Franks RedHot Sauce

fender69

Guys,
Franks has been listed by all but the smallest Dunnes Stores.
It has also been taken on by Superquinn.
Musgraves (Supervalue & Centra group) buy it into stores at local level (its not a head office agreed line, but if enough of us ask the question.!!!)
Tesco dont carry it anymore since they moved a lot of their purchasing back to the UK :-(
Spar and Londis also buy on a store by store basis.
Finally Musgrave Cash and Carry outlets stock the 3.7L versions!
Hope this helps other fans like myself

moretothegirl

all i can say is .... oh my god. FINALLY got my hands on a bottle (after travelling up to dublin for it as none in the local dunnes or shops)..... it was worth the wait they were exactly what i had hoped, iv been lookin for a sauce like this for so long!

i bought 4 bottles of the original and 1 of the buffalo. buffalo is good but original is AMAZING! made a chicken wrap today with it... yum lol



can anyone tell me if musgraves cash and carry let public people in to purchase or is it only businesses with accounts there??

Hande hoche!

Picked up a bottle of Frank's original sauce from Dunnes Bishopstown Court,looking forward to trying it with some wings.

Pininfarina

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Picked up a bottle of Frank's original sauce from Dunnes Bishopstown Court,looking forward to trying it with some wings.

Thanks for the heads up!

Wahey!

gaz wac

On special in Superquinn at the mo
http://www.superquinn.ie/category/Summer%20Savings/170.4

teddy_303

Gaz, you superstar. Was down to one last serving. So sweet when you make an unlikely connection, particularly such a tasty one. Go Gaz you ledge!:pac:

Cailin Amhain

Hurrah! I love this stuff but haven't seen it in the local tesco for ages. To Superquinn! Thanks Gaz.

rh555

Might be stupid question but is it possible for anyone to send me 2x 354ml bottles of the Franks original?

Unfortunately there are still none available anywhere in Sligo county and believe me I checked and not having a car makes it tough to go to another county to get it.

A friend of mine used to get it from the next closest place in Carrik-on-Shannon but they dont have it anymore either.

If anyone is willing to get me 2 bottles for 4euro i can either pay by paypal or just do a bank transfer. I think its another 3euro to ship with AnPost if its in a large Envelope less than 1Kg (I assume 2bottles are less than 1KG) + 1Euro or so for the Envelope itself (the one with bubblewrap inside)

If anyone is willing please PM me. Thanks. Living in the Franks free zone of Sligo btw.

rubadub

Theres a Sligo forum, you could ask people there if they know a place
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=950

greenoverred

You can get it in the centra shop in enniscrone

Lainabaina

rh555 wrote: »

Might be stupid question but is it possible for anyone to send me 2x 354ml bottles of the Franks original?

PM me if you're stuck and the Enniscrone tip doesn't come off - planning a shop at the weekend so I could send them on. Desperate times!

mloc

Finally found some in my local SuperValu over the weekend, this stuff is really great.

D1976

Check out www.americansweets.co.uk you can buy 1 gallon (3.7 litres)bottles of Franks for £24.99 with shippings costs of £12.99 for anything up to the weight of 30 kg to Ireland.

I've ordered 2.

1 gallon is the same as 25 small bottles

D1976

Just received 2 Gallons this morning.

Happy days

D1976

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nice1franko

^^^^

Holy sheet that's a lot of wings... your arteries are going to love you!

coffee to go

D1976 wrote: »

Check out www.americansweets.co.uk you can buy 1 gallon (3.7 litres)bottles of Franks for £24.99 with shippings costs of £12.99 for anything up to the weight of 30 kg to Ireland.

I've ordered 2.

1 gallon is the same as 25 small bottles

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if my math is right, you spent €72.60 on 7.4L of Franks. That's about €3.50 per 12oz (355ml) bottle, making it dearer than the normal Irish stores. (Note that the gallon jugs go for about €20 in the various Irish wholesalers).

Handy though I suppose if you're in a bit of the country where you can't easily find it and want to stock the cupboard.

D1976

Never seen a 12oz bottle here unless you're talking about that gank Buffalo sauce with the substitute butter inside made for people who cant melt butter in a pot and add Franks and stir.

