And what about salsa?

I do love salsa and the hotter the better. What makes a hot salsa great is the addition of habanero peppers or sauce. Even a medium salsa can be great if you add a swig of 100% Pain to the mix.

But for grocery storejarred brands the Maximalist has three current favorites.

My absolute favorite choice for heat, whether added to stir fries or jusr spread on crackers is Pain is Good's Habanero Garlic Batch 37 variety. This is simply superb. It has enough tomato and garlic to be savory and enough habanero for a delish burn that you can feel in your fingertips.

Next up is Desert Pepper XXX Fire Roasted Habanero salsa. This is a chunkier more traditional looking salsa with nice chunks of jalapenos and a spinking of habanero heat. Mild next to the Pain is Good mentioned above it is still nice snacking salsa.

Mrs Renfro's Ghost Pepper Salsa. The newest product in the Mrs. Renfro line it is made with the Bhut Jalokia Chile peppers. Alledgedly these are the hottest pepper there is, but this is not the hottest readily availale sauce. It is a bit hotter than the XXX salsa but not as hot as batch 37 so it could use a bit more fire to be number one. Still it is available in local stores whose managers are reticent to carry the 100% Pain line or the more boutique fiery offerings.

Any of the three will do nicely when you crave a nice hot salsa, ut I would "work up" to Batch 37 if you are not alread used to the heat.