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A few years back, was having dinner with three other couples at a King's Fish House, which has a collection of hot sauces in a big cabinet, available for the asking.

One of my friends there is a CA born, hot sauce fan and asked the waiter to bring bottles of their five hottest, which he did, setting one bottle aside from the rest and warning that it was really, REALLY hot!

So my buddy, who is not timid, but who is smart, put just a tiny bit of it on a toothpick and put it on his tongue. In a few seconds, he said, Holy crap!, his face turned bright red, began perspiring profusely and he reached for the coffee creamer and took a swig to quench the fire.

Seeing this thread, I called him to ask what it was called. He'd forgotten, but some time after that experience, he was back at the restaurant and asked for that sauce. The waiter came back and said they'd removed it from their collection due to a few irate diner's complaints.

He did remember that it was made with Scotch Bonnet peppers. I just Googled this ... whoa!

"Most Scotch Bonnets have a heat rating of 100,000–350,000 Scoville Units. For comparison, most jalapeño peppers have a heat rating of 2,500 to 8,000 on the Scoville scale."