Can Franks red hot sauce go bad?

[FuzzyDunlop]

I bought a big ass jug of it a while ago and have been using it bit by bit ever since.
I always thought that the peppers in it counteract any bacteria that may enter, so that it will never go bad, not at least for a long time.
Is this true?

 

[nick1985]

ages like a fine wine

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Peppers have nothing to do with it. The vinegar is what helps prevent bacteria growth and to a lesser extent, garlic.

 

[rivan]

I have an ancient bottle that I never seem to remember when hot sauce is appropriate.

It's as delicious as the day it was bottled.

 

[PepePeru]

INGREDIENTS:
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers, Vinegar, Water, Salt and Garlic Powder

of that, what can go bad? just shake it up before using it.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Thats what I thought.
Still tastes ok, just wanted to make sure.
Just needed to double check on my common sense.

 

[ElFenix]

it'll probably brown after a while.

 

[Fritzo]

Yeah, there's so much vinegar in there, it'll stay good forever. The crud around the rim of the bottle however.....that's a different story.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Yeah, there's so much vinegar in there, it'll stay good forever. The crud around the rim of the bottle however.....that's a different story.

oh? like the white crusty stuff that has built up around the walls?

 

[Rockinacoustic]

oh? like the white crusty stuff that has built up around the walls?

Might want to get a new bottle then...

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

i gots this bottle. taking me a while to finish.
http://sas.guidespot.com/bundles/guides_5f/assets/widget_cOgRxokOffIzE8_DjajBj0.jpg

 

[spidey07]

It's pickled. It never goes bad.

 

[funkymatt]

Might want to get a new bottle then...

definitely. I started keeping mine in the fridge to prevent the white crap from forming on the inside. Although a bottle lasts no longer than a month around my house.

 

[d4mo]

Yeah, the vinegar will keep it forever. I keep mine in the fridge though, just as added protection.

This is the stuff I buy

I also like this

 

[nageov3t]

depends on your definition of "bad."

I could see it going stale... I can't see it giving you food poisoning.

 

[Ausm]

Hell no

 

[WhipperSnapper]

If it turns green you should probably stop using it.

 

[Goky]

This post bumped a thread from 2009. I've removed the post, but PM'd the post to the OP of the thread. This spot is now just a place holder so you don't think Remobz was the person who necroed a 5 year old thread. -Admin DrPizza

 

[Remobz]

Don't eat it.

 

[master_shake_]

hello thread from 2009

do you age like wine too?

 

[Belegost]

2009 was a good year for hot sauce, the spicy pain of economic collapse blended with the salty tears of the newly unemployed, truly a year for connoisseurs of red hot misery.

 

[Kadarin]

If you still have that bottle after just over 4 years and it looks the same, it's probably still good. If, however, you bury it and dig it up a century from now, you might want to look more closely at it first.

 

[Insomniator]

It was bad when you bought it. But it won't spoil, if that's what you're asking.

 

[SunnyD]

it'll probably brown after a while.

I know it's from 2009... but I'm gonna reply to it anyway. If you leave it long enough it actually turns sort of greenish. D:

 

[JulesMaximus]

I love this shit on chicken wings. I whipped up a batch of wings for the Super Bowl last weekend. Soo good!!!