It’s not really fair to write a review about a product no one can buy yet, now is it? For that I apologize, but maybe a good response from the HSBers will push the Creator into full time Habby Horse production. Let me explain a little more.
You see, the Creator contacted me about 2 weeks ago and asked if I’d like to taste test his new creation, since he figured he and I have a similar number of marbles missing in the ole noggin. I responded with an enthusiastic “hell yes” and a few days later the jar you see above arrived at my door. The wife immediately rolled her eyes when I showed her my prize and to my collector’s horror, the jar was numbered #1 of 4 – ah crap. Oh well, I opened it anyways, figuring the taste test was much more important then the collector’s value (I still have the jar 😈 )
So to taste the horseradish properly, I did what any good chilehead would do and I took the jar with me to buy a $40 steak. After all, a creation of this magnitude deserves a proper party, right? Well alas, I didn’t get any pictures at the Palm Steak house, too many frowning faces around but I can tell you that the $40 Rib eye held it’s own with the habanero horseradish. I did have a hard time convincing anyone else at the table to try any though.
I brought the jar home 1/2 full and concocted another way to get some gratuitous food shots of it. The steak above is covered in Knox’s Black Pepper Rub and served with a generous helping of the Three Hot Tamales Garlic Lovers Steak Sauce. The pile of grated orange stuff is the Habby Horse.
Defcon’s Habby Horse is a culinary masterpiece for chileheads and [tag]horseradish[/tag] lovers alike. Well, actually you must be both to really enjoy Habby Horse. On first taste your taste buds are struck with the robust taste of the horseradish, followed by it’s fleeting nasal burn Then after the moment has passed, the lurking heat of the habanero drop kicks your tongue and throat to announce it’s presence. It’s one pissed off pepper and it’s there to stay. The burning from one bite will last you anywhere from 3-10 minutes, depending on how much you ingest. (As a side note, if you down 1/2 a jar yourself, the burning lasts much longer.) Somewhere in the making of Habby Horse, the intense flavors of each individual ingredient have been slightly muted but together they bring out the best in one another.
Now if we could only convince the Creator to mass produce this
(I need another jar :twisted:)
67 responses to “Review: Defcon’s Habby Horse”
“It’s not really fair to write a review about a product no one can buy yet, now is it?” No, not really 🙂
Man Creator, now I need some of this…Pleeeeeeease!!!
I’ll pick some up on my way to huvason’s later 🙂 ha ha
I have never been a fan of horseradish (the wife is though). Maybe this can convert me. Great review Nick!
I love horseradish, I love it when an unsuspecting person eats some forgetting that hot horseradish isnt the same as spicy food 🙂 They have the rude awakening 🙂
Sounds good creator.
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Me too!!! YUMMY! But i always am the unsuspecting one when we venture out for dinner. 🙁
Same with us- wife hates chiles, loves horseradish with me being the other way around.
sounds good. better than my attempts to dip wasabi peanuts into hot sauce.
Had some folks bring some Royal Bohemian horseradish (nuclear!!) to the Open Fields. As if that wasn’t enough, they’d spiked it with CaJohns Vicious Viper. Yup- that hurt.
This sounds a bit better 😉
Cool – have to get me some of this!
It sounds and looks good- I love a good Horseradish with a great steak, I’ll be lining up also.
Nice review Nick. Creator, let me know please when some more is ready 😉 Back to revision now anyway. Last tue, wed, thurs was evil 👿 I keep dropping in occassionally to see what’s happening. One more to go!!!
Thanks all. I’ve been making my own horseradish for years now (many skinned knuckles on the hand grater, NO electrical machines!), and just started tinkering, that’s usually where the best ideas come from. Anyway, we are kind of test marketing at this stage, and have gotten some really good feedback. I recently made 8 new jars of this stuff (my eyes have finally healed), and I was thinking of throwing a free jar into the first 8 orders of the “Defcon Collection” (#1, #2, #3) as kind of a freebie. Thought I’d offer it up to you guys first.
On a side note, due to massive popular demand, we are starting up production once again, of the retro bottle of Defense Condition #2 in the old 16 ounce amber chemical bottle. It should be available in about a month.
