Hot take: That $75 'local artisan' hot sauce was pure garbage

I fell for the hype at the Downtown Growers Market last month. Saw a booth run by this guy named Josh who claimed his habanero mango sauce was 'small batch, farm to bottle.' I dropped $75 on a three bottle pack because he said it was limited run. Got home, tried it on some tacos, and it tasted like watery vinegar with a hint of spice. No mango flavor at all. I even tried mixing it with honey to salvage it but nope. Total waste of cash and I could have bought a case of El Yucateco for that money instead. Anyone else get burned by an overpriced local food product?

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lilykelly2d ago

Used to be the type of person who would defend any local product no matter what. Then I grabbed a $40 jar of "small batch" honey from a vendor at the Holiday Bazaar and it was just regular honey with a fancy label. Tasted exactly like the stuff from the grocery store. This post made me realize I've been paying for the story not the taste.

caleb_ross122d ago

Right? I bought $30 fancy salt once and it was basically just salty.

mila_flores82d agoMost Upvoted

wait are we really acting like $30 salt is some kind of betrayal? i mean yeah its just salt but people spend money on all kinds of dumb branding stuff all the time. nobody gets mad about paying $6 for a bag of chips just because it has a fancy flavor name on it. seems like this is just one of those things where people get upset because they expected the expensive version to magically change their life or something.

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