I'm planning on making a homemade pepper sauce that I saw on Serious Eats. The recipe is straight forward, but am concerned about the best way to 'serve' this sauce. I think the traditional way would be to have a tabasco-type bottle since that controls the amount that will come out (a drop at a time). Anyone have another suggestion? I would prefer to stay away from plastic squeeze bottles since the vinegar in the sauce could interact with the plastic.
Thanks
Best Answer
I go through a lot of hot sauce, and tend to just re-use old Tabasco bottles. The main choice you need to make is what size of orifice reducer do you need. I think that the best for most thin sauces is a glass bottle with the right size reducer. You know you've got the right size when one shake of the bottle dispenses about 1/4 of the amount of sauce that you want. That way a few shakes gets you all you need, but you don't risk overdoing it (a real problem with hot sauces). There are four common size ranges that you see in thin condiments:
You can order hot sauce bottles from a variety of sources, such as SKS Bottles, including with a variety of orifice reducers based on your desired sauce thickness. I prefer glass, and the small plastic reducers are meant for the acidic environment.
http://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/fin18aa.html