“I’ve been making my own horseradish for years now (many skinned knuckles on the hand grater”
Nice! So yer saying that it’s normal to find little chunks of hairy skin in the Habby? Might want to put a warning to vegans on the label. 😛
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Hope I placed my order in time!
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The secret’s in the meat. Honestly, that’s not a bone chip, it’s one of them hard-shelled peppercorns.
You ate a half jar of horseraddish?! yikes! Im weak when it comes to horseraddish. Yet I can pop down habs hum!
Give me some shaved prime rib, a nice slab of cheddar, a little mustard, and a ton of horseradish on a onion roll. I sure could put Habby Horse to good use! Man, I’m starvin’.
Nick you tease! That’s simply not nice!
DC, I’ve been waiting for this announcement for months, you’ve got to get this to production ASAP!
All right, got my Habby Horse! Signed by the Creator – labeled “Jar #8”. Now the question – should I open it? Or save it? Man I want to try this in the worst way – but it looks so cool in the DEFCON collection (the Homunculus stands so nicely on the top 🙂 )
Hey Huv! Great logo for your sauce! Keep up the good work!
Thanx Brian! Had a lot of help from the angrypepper 🙂
Trying to get the website done in the next day or so – labels very soon!
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Site should look pretty good when you get it finished. I like the motto…good stuff The logo is nice as well! I say keep the Habby Horse on the shelf cause I bet he comes out with more later 🙂
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Thanx Aaron. Got like 10 things i’m doing at once – but it’s actually pretty fun.
I’m leaning towards saving the Habby Horse – but man I want to try it!
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I know the feeling man Looks like you are doing a pretty good job at the moment! Keep it up. I’ll be there to order the first bottle!
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Thanx – much appreciated 🙂
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My thoughts too huvason, looks way to good not to open it 🙂
Cripes, The Createss told me not to number the jars. I hate it when she’s right. EAT IT!!! IT’S GOOD!!!
Quick hint, put it in the fridge for a little while before eating it, the flavors are stronger when it’s chilled a bit.
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Come on huvason, crack it open. 🙂
I’ll do it if you do… ha ha (Im gonna anyway)
Creator lives close enough, maybe I can get him to refill my jar 🙄
Hmmm, Creator, is it a good idea to open mine today? Being that I have the #6 jar and its 06/06/06, Or will I unleash something if I do? 🙂
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Ooooooh, good question! If the ground begins to move, keep eating, I’m trying to see what the end result will be. It’s only happended once before around 1907 in the Tunguska Forest.
If you see a crazy cat outside your door….RUN!!!!!
LOL!
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So long as I dont grow fur 😉
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especially if it has that same evil grin & red eyes….look out! 😈
It’s such a little cutey. I just love it’s little meow that rivals that of a banshee wail. It just brings warmth to my heart (I keep it in the freezer).
I’ve been using the Habby Horse from Defcon Day on my turkey sandwiches for lunch – mix with a little mayo and you’ve got a party! The new recipe has just enough habanero to make the heat stick around through each bite and enough horseradish effect to make your nose hairs curl.
I do believe everyone likes the new batch much more than the old one. As I stated it will be in full production in a few weeks. Now, saying that, I am toying with the idea of a superhot horseradish as well (aka Harshradish). I may have some of this junk available in Hillsborough on 9/9. No guarantees, but be careful what you wish for.
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Always trying to win us with something new, soon enough you’ll be taking over the world and the sole ruler…..well maybe….can’t wait till you have this in production so i can order me some, oh and lovin the Harshradish idea…never liked horseradish to begin with, but my pops got my tastebuds to swing that way….
Hey Creator when I get Back from Chi- town we need to talk. Have a good prop for you. Talk to ya Monday, later……..
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Hey Creator save me some of the Harshradish at least a jar, the Habby Horse is a big hit here in Indaiana, so is the wing sauce. You rock !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks man for the good will for our future global assimilation. I’m having a ball with our little company, that’s the way it should be. Yeah, I bust my *ss a few days out of the week, but the end result makes me happy. I started up the Defcon Days initially as just a big product push, it has evolved into something bigger. It’s great to see fellow bloggers put faces on the names they talk to all the time, and to spend some quality time BS’ing and slamming beers. It’s all about the fun! Yeah, Defcon is doing well, it’s what we kinda wanted, and the fact that our clientele is made up of really cool people is a definite plus.
