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Review: Marie Sharp’s Beware Comatose
Initial Thoughts: Before hearing about Marie Sharp’s hot sauces I was still new to the field. I was a hot sauce newbie, rookie, virgin, or anything else you want to call me. I thought initially that any sauce having a first and last name would not be that good. My initial impressions were based on the idea that gourmet hot sauces had to use something extravagant. For example, Insanity, Death, Pain, Burn, Sweat, Sexy, Humor, Political, Dogs, Agony, and many other great adjectives that we all know about. When I saw the label and read BEWARE I really thought that I should use only a tiny drop of it at a time. If you seen me at Defcon, do I really look like the type to use just one drop at a time? Nah, not me.
Ingredients: Habanero pepper mash, Capsicum oil, fresh carrots, key limejuice, garlic, salt, onions, N’awlins Cajun & Creole spices & ginseng.
Visual: Marie Sharp’s Beware comes in the standard 5oz. bottle that we are all accustom to. The label really makes this sauce stand out from others on the shelf. It includes a white cap with a red plastic seal wrap. The label is red also and very closely resembles the color of the sauce. The label is supported by yellow trim on both the top and bottom of the label. The red background with the yellow trim really makes the text stand out. The text is in white lettering. I remember when I first seen this sauce on the shelf. To me it really gave me flashbacks of Plastic Man. See below for the plastic man pic I found! The sauce has a deep orange-reddish color. Its consistency is great. It is not super thick nor is it watery thin. This makes it great as both a cooking ingredient and to put directly on top of your favorite dish. Seeds are viewable from the outside of the bottle as well as some pepper pulp. To me this is a requirement for a sauce that I consider to be versatile.
Aroma: Ok it is now time to see how Marie smells. Always give her a good shake before breaking her seal. (Stop thinking perverted!) Putting my nose close to the lid I am able to smell a lot of carrots and onions. It actually lacks a lot of that rich habanero fruity flavor that we are all use to. There is no trace of any extracts whatsoever which is a good thing. I am willing to bet that there will be no metallic taste. Any signs of the lime or garlic are too slight to my nose. In a way this sauce kind of smelled a little bit like underarm perspiration, due to the carrot and onion mix. It got me worried that Marie could have such an odor, but this is only a disguise!
Taste: After putting a decent amount onto one slice of cheese pizza I tried it. I was very pleased with this. The combination of the tomato sauce when it entered my mouth with this sauce really did me right. I didn’t taste like carrots or habanero. It just improved the slice of pizza in terms of flavor and heat. I tasted no extracts either as predicted. I found myself adding more of this to the crust. On the crust I did notice the carrot and habanero flavor. I also noticed a much more sharper zing than when having it with the cheesy part of the pizza. I would really use this with a little tomato sauce mixed in, as a base for many Italian dishes. I felt a little heat with this but it was not over bearing. The taste of this sauce is not as what it smells like coming out of the bottle. I was really tricked with this.
Application: I decided to try this sauce on pizza. I figured with pizza I would get a decent test for this sauce. With sauce, cheese and bread ingredients you are combining many flavors all together. If it goes well with pizza then it should go well with many other dishes as well. Plus the Patriots game was on and I wanted something to just munch on without having to cook up a meal. I rarely cook much for myself anymore. So I have to do some of my own advertising and say, “Hey any single ladies out there?
Final Thoughts: If you are looking for a great tasting Habanero sauce you can’t go wrong with this one! This is Marie Sharp’s Hottest Sauce. If you are looking for a great tasting sauce that is not overbearing with extract flavor this is a must for your collection. This is a sauce that I would keep in my car or inside jacket pocket when going out. It makes a great addition to any foods being Mexican, Italian, Asian, Thai, or anything else that you may venture onto. Overall this sauce is great if you want a sharp potent flavor if you are using it as a topping. If you want great flavor cooking with it is a great choice too. If you are looking for a smokier rich flavor you are going to have to mix something with this one. I mixed it with CaJohns HDH hot sauce and it did the trick! This is a very tricky sauce but it worth trying and adding to your collection. Marie Sharp does make Belize proud with this product!!
Packaging 9/10
Aroma 7/10
Taste 8/10
Appearance 9/10
Heat 8/10
Overall 8/10
Marie Sharp’s Official Site
#3 Pier Rd.
Dangriga, Belize
Central America
Tel: (501) 522-2370
Fax: (501) 522-3504
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Thanks Kristi!! So far I have had Belizean Heat, Fiery Hot, and Comatose from Marie Sharp.. I have not been disappointed at all from any of them.. It is definitely in my top 5 of sauces, companies, and choice for putting onto pizza..
