On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:18:23 -0500, James Silverton wrote:

> sf wrote on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:28:28 -0800:
>
>>> Some guy (Andrew Nolton) from Bon Appetit magazine says that
>>> sriracha is going to be the big ingredient of 2010. Expect
>>> banh mi to be big, too. And cobblers. And meatballs *
>>> meat-a-balls of all kinds.
>
>> I saw that yesterday. I believe everything except sriracha
>> because it's tasteless. I don't understand how certain people
>> here can wax so eloquent about it. No flavor, no heat, bland,
>> not complementary to anything I've tried it with. I dislike
>> putting it on anything because I think it ruins whatever
>> flavor the dish I added it too.
>
> How old was your bottle of Sriracha? I know certain oriental groceries
> have a cavalier attitude to sell-by dates but Sriracha is garlicky and
> nearly as hot as Tabasco.

'tasteless' is not a word i'd apply to sriracha. maybe not to someone's
taste, but bland it ain't.

on the other hand, i worked with a vietnamese cat who used it like ketchup.
i'm talking like tablespoons at a time, on french fries or the like.

your pal,
blake