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Shopping at the 99¢ Store

posted 11 years ago by DrakeStraw
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Habanero hot sauce is among the most expensive. I found a 17oz. bottle of Kajun Fire Habanero hot sauce at Dollar tree. When I got home, I wondered why it was so cheap. The answer is that the "Refrigerate after opening" warning was missing on a product with virtually no preservatives. Sodium is listed as 2% of each serving and xanthan gum follows. Xanthan gum isn't really a preservative, but is as close as the product came. Lesson: beware of food products at dollar stores. That bottle is in the refrigerator where I believe it will be OK.

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[–] doorkeeper 11 years ago

I would bet that hot sauce has a good deal of vinegar in it. In which case it requires no refrigeration and pretty much an indefinite shelf life.

If you like hot sauce, and it sounds like you do and know your way around a kitchen I have a method that makes a hot sauce that really takes like hot peppers. I started doing this because I find most brands of hot sauce have way too much vinegar in them (Tabasco being the worst!) and make my own using a salt brine instead - now this does require refrigeration, but still lasts about a year. My mother used this method to store tomatoes and bell pepper long past the harvesting season ends.

[–] DrakeStraw 11 years ago

Vinegar is about half-way down the ingredients list. I have some full-price Srichacha with similar ingredients that does have the refrigerate warning.

My last batch of homemade salsa verde was still good after seven months. Just jalapeños in half vinegar, half lemon juice. I did keep it in the refrigerator though. I hesitate to add onions because I've read they don't keep as long.

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