Stuff We Want: A Hot Sauce Making Kit, Because Your Personality Needs a Signature Bottle
Three peppers, one funnel, 16 labels, and a brand-new reason to make everyone at dinner try "your sauce."
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Everybody knows a guy who puts hot sauce on everything, then tells you about it. He has opinions on Scoville units. He brings his own bottle to restaurants. Your options are to avoid him forever or to make the problem worse. We choose worse.
The Millhouse Spice Co. Deluxe Hot Sauce Making Kit lets you cook and bottle your own hot sauce at home. It comes with 3 varieties of dried peppers: jalapeno, chipotle and habanero. That's mild-ish, smoky and "why is my forehead sweating" in one box.
In the box: 3 glass bottles with caps, a stainless steel funnel, gloves, pH test strips, a gourmet spice blend, apple cider vinegar, a 31-page recipe and instruction booklet, and 16 fun labels so you can name your sauce something unhinged like "Regret Reduction" or "Uncle Dave's Last Mistake."
The recipes are designed to be quick, about 10 minutes, and the brand says the kit makes up to 10 bottles of sauce. So yes, everyone on your Christmas list is getting a bottle, and no, they don't get a say.
It's made and packed in the USA and arrives in a premium gift box, which means it looks like you planned this gift weeks ago instead of panic-scrolling at 11:40 PM on December 22nd.
Wear the gloves. Seriously. Habanero fingers plus rubbing your eyes is a lesson people only need once, and you don't want to learn it during the holidays.
Hand-picked because it's a gift that's actually an activity: a Saturday afternoon project that ends with a bottle in your fridge with your name on it.
Who it's for: the hot sauce guy, the dad who's impossible to shop for, home cooks who want a new project, and anyone who wants a white elephant gift that gets fought over.
Skip it if your idea of spicy is black pepper, or you live with someone who will absolutely open the habanero bag near their face.
FAQ
Which peppers come in the kit?
Jalapeno, chipotle and habanero, dried.
What else is in the box?
3 glass bottles with caps, a stainless steel funnel, gloves, pH test strips, a spice blend, apple cider vinegar, a recipe booklet and 16 labels.
How long does a batch take?
The booklet's recipes are built to take about 10 minutes.
The verdict: the best way to turn your friend's hot sauce obsession into something you can wrap. Hand-picked for the spice people in your life.
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