a tale of two mustard sauces: lottie's & inner beauty
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i don't know much about lottie's lore, but i think it's likely the most well known caribbean mustard sauce? lmk if you know more about it or other caribbean mustards.
i actually tried inner beauty sauce first and only grabbed lottie's when i could no longer get it. inner beauty can be pretty hard to come by because the rights have changed hands a few times, and it's usually not in continuous production. if you're curious about it and ever see it for sale, you should just get it.
the recipe comes from this guy (Chris Schlesinger – James Beard Award winner and owner of the East Coast Grill):
the 'official recipe' is floating around the internet in a few places and videos, but it varies from place to place. you'll see his recipe above doesn't match what's in my bottle. lol
he sold it for a while, and then i think someone bought the rights and sold it as "todd's inner beauty". the bottle i have now was purchased last year from heat:
https://heathotsauce.com/products/inner-beauty-hot-sauce
sold out now, and this bottle's about done, but i have an unopened one still in the pantry.
the lottie's bottle is from the year before i think (inner beauty was sold out). i had never tried them side by side because i actually forgot i had the lottie's. it was buried deep behind other sauces in the fridge.
i was fully expecting to prefer the hard-to-find inner beauty, but trying them side by side on a bean and veggie stew, i actually prefer lottie's. both sauces are very good, though. inner beauty is sweeter and fruiter. lottie's has more direct hab/sb flavor.
there's also a red lottie's without mustard (Habanero, Water, Vinegar, Onion, Salt, Garlic, Xanthan Gum).
never tried. i'm doing a hot sauce order now and will probably grab a bottle.
ingredients labels:
i don't know much about lottie's lore, but i think it's likely the most well known caribbean mustard sauce? lmk if you know more about it or other caribbean mustards.
i actually tried inner beauty sauce first and only grabbed lottie's when i could no longer get it. inner beauty can be pretty hard to come by because the rights have changed hands a few times, and it's usually not in continuous production. if you're curious about it and ever see it for sale, you should just get it.
the recipe comes from this guy (Chris Schlesinger – James Beard Award winner and owner of the East Coast Grill):
the 'official recipe' is floating around the internet in a few places and videos, but it varies from place to place. you'll see his recipe above doesn't match what's in my bottle. lol
he sold it for a while, and then i think someone bought the rights and sold it as "todd's inner beauty". the bottle i have now was purchased last year from heat:
https://heathotsauce.com/products/inner-beauty-hot-sauce
sold out now, and this bottle's about done, but i have an unopened one still in the pantry.
the lottie's bottle is from the year before i think (inner beauty was sold out). i had never tried them side by side because i actually forgot i had the lottie's. it was buried deep behind other sauces in the fridge.
i was fully expecting to prefer the hard-to-find inner beauty, but trying them side by side on a bean and veggie stew, i actually prefer lottie's. both sauces are very good, though. inner beauty is sweeter and fruiter. lottie's has more direct hab/sb flavor.
there's also a red lottie's without mustard (Habanero, Water, Vinegar, Onion, Salt, Garlic, Xanthan Gum).
never tried. i'm doing a hot sauce order now and will probably grab a bottle.
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