Ingredients: Here’s a riddle: The product is called “Habanero Horseradish”. One of the ingredients is horseradish. The other is not. (Actually, there is no ingredient list, but basically, its habanero and horseradish).
I believe it says in the Bible that the third Commandment stated “Defcon Creator Is Wing Sauce“, so I was more than excited when I got this in the mail from Nick. In fact, I opened it right away just to smell it. When I came-to from passing out I immediately took a huge spoonful. Man, what a kick in the rump. The balance is on the horseradish side, with a heavy kick from the red habanero. This is essentially grated horseradish with habanero. So the first culinary use I did with it was making some Bloody Marys. Yowza! What a touch! And around Wisconsin (State motto: “If It’s Not Bland, It’s Not Here!”) horseradish is used primarily for roast beef. So I decided to use it with Jambalaya.
I make my jambalaya from scratch, using beef, chicken, and Guillermo sausage, with red bell pepper rice. Now with all of those ingredients you would think the horseradish would drown itself out. Waaaaayyyy wrong. In fact, the blend really complimented to whole dish with a sharp, fresh tone I was expecting from the horseradish. So, satisfied with that, I added it to some pasta Alfredo the next day. This stuff really made the flavor of the cheeses ring out, and really improved the dish. Other foods I tried it on were scrambled eggs, a burger, and tacos (outstanding).
And what do you do if you have a cold/slight hangover? Mix a tablespoon of this in hot water, stir it up, and drink it like tea. No joke, your sinuses clear right the hell up.
This is fun stuff. So onto my Five Point Scale:
Appearance– Every time I look at this, the theme song from the movie “Terminator” pops in my head. Just gnarly, gnarly stuff.
Smell: 4- Every time I take a whiff of this I see a faint light at the end of a dark tunnel. So strong, wakes you up like hyper-coffee. I just love this, but I also love the smell of raw horseradish.
Taste: 4-I’m really impressed how this stuff lent itself to other flavors without over taking the dishes it was in. Great fresh flavor, lingering heat, clean finish. Strangely reminds me of white Burgundy.
Heat: 3.5-Surprisingly not as hot as I would expect from the Creator, but enough heat to satisfy this habbie-head.
Overall: 4-Even if it’s not a super-hot condiment from Defcon, it still is a great thing to reach for in the fridge. Great to experiment with, fun to eat, and just cool packaging. Remember, this is a Defcon product, so you’re not going to go wrong with this stuff.
Until next time, treat every meal like it was your last!
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23 responses to “Review: Defcon Creator’s Double Super Secret Experiment # X-13 Habanero Horseradish”
Thanks for the review Louie. These were more of a test marketing thing for us, and there aren’t any more available. Glad you liked it. It’s very similar to the Habby Horse which is always available.
Good stuff that X-13. Makes ya kinda GOOFY
Hey Creator, what’s the difference between this and the regular Habby Horse? Besides the marketing?
Hey, my link didn’t work. i tried to link the word “goofy”.
I’ll try that again.
GOOFY
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Not a whole Hell of a lot. We were playing around with extending the burn time for the most part. In the responses we got, it worked.
And the jambalaya looks pretty good, too. I use pretty much the same ingredients, but add some tasso for a flavor kick.
Not that hot I thought the creator would blow our shoes off with this one. Look forward to Fiery-Foods to test this out
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Be careful what you wish for. (evil chuckle)
are you gunna be realeasing your deathmatch sauce to public for purchase at FF?
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We’re working on it.
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so correct you are I just had some habby forgot about the kick it has. I will make sure my sample does not come from behind the booth.
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thank you sir, may i have another?
Of course it’s great stuff. Anything from John and Maggie is, would you expect any less?
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Geez, is it time for a group hug? 🙂
Thanks Jack.
AJ, you get your haircut yet? 😀
This by far beats out your Habby Horse for me at least bought 12 when they were out down to two at the moment. Waiting for for more to be produced. Great to kick up your cocktail sauce for shrimp, in mashed potatoes on sandwiches the ueses are endless. Keep p the good work Creator. BTW how is everyone doing long time no chat, getting tired of this work thing it is taking up all my spare time. Hope eveyone is doing great. X-13 ROCKS make more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I was at JJ’s for the Weekend of Fire, they had some in the hot stuff area of the store. You might want to check with Bret to see if he still has anymore left.
So when do we expect to hear about that announcement you had Creator? 😀
John,
Does Peppers carry the Habby Horse and Habby Pony. And yes, will you be releasing the X-13 as a regular item?
I can’t wait to get some of this stuff.
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Peppers had the 2 horseradish items when I was there this summer.
DEFCON
This would be great on some Brats or Sausage! Let me know how I can get some.
Scottie
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Greetings Mr. Freeze, long time no talk. I trust things are going well. Perhaps you’ll make the trek to Jungle Jims next year, or Albuqurque, or Dallas?
“So when do we expect to hear about that announcement you had Creator? ”
It’s in the hands of the legal dudes. It’s taking a bit longer than we thought, but I don’t want to say anything until ink is on paper. Patience is a virtue…At least that’s what I’m told. 🙂
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Hi Uncle, the X-13 was a test. We’ve incorporated the X-13 variant into the Habby Horse, so they are now one. And yes, Peppers has both the Horse and the Pony.
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Hi Scottie, as stated above the Habby Horse is basically the X-13 as of late. You can get it through our website, as I’m not sure where you live.
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I second that!
I haven’t made that in ages!
I also like how you used the product on different types of food. It would take me longer than it does now just to type up a review if I were to do it this way! 🙂