I make homemade salsa and hot sauces about this time of year from my garden. (If you haven’t heard, my husband and I have a huge urban garden and I convert it all to food!) The level of heat in hot sauce is always interesting. Even trying to label the jar is interesting, because it’s based on my taste. So if it says mild: it’s mild to me.
Sometimes I try to get creative and say “mild to medium”, or “medium to hot”, but that’s the point: what’s hot is up to you.
As I thought about this, I thought about how we as women perceive ourselves physically. Do you see yourself as hot? Or are you “mild to medium”? I think it’s based on taste. And I would hope that you know to believe yourself as hot first before others know you as hot.
So if you don’t see yourself as a great hot sauce, no matter the level of heat, maybe it’s time to change that perception.