I've only seen the 5oz bottle here at €2 - €2.50 a bottle

So once again folks

1 5oz bottle = 148ml for €2

1 gallon = 3700ml

3700/148 = 25

you know how the rest goes, not all people have access to a Musgraves card.

the_pod

I currently have 3 12oz bottles of Franks Original - one open at home, one the GFs place and an emergency backup
Never heard of it before this thread and still haven't made the wings but it's great on nearly everything else
Thanks to all who contributed to this thread

coffee to go

D1976 wrote: »

Never seen a 12oz bottle here unless you're talking about that gank Buffalo sauce with the substitute butter inside made for people who cant melt butter in a pot and add Franks and stir.

I've only seen the 5oz bottle here at €2 - €2.50 a bottle

So once again folks

1 5oz bottle = 148ml for €2

1 gallon = 3700ml

3700/148 = 25

you know how the rest goes, not all people have access to a Musgraves card.

Didn't want to be confrontational, so if I did, mucho apologies! Anyway, the 12oz bottles of both Franks Original and Buffalo are the ones you'll find in Dunnes anyway. Last time I checked the Original 12oz was going for 2.99. The 5oz bottles in Spars, Supervalu etc are pretty expensive by comparison.

I'm not a Musgraves card owner either, I've just sourced the gallon jug in the past through my local butcher who was happy to order me in one. And Cox's Cash n Carry in Newbridge were also happy to sell me one cash up front, no card required.

Like I said though, I didn't mean to ruin your buzz, the 'getting Franks in Ireland saga' is just something I've been following for a long time. And I hope you're not planning on using all that sauce at once :eek::D

rubadub

D1976 wrote: »

Never seen a 12oz bottle here unless you're talking about that gank Buffalo sauce with the substitute butter inside made for people who cant melt butter in a pot and add Franks and stir.

I've only seen the 5oz bottle here at €2 - €2.50 a bottle

I have never seen a 5oz bottle here, it must be miniscule! I have only seen it in a few shops it was always the 12oz bottle and I got mine for €2.99 in eurospar (not on offer), it was the same price in supervalu, they had a 12oz wing sauce which was more expensive, maybe €3.50 but the one for 2.99 were red hot original.

It is not surprising that musgraves are more expensive, many people blindly presume it must be cheaper there, or cheaper to buy in bulk -it comes up in the consumer issues form a lot, as though there is a law in place saying bulk MUST be cheaper!

Catering bags of suicra sugar in musgraves are good bit more than buying 1kg bags in musgraves, sugar can be got far cheaper in supermarkets, along with other stuff like beer, coke, bars, spirits.

coffee to go

the_pod wrote: »

I currently have 3 12oz bottles of Franks Original - one open at home, one the GFs place and an emergency backup
Never heard of it before this thread and still haven't made the wings but it's great on nearly everything else
Thanks to all who contributed to this thread

Leave work now. Go to shops. Buy wings. Go home. Cook wings. Eat wings. Then you may properly join the cult of Frank.

Tea_Bag

am i the only one here who thinks its tastes poor?

bought it in superquin thinking it was "red hot sauce" ie HOT, but it was tame at best and flavourless.

Tabasco FTW.

the_pod

TBH I don't find it that hot either but I love the tangy taste.
I use Tabasco (original and the habanero one) in sauces, soups etc (anything liquid you can mix) but like Franks as a sauce to just lash onto other stuff

Maserati23

Have to say lads I bought 5 bottles of Franks red hot sauce at Superquinn.

I never tasted the sauce before but because of the massive interest in the sauce here I said I would try it!!!

I tried it as prepared in page 6 of this thread with and without butter. I used flour and cornflour mixed etc.

May I say it was the worst sauce I have ever tasted, really it was horrible, it was nothing but vinegar.....

It was the original sauce not the buffalo sauce. :mad:

Does anybody know of any other sauce that is hot and spicy like the one you sometimes get already prepared on chicken pieces or wings in most supermarkets.

Thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction.


On the other hand lads , maybe I opened a dodgy bottle but everybody in the the household here reacted the same, Vinegar Vinegar Vinegar.

Best of luck.

D1976

Try the following, never lets me down

Franks Red Hot Chicken Wings

Ingredients

Box of chicken wings
Bottle of Franks Red Hot Sauce
30g Stork Margarine or Butter

Cut your wings at the two joints and discard the tips.


Place wings on a baking tray lined with parchment paper or greaseproof and cook in the oven at 180degrees until golden brown.

Melt margarine/butter in a pan with 100ml of Franks and mix together

Put wings in a serving dish and pour sauce over them and eat with plenty of cold beers.

D1976

No worries, just really like my Franks.

