If you like your food to be exciting and flavorful, you are probably a lover of hot sauce. Hot sauce is made and used all over the world and has been for thousands of years. Even ancient civilization artifacts and scriptures provide evidence of hot pepper applications for both eating and medicinal use. Today, hot sauce comes in countless flavors, textures, bases, viscosity, and more, making it one of the most popular and universal condiments on the planet.
What’s your favorite hot sauce? Are you a die-hard Tabasco fan? Is Cholula your go-to? Do you put Frank’s Red Hot on everything? What about Sriracha? Or maybe you prefer a more exotic heat, like Sambal or Gochujang?
You say you like them all? That might make you an expert! Let’s see how good your knowledge of hot sauce is with this fun, 10 question hot sauce quiz!
How Much Do You Love Hot Sauce?
Take this hot sauce quiz to test your knowledge and see just how much you really know about the fiery condiment you use on so many tasty foods!
❶ What is the Hottest Pepper on the Planet?
☐ Jalapeño
☐ Carolina Reaper
☐ Habanero
☐ Scotch Bonnet
❷ What is the Ingredient in Peppers That Makes Them Hot?
☐ Capsaicin
☐ Vitamin A
☐ Sugar
☐ Capsanthin
❸ Where Was Sriracha First Developed?
☐ Texas
☐ Mexico
☐ India
☐ Thailand
❹ Which Pepper is the Hottest in the Scoville Hotness Units (SHUs) Scale?
☐ Poblano
☐ Jalapeño
☐ Chipotle
☐ Bell Pepper
❺ Where is Tabasco Sauce Made?
☐ New Mexico
☐ California
☐ Louisiana
☐ New York
❻ Which Hot Sauce Comes From the South African Region?
☐ Sambal
☐ Harissa
☐ Piri-Piri
☐ Gochujang
❼ What is the Hottest Hot Sauce in the World?
☐ Tapatío
☐ Tabasco
☐ Mad Dog 357 Plutonium No. 9
☐ Frank’s Red Hot
❽ What Works Best at Soothing the Heat From Hot Sauce?
☐ Gargling Mouthwash
☐ Drinking a Glass of Milk
☐ Sucking on Ice Cubes
☐ Drinking Water
❾ Which Hot Pepper is a Staple in Caribbean Hot Sauces?
☐ Jalapeño
☐ Habanero
☐ Cayenne
☐ Scotch Bonnet
❿ Which Part of Mexico Does Cholula Originate From?
☐ Cancun
☐ Mexico City
☐ Jalisco
☐ Tulum
How do you think you did? Check out the answers below!
ANSWER KEY:
1) Carolina Reaper – This pepper comes in at 2.2 million Scoville! The average Tabasco pepper measures between 30,000 and 50,000, so you can imagine the incredible difference in heat.
2) Capsaicin – Capsaicinoids in hot peppers are proven to increase endorphins and dopamine, which is suggested to help recovering drugs addicts with withdrawal.
3) Thailand – Sriracha was created in the 1930’s in a Thailand town called Si Racha.
4) Chipotle – A chipotle pepper comes in between 5,000 and 8,000 SHUs, while a standard jalapeño ranges between 2,500 and 8,000 SHUs.
5) Louisiana – Family owned and operated by 5th generation McIlhenny family, the Tabasco Company is based in Avery Island, LA.
6) Piri-Piri – Also written and pronounced, peri-peri, this hot sauce name translates to pepper-pepper in Swahili.
7) Mad Dog 357 Plutonium No. 9 – This hot sauce packs the most heat, coming in at 9 million Scoville Hotness Units (SHUs).
8) Milk – Drinking a glass of milk, or any dairy product for that matter, works well to soothe the spiciness in your mouth and on your tongue.
9) Scotch Bonnet – The scotch bonnet is a spicy hot pepper that measures between 100,000 and 350,000 SHUs, and it is the main pepper used in the Caribbean.
10) Jalisco – Jalisco, Mexico was the birthplace for the ever-popular Cholula hot sauce.
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