Dave's Gourmet Insanity Sauce

Put this in you bolognese. It takes it to another level. Excellent.

this is wicked...top notch .....does exactly what it says on label....should have a health warning for the frail and infirm!!!! try it with a bovril cube and water and big dollop...ace...

DO NOT MESS WITH IT. I tried a tiny drop on some cheese and even then, while not enough to make me scream in pain, it\'s a lot worse than the burn from a curry. Even my teeth hurt! i recommend using it a small bit at a time...

Very hot, not at all subtle. Just tastes like lots of cayenne with no other flavours apparent

Very nice and insanely strong sauce! Bought just for fun, as it is a legend. Did a tea spoon test, which surprised me. First you will taste a very pleast sauce, complex, without any harsh additions. Then slowly the strength of chili builds up, and when you take your first breath a very strong and pleasant sting kicks in. After a few minutes it peaks and is almost unbearable. At five minutes I gave up and rank milk for the next 20minutes. As addition to stews and such it cannot of course give enough taste unless killing your guests, but a very interesting background sense of chili sting! Highly recommended...

Dave's got me into hot sauces and I still have a soft spot for them. However, whilst powerful and with an aggressive bite, and longer afterburn, these sauces have a simpler, slightly artificial taste which whilst great as a utility sauce, is not quite as complex and satisfying as say Blair's or Pete's. Good stuff thought and, if you're new to hot sauces, this will beat down on your mouth and a55...

Finally got my hands on a bottle of this. Its super hot reputation isnt a surprise really. A very quick burn (doesnt take time to hit just BANG!) which gives little time to fully enjoy the taste. Its a nice taste , lots of habs maybe? Put a big ol dollop on a bagel and did slightly regret as it really does pack some burn. Nice enough sauce, not quite as tasty as some of Blairs bests but still an enjoyable buy!..

Very hot on its own, not reccomened unless you can handle it (not a challange, lol). You can mix it into sauces and it adds a nice heat and a pretty tasty overall flavour as well. I have become hooked on putting this in beans and tinned spagetti (bbq sauce or a squeeze of lime go well alongside this too) on a baked potato with cheese, or on toast.Haven't tried it in fresh chilli yet, but it was a great addition to tinned chilli and I imagine would be great in a proper one...

In reference to the review of August 2008 I was one of the Guinea Pigs; the one who could take it.This stuff still has a good flavour like the flesh of a pepper. It hasn't got that subtle rancid/burnt after taste lurking which you can get off a some hot sauces.I keep a bottle on the van at work for lunches. Favorate combination is a pack of batchlours super noodles (this works best with the beef flavour) If you only have access to a kettle at lunch then a super sized coffiee mug, (the novelty pint sized ones are just right for this) is just right.Break the pack of noodles into 4-6 then open the pack empty the contents in the mug. pour the noodle flavouring on top and one small drop of Dave's sauce on top. Pour boiled water on top to about 2/3 the mug & leave then stir for about 3 mins till the noodles are just right. Then a small tin of tuna (fresh water or failing that brine is best, oil filled dosn't work very well) Drain the can & flake the tuna into the mug. the water content would heat the tuna pretty quickly. If you don't want all the water while you tuck in then use the lid off the tin of tuna and place it on top of the food (pint sized coffie mugs are just the right fit). Use a folk to hold the lid in place so you can drain the excess.A tasty way of using this sauce, handy if you havn't full kitchen facilities when you want to cook it up. Retaining the water rather than draining makes for a hotter experience, nice in cold weather. One bit of social advice, the tuna makes this stink, so if your eating this amoungst others in a confined area you may not be popular. Adding to baked beans is a fantastic way of using the sauce (if i can get to a microwave at lunch time the i some times add tuna in the same mug instead of noodles). Or spread spearingly on toast and grill cheese on top, or add to the water whaen cooking rice or pasta, or instead if you use pesto sauce add to the pesto using the handle part of a teaspoon so you can add just a little bit at a time until you have the right taste when on pasta...

Wow - a few drops into a tin of beans and you're well away. Great as an ingredient but deadly if you have it straight up...