Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>I don't think chili powder works well for seafood cocktail sauce...
>for a bit more bang add more horseradish. I don't want chili powder
>in my bloody mary either, for heat loosyanna hot or tobasco.
>
>Instead of tomato sauce use tomato paste, can be diluted to taste with
>plain water and will have a stronger/truer tomato flavor than sauce. I
>never use ketchup in cocktail sauce (too much sugar), for acidity use
>lemon or lime juice.

Thanks. I did notice that the lack of ketchup and its sweetness
was an overall win.

Steve