Review - Loganville Shake Hot Chili Pepper Spice
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Yet another crushed chile seasoning? While there's a little variance of flavors in dried, ground-up pods, we can pretty much guess what's mainly brought to the table - heat. Here is Loganville Shake's Hot Chili Pepper Spice, throwing down its gauntlet in the fiery foods arena in hopes that it will tickle the taste buds before it decimates them with a furious burn. Sounds like just the answer to add an instant smattering of flamage to your meals.
Ingredients:
The label states, "Ground chili peppers. My secret recipe of 11 hot chilies including Bhut Jolokia, the Guinness Book of World Records hottest chili pepper on earth. No salt. No MSG."
Aroma:
3.5 out of 5. Dried chile peppers can only smell so good, yet sometimes lesser offerings will give off more of a dull odor instead of the hoped-for bright and pungent fragrance. Luckily this is closer to the later.
Appearance:
4 out of 5. I've seen more vibrant, richer colors in dried peppers, so I'll knock a half a point for that. The texture and size of most of the particles are very large (there is some residual dust at the bottom of this plastic bottle) and looking very appealing.
Taste Straight Up:
3.5 out of 5. It's about what one would expect. Heat, heat and more heat! The individual flakes of chile pepper tasted relatively fresh and not like other versions that seemed as though they had been sitting out drying for months. Through the lava-like avalanche I did sense what tasted like perhaps habaneros, jolokias and fatallis.
I did detect an odd bitter piece here and there as well as an occasional smoky fleck. I'm not exactly a diehard fan of heavily smoked chilies (they have their time and place, especially chipotles, but that's a discussion for another day) and thankfully any type of this taste is kept to a minimum.
Taste on Food:
4.5 out of 5. It may seem too obvious to sprinkle Loganville Shake on pizza. Man, did it ever give it a flamethrower blast! It proved to be a terrific foil for the cheese and tomato sauce.
In subsequent days, I took this little shaker bottle to work and used it to perk up lunch after lunch. Loganville Shake performed brilliantly each time.
Heat:
Not a big shock here; the amount of burn you get depends on how much of the product you use. If you shake a blizzard-like measurement on your food, of course it's going to tear your mouth a new one. A moderate amount, such as done the aforementioned pizza, probably clocks somewhere around 4 on a heat scale of 1 to 5. I don't see the heat level falling much below that unless you give a large pot of chili a meager sprinkle of Loganville Shake. Otherwise, it's primarily for fans of serious, sweat-inducing fire.
Label:
4 out of 5. For some odd reason (most likely because of the spelling of "chili" and the graphic of the red cayenne), this reminded me of a British product than one originating from the States. Of course, turn the bottle around and you'll see the American flag proudly displayed.
Overall:
A worthwhile entry in the spicy seasoning category, and a hot one at that. Loganville Shake comes in both a 21 Gram (.75 oz.) bottle that costs $6.95 or a 5 Gram (0.2 oz.) baggie for $2.00, both with free shipping at http://loganvilleshake.com.
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