I first noticed Pain is Good hot sauces while walking down the condiments aisle in my local market. The bottle's label featured a bearded guy screaming, apparently in pain from having eating the contents...so I had to try it.The brand's garlic-style sauce is my personal favorite: it's all-natural, its third ingredient is carrots (never seen that in a hot sauce before), and it has a good heat level but still maintains integrity of flavor. Often times, if a sauce is hot enough for me (which means searing), that heat masks the spice and the garlic and the onions--all of those flavors that make condiments worth using. And boy, do I use this stuff: with an egg breakfast, like above, stirred into spaghetti sauce for a quick arrabiata, and even in fried rice when I've run out of kimchi.
They're cheaper by the dozen, especially considering shipping and handling costs, so my friends and I go in on cases of the stuff together. Yes, they're addicted to the stuff now, too. --Kay Chun
Pain is Good Batch #37 Garlic Style Hot Sauce, $4.79 for a 7.5 oz-bottle, originaljuan.com