catholic girls married to good little Jewish boys-as I have been told.”

Marty the Midget was Jewish in my story. Always write from a place you know.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:14:17 +0000

the green isnt really my favorite either, but its ok, i ended up eating most of that one as a dip with tortilla chips.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:12:48 +0000

the red is ok on sandwiches, i didnt like the chipotle at all.

By: INCaneFan

INCaneFan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:01:11 +0000

I did forget about the Carib one, that’s tasty as well in my book. I guess I just don’t like their red and chipotle.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:42:37 +0000

:nerd:, aren’t you Jewish? HA HA HA….I swear my hubby, Garry, would love to see something like that! He always says from one Jew to another! Yes I am …..whatever you call us catholic girls married to good little Jewish boys-as I have been told. :-)

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:49:39 +0000

the best sauce that they make is the carribian sauce, i dont even know where to get it but a guy here at work buys me a bottle every once in a while, iv had all of the diffrent sauces from this brand and the carribian is 100% better than the second place, it has good heat and delicious flavor.

By: Buddah

Buddah — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:48:21 +0000

Thanks guys, your compliments mean a lot. I have written some short stories online, and even got 4th place in a Holiday writing competition a few years back for a story entitled, I swear I am not joking, “Marty the Midget’s Erotic Christmas”. Yes, I am strange, but most of you knew that all ready. :P

By: generallee

generallee — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:26:58 +0000

AJ,
you have a real talent for vanishing for weeks on end. call me, we need to do lunch.

BTW, nice review as always :nerd:.

By: Arizona Jack

Arizona Jack — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:22:54 +0000

Morning folks !!!

Great review of an average sauce :nerd:, I don’t think I’ve ever bought, but I have tasted, nothing spectacular. The color is kinda scary in my opinion.

:nerd:, you have a real talent for writing you know?

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:03:27 +0000

Nice review :nerd:. The green El Yuc has long been one of my favorites. Any Mexican place that has this as their table sauce automatically scores a few points from me…

Jim, I know your questions were aimed at :nerd:, but my .02: I do look at ingredients, but not to check for things like Xantham and artificial stuff. I’m more interested in where the vinegar and water fall in the list of things (if present at all) and what type of peppers were used. The other stuff just doesn’t matter to me. I probably put worse things in my body on a regular basis, so will the extra little bit of Xantham hurt me? I don’t actually know the answer to that, but El Yuc is yummy, so I keep buying and eating it…

Great review :nerd:, keep em coming!

By: Buddah

Buddah — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:01:27 +0000

first off Jim, I tried contacting a couple times by email without much luck. I am sending you a package today, so look for that shortly. Thanks for the peppers, and now you can sample what I did with it.

On the list of ingredients, I look for sugar and wheat, leading to high carbs/ serving. After that its only a few ingredients that I am wary of. Corn syrup, high frustose, MSG, I often stay clear of as well.

Welcome to the group INCaneFan, and thanks for the kind words and recommendations. This is definitely a Mac ‘n Cheese lot.

By: Jim- StepUpforCharity.org

Jim- StepUpforCharity.org — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:40:16 +0000

Nice review :nerd:! Habaneros do come green- as in “unripe”. I know of no variety that ripens green. That’s why they have all the artifical coloring in the sauce.

This brings up some interesting points, since you consider yourself a ‘consumer’ rather than a specialist. Actually, they’re more questions than anything.

Unless the ingredient list has changed greatly recently, El Yuc has the following: artificial coloring, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, and Xantham.

Given all the thrashing of those things in general hot sauce discussions, did they influence you? Did you consider *not* purchasing it because of their presence? Did you consider it a ‘con’? Do you look at ingredients before considering a sauce?

By: INCaneFan

INCaneFan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:35:10 +0000

Glad you finally gave it a whirl. I love this sauce on Mac & Cheese, you’ll have to give it a whirl sometime. Without question though, it’s my favorite on that application.

I’m not a big fan of the red El Yucateca although some people prefer it to the green. The Mayan is pretty good as well so you should give it a whirl.

For the price, you simply cannot complain. Have a good one and nice review. I’ve never been to this site before so thanks for shooting me the email message that brought me here!