And I take my pizza seriously!!, lol.. Comatose is definitely the most complex out of the 3 I have had.. I will also try some of their others soon.
Great first review Nick, Marie Sharps is one of the best lines out there, I have not tried Beware yet, I will have to go buy a bottle now! I love hot sauce on pizza, great food to test it on, even if the Patriots did lose!
Ed
As my review indicates Beware is a little complex. It is not quite the same as Belizean heat or Fiery hot.. Close but the aroma is definitely more pungent.. On the pizza though it was really really good.. I used a whole bottle of comatose as well as half a bottle of cajohns HDH, which is the same as Ace. I hope I don’t start running up to 2 bottles per meal of hot sauce.. lol
Good job goonienick, haven’t tried the BEWARE yet.
Yup,
I felt alot of people may not have tried this one so it gave me motivation for my 1st review. Belizean Heat gets most attention from Marie Sharp and suprising enough it often makes it to the top 5 of many chiliheads.. I know its one of mine as well as Nick’s too..
Comatose is right up there with it I feel.
Well done, very good first review Goonie!! I too love all of the Marie Sharps products, very well made and the flavors are great.
You can’t beat a good Hot Sauce on Pizza!! Amen brother!!
Thanks Vic!! My photos will get better I promise, that is one thing I feel I will improve upon. Yeah Marie Sharp and Cajohns are my top sauces and for a reason!! They are great on pizza.. bottom line.. lol Man I ate the whole pie too! At first I thought that with carrots it would be out of my taste buds because I tried Melindas which I believe uses carrots.. However, Marie Sharp to me, blows away Melinda’s..
Very Nice Goonie Nick,
Marie Sharp’s was the 1st hot sauce we ever used on jerky, and when we ran out, we had to make our own, thus the DITD line got started.
Great review and a great sauce !!!!
Arizona Jack on 1/23/2007 at 11:08 am said:
Very Nice Goonie Nick,
Marie Sharp’s was the 1st hot sauce we ever used on jerky, and when we ran out, we had to make our own, thus the DITD line got started.
Great review and a great sauce !!!!
And the rest is History……….
Glad that bottle ran out brother!!
Thanks Arizona,
I am not a fan of Jerky but lately Sharp is all I am using on pizza.. I sometimes cut it with something else as mentioned in the review.. I cant eat pizza every night though because I would put too much weight on because I am not normal and eat a whole pie at a time.
When I do steamed foods I use more of the Red Savina thicker sauces..
Arizona Jack on 1/23/2007 at 11:08 am said:
Very Nice Goonie Nick,
Marie Sharp’s was the 1st hot sauce we ever used on jerky, and when we ran out, we had to make our own, thus the DITD line got started.
Great review and a great sauce !!!!
Link me to the DITD line
GoonieNick on 1/23/2007 at 11:13 am said:
Link me to the DITD line
Goonie- click on his RED name = Arizona Jack or
Yup I just did that!! Sometimes I lack brain cells when I am tired, lol
I’ve finally just gotten into Marie Sharp’s products, they are decent, but much more experimenting needs to be done.
Great review G.Nick, I can’t believe you didn’t do your first review with Mac & Cheese? How will I compare this sauce to other’s now? Just kiddin, Pizza and Hot sauce you can’t mess that up…
BLANE on 1/23/2007 at 11:27 am said:
Great review G.Nick, I can’t believe you didn’t do your first review with Mac & Cheese? How will I compare this sauce to other’s now? Just kiddin, Pizza and Hot sauce you can’t mess that up…
Blane, you freakin crack me up brother !!!
Arizona Jack on 1/23/2007 at 11:37 am said:
Blane, you freakin crack me up brother !!!
Blane, I am so tempted to use your Bacon box and send you some Mac & Cheese with a bottle of Red DITD, to bad I mailed your package yesterday or I would have done it.
Laffin out loud here, what a great way to wake up !!!
BLANE on 1/23/2007 at 11:27 am said:
Great review G.Nick, I can’t believe you didn’t do your first review with Mac & Cheese? How will I compare this sauce to other’s now? Just kiddin, Pizza and Hot sauce you can’t mess that up…
Indeed
Jonathan Passow on 1/23/2007 at 11:25 am said:
I’ve finally just gotten into Marie Sharp’s products, they are decent, but much more experimenting needs to be done.
Marie Sharp is great on cheesey bread too..
