/ck/ - Food & Cooking

what exactly is the appeal of hot sauce? yes it adds spiciness to a dish. But is that it? People often only add hot sauce to an otherwise bland dish, what exactly am I suppose to taste? if I ignore the spiciness, hot sauce just tastes metallic, there's nothing appealing about that. hot sauce is trash. spicy food is good when it's paired with other flavors, but on its own, it's fucking bland.