The Hot Zone Online
Jonathan Passow, Editor of The Hot Zone Online and spicy food connoisseur recently published his own review of ‘Citizen Cajun’ Hot and Very Hot salsas. In his review, titled Passow Becomes A Cajun Citizen, he had many nice things to say about the product:
“Instant, full on flavor of mango mixes in with the ginger to create one heck of an outstanding flavor combo. I don’t think I’ve ever had mangos with ginger, what a pleasant pairing. The onion follows this and comes in and out of the flavor equation. Up next is the Bell Pepper, a little tartness from the lime juice, a bit hit of garlic (which were a little bit too solid compared to the rest of the ingredients), then the tomatoes. There’s a hint of fruity Habanero but it, along with the cane sugar, is lost amongst the mango and ginger. I do detect a hint of cilantro.
The heat starts out on the side of the tongue, moves to the front of the tongue, builds, then fades to a back of the throat burn. It’s a nice high-end medium salsa with just enough heat to get me sniffling a little. I’ve had Orson’s Very Hot version of this and I must say I prefer the heat level on that one over this one, but it’s still fantastic.
Too many companies that do a fruit salsa seem to make a regular salsa (heavy tomato based), and then throw some fruit on top of that. It’s nice to see a salsa completely fruit centered and done so well! Hats off to you, Big Orson!”
He went on to give ‘Citizen Cajun’ an 8.6577 on his ten-point taste scale and a 6.5 out of ten on his heat scale. Wow! Thank you Jonathan…I’m pleased that you liked it well enough to write a review!
‘Citizen Cajun’ Hot and Very Hot mango-habanero salsas recently took four top places in the annual Hot Pepper Awards sponsored by thehotpepper.com. This brings the number of national awards in three national fiery foods contests to nine for 2009, the first year of operation for Big Orson’s Sauce and Salsa Factory, Inc.