GoonieNick on 1/23/2007 at 10:35 am said:
Thanks Vic!! My photos will get better I promise, that is one thing I feel I will improve upon. Yeah Marie Sharp and Cajohns are my top sauces and for a reason!! They are great on pizza.. bottom line.. lol Man I ate the whole pie too! At first I thought that with carrots it would be out of my taste buds because I tried Melindas which I believe uses carrots.. However, Marie Sharp to me, blows away Melinda’s..
Wow, I’m definitely gonna have to try this now cause I am a BIG fan of Melindas.
kristi on 1/23/2007 at 5:03 pm said:
Wow, I’m definitely gonna have to try this now cause I am a BIG fan of Melindas.
I think you will find Marie Sharp better than Melinda’s.. I recommend using Belizean Heat or Fiery Hot 1st.. Sometimes I notice that when I try one brand of sauce go with something less complicated.. You get acquired to their taste and more often than not they can get you hooked. Marie has me by the b****s lol!!
GoonieNick on 1/23/2007 at 6:27 pm said:
I think you will find Marie Sharp better than Melinda’s.. I recommend using Belizean Heat or Fiery Hot 1st.. Sometimes I notice that when I try one brand of sauce go with something less complicated.. You get acquired to their taste and more often than not they can get you hooked. Marie has me by the b****s lol!!
Hot sauce and ba**s in the same sentence, ouucccchhhhhh!!! lol
kristi on 1/23/2007 at 6:34 pm said:
Hot sauce and ba**s in the same sentence, ouucccchhhhhh!!! lol
Kristie I did it one time!! Well not the b***s, but the other thing known as the ding a ling ling.. lol I had this on my authors page as my 1st worst experience with hot sauce, but I felt i had to take it down being a teacher and all.. Yes I was propped up on the bathroom sink and rapidly trying to remedy the situation.. lol I believe there is a sauce “See Dick Burn” lol…
Very nice review GoonieNick, now do the TRUFFLE SHUFFLE!!!! DO IT!!!
Arizona Jack on 1/23/2007 at 11:45 am said:
Blane, I am so tempted to use your Bacon box and send you some Mac & Cheese with a bottle of Red DITD, to bad I mailed your package yesterday or I would have done it.
Laffin out loud here, what a great way to wake up !!!
Got the check 
Don’t give anyone ideal’s about sending Mac & Cheese…lol…. Looking forward to the package…
Scott on 1/23/2007 at 6:48 pm said:
Very nice review GoonieNick, now do the TRUFFLE SHUFFLE!!!! DO IT!!!
Hey Goonie Fan,
Check my site out.. lol I will do the truffle shuffle and say “Heyyyy You Guyyyyyyss” They Got rocky road, mississippi mup, chocolate eruption!!!
GoonieNick on 1/23/2007 at 6:39 pm said:
Kristie I did it one time!! Well not the b***s, but the other thing known as the ding a ling ling.. lol I had this on my authors page as my 1st worst experience with hot sauce, but I felt i had to take it down being a teacher and all.. Yes I was propped up on the bathroom sink and rapidly trying to remedy the situation.. lol I believe there is a sauce “See Dick Burn” lol…
Yes GN, I read that and actually hd an entire conversation about it! What a visual! hahaha
LOL!! CALL ME PICASSO WITH MY USE OF THE ENGLISH VERNACULAR…. I LOVE PAINTING PICS..
GoonieNick on 1/23/2007 at 6:51 pm said:
Hey Goonie Fan,
Check my site out.. lol I will do the truffle shuffle and say “Heyyyy You Guyyyyyyss” They Got rocky road, mississippi mup, chocolate eruption!!!
And I thought I was the only American who appreciated the film!! I did check out your site and it is the bomb!! That movie is in my top 5 all time. I work with a guy who went to college with Jeff Cohen (Chunk). Pretty neat, small world I guess. BABY RUTH!!!
Scott on 1/23/2007 at 10:36 pm said:
And I thought I was the only American who appreciated the film!! I did check out your site and it is the bomb!! That movie is in my top 5 all time. I work with a guy who went to college with Jeff Cohen (Chunk). Pretty neat, small world I guess. BABY RUTH!!!
Thanks for liking it.. spread the word around about the Goonies site.. lol
GoonieNick on 1/23/2007 at 10:43 pm said:
Thanks for liking it.. spread the word around about the Goonies site.. lol
You got it!!
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“Flashbacks of Plastic Man”!!!!!!????? HAHAHA I love it, thats funny. Great review GoonieNick.
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