Shits on supermarket salsa.
Whilst on a chilli buying rampage – at Blackwattle Deli (Sydney Fishmarkets) – I picked up a jar of this salsa for $5 from a bargain bin!!!! What an absolute bargain. In hindsight I didn’t check the best before, but it didn’t make my guts any worse than they already are, so happy days.
The Desert Pepper website describes the salsa as:
“Sell your soul and steel your taste-buds for a red-hot descent into the fiery pit of flavor. It’s an unholy alliance of tropical habaneros and molten jalapenos that’s hotter than Hades, and viciously delicious. Feel the burn. Because you know you’re a glutton for punishment, and this salsa will leave you begging for more.”
Their analysis of their own product is half right and half wrong. While the salsa did “steel my tastebuds” and is “viciously delicious”, it certainly does not deliver on its satanic promises of a “descent into the fiery pit”.
It is a very fruity and tomatoey salsa with lots of big fresh chunks of stuff. This is the perfect salsa to replace supermarket rubbish like Doritos or Old El Paso salsa.
There is enough heat there to be interesting but its nothing crazy.
Other than the lack of heat, I also thought the salsa wasn’t salty enough. This could play into its favour though when paired with mega salty foods like chips or tacos.
This one is well worth the buy, especially if you can get it for 5 bucks!!!
Heat Rating – 2/10
Taste Rating – 7.5/10
Ring Sting – 0/10
Pros – Fresh, fruity
Cons – Lack of heat, not salty enough
Price – $5
Purchased from – Blackwattle Deli at the Sydney Fishmarkets
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