I think constant product development is a key to keeping fresh life in a company. It shows the people involved with the company truly do give a crap. My friends that stop by every now and then are guinea pigs. If something really sucks, they’ll tell me, and I’ll scrap the idea. The Habby Horse was a no-brainer for me, as I’ve been hand-grating my own for years (with goggles, a scuba regulator (Scubapro S-600) and a big bottle of Nitrox (which is a GREAT cure for hangovers), of course).
I intend to continually expand our product line, and I can assure you the products shall remain interesting to say the least. As far as I can see, it doesn’t look like Defcon is going to fade away any time soon. We’re just having too much friggin’ fun with it! I told a few people at last year’s Fiery Foods show that once the fun stops, we close the door, look back, and say what a great ride it was, no worries. I think it’s that mentality which is one of our driving forces. Hopefully, in the next few years, I can make Defcon my only job. Touring the globe with hot sauce, now THERE’S something worth shooting for. Hey, you got one life, use it well, and make sure you have fun using it.
As you can see, it’s a slow Friday at work…..Ok, enough of my diatribe…
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Not a problem, look forward to talking to you. The Createss and myself are getting away this weekend, and will be getting back late Sunday.
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Good to hear. The “Harshradish” is kinda nasty at the moment…It actually made me cough and one of my eyes teared. Perhaps I can get the Evil Kitty to cough up a cute little hairball on it to smooth over the taste, as right now it’s rather caustic. I really don’t have any “jars” so to speak of it available….Give it a little time, it’s still in the early stages.
If we could get a wireless internet connection at one of the Defcon Day locations, we could turn it into a real-time HSB event.
Hmmm..
a projector, laptop and a digital camera – this could get interesting…
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I f there is an INternet connection, I can get it going…….
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Sure wish I was going to be there to get some…… Wait a minute 😀
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Hmmm, interesting concept. Perhaps someone can find a venue around here with wireless internet. Perhaps a bar at a hotel or something like that. Hell, if the people that show up could each bring a laptop, this could get funny as Hell! A virtual Defcon Day!
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This is gonna be some lethal stuff here! The ‘magic’ tonic if you will…
is there anymore yet creator? please keep me posted
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Actually Matt, I’ll be making up a batch for this upcoming Brooklyn Defcon Day. Should I put one aside for you?
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Yes please. Let me know when you have them sorted and I’ll send you the paypal or send me an invoice via paypal, which ever is easier.
I can’t wait to get hold of it!! Thanks Creator
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Lookin forward to a crazy night in Brooklyn creator.
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Wish I could make the trip, sounds like it would be one hellofa time. Everybody eat some wings for me…………
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I will as long as they aren’t DEFCON 0.5!
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Next time MrFreeze. That’s a long haul for you to make everytime.
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I hear ya on that one Huv, one time a year is enough for me on the 0.5.
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what about one time a year on one zero wing?
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I think he’s going to make us do a ZERO wing on Saturday!
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I might be up for that……………
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Oh c’mon Huv, you know me better than that. Do you really think I would want to hurt a bunch of strangers, now that I know the stuff is just caustic enough?
Just the thought of a bunch of leather-clad heavy metal chicks crying their eyes out, looking for someone to console them in their time of capsaicin overload, and I’m married. See what I do for you guys!!! 😀
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Hmmmm, seems like everyone is a little too anxious. Perhaps I should delve into the negative integers. 🙂
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I’m not worried about them…. i’m worried about us bloggers, your “friends”. I’m guessing anyone that eats a DEFCON ZERO wing don’t have to worry about no leather-clad bikers.
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“leather-clad bikers.”
Hey Huv, you wearing your pants 😉
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Man, BAD visual.
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Wow, theres something to be said about the smell of fear! I can’t believe I’m gonna miss this. Someone please take lots of pictures, before and afters are usually the best!
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I think it would be hilarious, after the ZERO wing eating, to get Jimmy (the owner) to carry The Huvason out to his hearse, which he always parks in front, and lay him in the back of it! Man, there are gonna be some funny as sh*t photo-ops! 😀
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HAHA, man, well i guess the rest of us will just have to wait for the aftermath come Sunday morning. What kind of flowers do you prefer huv?
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Oh yeah….. sounds great 🙄 😀