Frank ’s RedHot is one of the best - sell raging sauce on the market andone of our all - around favorites . You ’ve probably been place that sh*t on everything for most of your living , but here are a few facts even the most devoted madcap may not be aware of .
1. You shouldn’t keep Frank’s RedHot in the fridge
The vinegar in hot sauce bit as a preservative so there ’s no need to chill it . In fact , doing so could actually muffle its spirit , which is why it ’s on ourlist of food you should stop refrigeratingunless you hate deliciousness .
2. But Wendy Williams keeps it in her bag
“ I conduct my own Frank ’s Red Hot sauce because there are a caboodle of places where everything is good , and when it come to the sauces , they perpetrate out Tabasco sauce , " the talk show host tell theNew York Times . " I ’m like , ‘ Are you kidding me ? ’ Frequently , Frank ’s is the one thing I ’ll have in my bag . ”
3. And Leslie Jones also puts that sh*t on everything
In theSNLsketch " Naked & Afraid " with Peter Dinklage , Leslie Jones institute Frank ’s RedHot as her one survival point . Dinklage , who brings a flak starter kit as his one survival item , dares to need Jones why she brought hot sauce . " Aaay , this is a survival item , " barks Jones . " Do n’t initiate with me on day one , Tyrion ! "
4. We wouldn’t have Buffalo wings without it
Not if you want to stick with the original recipe produce by Teressa Bellissimo in 1964 . Legend has it that the co - possessor of the Anchor Bar in Buffalo was asked to rustle up a collation for her Word and his champion recent one Nox . She just bechance to have some wing and some Frank ’s RedHot lie down around the kitchen . She mix the hot sauce with butter and the rest is galline ( that mean chicken ) history .
5. The record for most wings eaten is 444 in 26 minutes
That record is held by Patrick Bertoletti who won the 2015Wing Bowl , an one-year free-enterprise feeding contest in Philadelphia . He beat runner up Molly Schuyler by only 4 wings , but she follow back the following year to slip the crown from him with 429 wings to his 408 .
6. It’s good for you
Capsaicin ( which is what makes Piper nigrum red-hot ) has antioxidant , anti - incitive , and anticancer properties . But it ’s most effective when combined with fats , which means Buffalo wings are essentially a health food . You ’re welcome .
7. The potty-mouthed grandma from the ads doesn’t curse IRL
8. Ethel is the coolest
See above , and alsothis letteron Ms. Hamilton ’s personal site , where she squall herself just a normal “ all-embracing ” who likes solving puzzle , hates “ reckoner and the novel phones , ” and thinks we should all just “ wear what ’s comfortable , eat healthy and love ! ” Those thing have now been add to my list of lifespan goals along with “ become Ethel when I grow up . ”
9. “I put that s**t on everything” is a meme
memorialize by Ethel , the tag line is now the twit cry of hot sauce lovers everywhere . From # IPTSOE we have learn that the only matter funny than onetime multitude cursing is young citizenry imprecate .
10. Buffalurkey is a thing
One blogger who claims to “ live , breath and wipe out wings ” settle tosupersize his favorite snackby creating a Buffalo turkey for Thanksgiving . He deep fry the skirt for close to an hour and then covered it in three sticks of butter and three cup of Frank ’s RedHot , which makes him a zep and a patriot .
11. It comes from Louisiana
Although Frank ’s is based out of Springfield , Missouri , the sauce was invented in New Iberia , Louisiana in 1920 . Other things we can thank Dixieland for : Tabasco , Sazerac cocktails , craps , poker , and Truman Capote , which is kind of my idea of a perfect dark .
12. Frank’s RedHot isn’t actually red hot
This psychometric test measured the spiciness of Frank ’s RedHot Original at 450 SHU ( Scoville Heat Units ) , about the same as a pepperoncini or pimiento pepper . ( Tabasco , by comparison , comes in at 700 SHU . ) Frank ’s XTRA Hot is closer to 2,000 SHU , which is about the same as an ancho or poblano pepper . Respectable , but still nowhere near the slow , aphrodisiacal burn of a 10,000 SHU jalapeño .
13. Adam Estilette is the Steve Wozniak of hot sauce
Who is Adam Estilette ? Exactly . He was a pepper husbandman who teamed up with businessman Jacob Frank to create the condiment back in 1920 before being relegate to a footnote in American snacking account , along with Planters Cheez Balls . # RIP
14. Last year Frank’s RedHot sold 26.8 million bottles
And that ’s just Frank ’s RedHot Original . If you include all its other sauce , the company sell more than 40 million bottles in the US – the combining weight of a bottleful for every unmarried person in New York and Florida combined .
15. People really do put that sh*t on everything (like their arms)
I ’m talking about that ink not that bag . No criminal offense to Bey and Hillary but they ’ve commence nothing on this swag .
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