I’m just becoming acquainted with the fatalii pepper, aka the Yellow Devil’s Tongue. My only other exposure has been to fatalii powder, and I was looking forward to trying this blazing varietal in a sauce for the first time with CaJohn’s Fatalii Fire.
Ingredients: Fatalii chilies, vinegar, garlic, onion, black pepper, chile caribe, and a select blend of dehydrated vegetables
Nothing too fancy, just simple and straight to the point. That’s always a good sign when paired with a respected producer like CaJohn.
On First Taste
This sauce takes no prisioners from the first moment you open it. The smell is very strong, an incredibly aromatic blend of peppers, garlic and black pepper. And the first taste hits you like a jackhammer - an all enveloping pepper flavor. Then the heat hits you, and wham, you realize this isn’t a sauce to be taken lightly. The burn is pretty significant, rivaling the hotter of the non-extract sauces I’ve tried. And the burn lingers for a good while.
There is nothing subtle about CaJohn’s Fatalii Fire. If it were an animal, it’d be an 800 lb. gorilla, bashing you over the head with fresh fatalii peppers. And I loved every second of it. It’s really a chilihead’s delight, a simple, pure, powerful and hot exhibition of the fatalii pepper.
On Food
I had a very tough time coming up with a food to try Fatalii Fire on. The taste is so intense that I was pretty sure it would wash out the flavor of whatever I tried it on. This is not a complimentary sauce, to be paired with delicate cuisine. It’s an in your face, “here’s the peppers, bitch” kind of sauce, a sauce that dominates, a sauce to be experienced on it’s own merits.
I settled on take out Chinese food, and got an order or almond boneless chicken and an egg roll. The fatalii fire was a good change of pace on the egg roll, a much hotter substitute for my usual helping of hot mustard.
The Fatalii Fire certainly did dominate the taste of the meal, turning it from run of the mill Chinese take out to an intense, fire breathing, heavenly tasting dish with a demon’s heat. I quickly worked up a sweat, and kept piling on the sauce. No doubt, Fatalii Fire is quite the burner.
Conclusion
For the chilihead loving heat and intensity, CaJohn’s Fatalii Fire is an experience not to be missed. With ample heat and flavor to spare, it’ll give the most seasoned of pepper lovers a new and intense experience.
Overall Rating: 8.4 out of 10
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Posted by: John - Categories: Uncategorized
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Excellent! One to try no doubt
Thanks for the review John. Love the metaphors and great descriptions! You have a real knack for food writing.
It is good!!!! A truly new taste in the hot sauce realm.
Another great review John! I am looking forward to trying a fatalii pepper hot sauce as well. The only other exposure I have had to the fatalii is in CaJohn’s Select Puree which I reviewed a while back.
Good review- my mouth is watering, I too really like a strong (800lb Gorilla) pepper taste. Sounds like another gotta have.
Anthony,
Your review on the fatalli Select was the primary reason I was psyche dup to try this one.
I feel like fataliis have the potential to become a new rage, they’re so hot and different than other stuff out there. The next chipotle, perhaps?
Great review John…I had never geard of a fatalli until a few weeks ago. I will have to try sometime though
oops sorry I should have used the preview button.. I knew it was there for a reason. I meant heard not geard
John, we were all entertained at the plant today by your review. The crew is lobbying for T-shirts to be made with the “if it were an animal” and the “here’s the peppers” comments listed on the back. Thanks for you candidness, and I am very pleased with the reception this and the Fatalii Eruption has received! It is DAMN hot, and like visiting in-laws, it just don’t know when to leave!
Super Review!
This sounds like a great sauce - and it would also look great in my collection! I really like the label design, just big and bold like the sauce itself! I don’t know who you’ve got doing your labels right now CaJohn, but they are definitely the coolest in the biz right now.
Adam2 on 3/31/2006 at 11:47 pm said:
This sounds like a great sauce - and it would also look great in my collection! I really like the label design, just big and bold like the sauce itself! I don’t know who you’ve got doing your labels right now CaJohn, but they are definitely the coolest in the biz right now.
Thanks Adam2, I’ll pass on your compliment. His wife worked in my kitchen while he was attending art school. He’s got some great ideas! He’ works for a design company now, but I still work with him “freelance” or I probably couldn’t afford him.
CaJohn, email sent. 
check yer mail.
Glad to hear you all like the review, thanks for all the compliments.
Whatever your eating looks good.
Daniel- I was/am serious about sending you stuff to help out with the college cafeteria blues/budget 
Drop me a note.
Whoah, i think i need a sample too.
Ill reveiw it too.
Jim. Such a nice gesture, I tell you what, if you supply a sauce, ill write a review, three of the chili heads of this site will enjoy it with me. Clint ( a hsb reviewer), me, and Dan. I have been meaning to try my hand at reviewing.
thanks for the offer of a review but not necessary
Just drop me an address on where to send some stuff. Put ‘hot sauce’ in the subject header. I’m leaving town after the hotluck so it’s now or the end of the month if you want this
Jim knows what his sauces are like, but many of you don’t. Jim, send some to someone to review!!!
All it takes in an address Clint! And a tolerance for some pretty serious habanero heat 
Long tasty slow burn that lasts and lasts! Not super hot, but it definately has a kick!
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Great review John. I love the quote
““here’s the peppers, bitch” kind of sauce”
Will have to pick some of this stuff up!