Best condiments from small businesses for mind-boggling flavour
Sauces add depth and excitement to certain dishes. Whether used for dipping, dolloping or spreading, contemporary condiments offer a universe worth of culinary exploration beyond the realms of tired HP and bog-standard ketchup.
Empires have risen and fallen over the seemingly simple concept of sauce. Sean Evans of Hot Ones has built a business so beloved by A-listers that they’ll flock to his studio and reveal their deepest, darkest secrets – just to see what the fuss is over the hottest pepper sauce in the world known as ‘Da Bomb’.
Similarly, there is such a cult of adoration for , which was launched in 1998 as part of a promotion for Disney’s Mulan, that the 25-year-old condiment sold on eBay for $14,000 back in 2017. Granted, this popularity was largely caused by its presence in the popular animated series (2013), but the concept of a sauce which would normally set you back 10p at most being sold for thousands of dollars is quite spectacular.
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