hot or mild ?

[cal1956]

i have always made some hot sausage every year along with a lot of mild to mildly hot ones but this year everyone seems to want very hot sausage . which do you like ?

 

[xbubblehead]

Italian and Chorizo hot, generic smoked links mild, Kielbasa no heat.

 

[tbern]

i really enjoy the mild ones, though I'm sure most others will like the hot ones.

 

[thirdeye]

I guess it's all about your threshold of heat, and how the flavor of hot ingredients works. To me, heat in sausage is way different than heat in something like hot wings or a bowl of green chili. Looking at two spicy sausage recipes I use, here are the amounts of hot spices:

Hot Italian - 2.5 tablespoons of crushed red peppers in 10# of meat.

Texas Hot Link - 2 tablespoons of crushed red pepper + 1 tablespoon of cayenne in 7# of meat.

 

[cal1956]

to give you reading this an idea of what people are asking me to make,
for 10 lbs meat i am using the normal amount of mild country smoked sausage seasoning + 4 tablespoons red pepper powder + 2 teaspoons of hobanero powder .....and can you believe some want it hotter !!!
i have refused to make it hotter than this !!

 

[SmokinAl]

HOT!!!!
We love Hot Italian, spicy breakfast, and Chorizo!
Al

 

[thirdeye]

to give you reading this an idea of what people are asking me to make,
for 10 lbs meat i am using the normal amount of mild country smoked sausage seasoning + 4 tablespoons red pepper powder + 2 teaspoons of hobanero powder .....and can you believe some want it hotter !!!
i have refused to make it hotter than this !!

Woah, that would be pretty hot in my book.

 

[cal1956]

i like all things hot , but this is melt your denture's hot !!!

 

[Bearcarver]

i really enjoy the mild ones, though I'm sure most others will like the hot ones.

I'm with @tbern
And I'm sure My Hot is most people's Mild.

Bear