Asked a guy in the canteen in work can he get some and he said Musgrave sell it for €20 for a gallon and will get it for me so happy days. Someone should set up a facebook Franks Appreciation page

mloc

D1976 wrote: »

Someone should set up a facebook Franks Appreciation page

Like this one?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Franks-Red-Hot-Sauce/33387181638

the groutch

tried this for the first time today (on ribs), and it was good, but not as brilliant as everyone makes it out to be, maybe the wing sauce might be nicer

also put some Reggae Reggae Jerk/BBQ on some of them and preferred that tbh

mloc

the groutch wrote: »

tried this for the first time today (on ribs), and it was good, but not as brilliant as everyone makes it out to be, maybe the wing sauce might be nicer

also put some Reggae Reggae Jerk/BBQ on some of them and preferred that tbh

A lot of people would agree with you. I put it down to Irish people expecting every sauce to be laden with sugar and more or less the exact same.

BenEadir

For all the Franks Red Hot fans here (and I'm definetly one with my 1 gallon bottle in the fridge!!) and lovers of Pizza here's the definitive heaven (or possibly hell) dinner on a plate.

http://www.pmq.com/tt2/recipe/view/id_1/title_Buffalo-Style-Chicken-Pizza-with-Frank%E2%80%99s-RedHot/

Haven't tried it myself (yet) but will do over the next week or two and see whether it combines two great foods into one incredible dish or is a complete disaster!!

Ben

Irishrossoblu

I am a big fan of the original chicken wings from Elephant & Castle/Tribeca, but after trying Franks, I was a little disappointed. Very very 'vinegary'. I love balsamic sauces but this was just sharp crap vinegar. Had to add sugar and other touches to make it ok. Still would not think its as good as everyone says.

D1976

Try this Irishrossoblu, add butter or margarine to combat the vinegar taste. E&C use Franks Red Hot Sauce


Franks Red Hot Chicken Wings

Ingredients

Box of chicken wings
Bottle of Franks Red Hot Sauce
30g Stork Margarine or Butter

Cut your wings at the two joints and discard the tips.


Place wings on a baking tray lined with parchment paper or greaseproof and cook in the oven at 180degrees until golden brown.

Melt margarine/butter in a pan with 100ml of Franks and mix together

Put wings in a serving dish and pour sauce over them and eat with plenty of cold beers.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2008/0823/1219355296065.html

rubadub

Just back from dunnes cournelscourt, franks original redhot €1.99 said it is on until 03/03/10 standard 12oz bottle. The other wing sauce was on offer too think the same price. Brian O'Driscoll was also there signing stuff, would still be there now queues for him were massive.

There was about 10 left after I took my haul.

amdublin

D1976 wrote: »

Cut your wings at the two joints and discard the tips.

Going to try make these at the weekend.

Please can anyone explain (in plain english!) what the above means.

What exactly do I do?!

amdublin

Diagrams/pics would be good if poss!!!!

the groutch

it means cut off the boney end which has no meat on it, so you're left with one oval piece, like this:

Todd Gack

A wing has three parts (two joints) and the smaller end part is not very edible so just throw these out.

Look at a raw wing and you'll know which part to bin, the end bit is a waste of sauce, there's no meat on them.

amdublin

Thanks Groutch & Todd!

vibe666

amdublin wrote: »

Diagrams/pics would be good if poss!!!!

think of it as a little chicken arm and cut it through the elbow and wrist and throw away the hand.

of course now none of you are ever going to eat chicken again now, but that just means there's more for ME!

Swampy

Jasus Lads. Buying your sauce from england?

You can buy the one gallon tubs in Musgraves C&C of around €20. Just go to an indian shop and buy a tin of butter Ghee. Its clarified butter. The butter you are supposed to mix with franks hot sauce. None of this Butter and Stork margarine sh1t. Just stick with the mix on the hot sauce bottle.

And stay away from theFranks buffalo wing sauce that has the butter in it. Its manky.

vibe666

Swampy wrote: »

And stay away from theFranks buffalo wing sauce that has the (alleged) butter in it. Its manky.

fixed it for you.

revz

Anyone know of a place stocking it in Northside Dublin/City Centre?
Checked plenty of shops on dame street & only found the buffalo sauce in one of the londis shops, also tried the new superquinn in ashtown and was disappointed to find it wasn't there
If anyone has any wisdom to share it would be appreciated!

vibe666

not northside i know, but i happened to be in the dunnes stores in the sandyford business park on saturday and they had the franks original for €1.99 for the big bottles.

the_pod

I'm pretty sure Dunnes in Ongar have it - got it there before but haven't checked lately as I'm fairly well stocked at the moment

Snaggle0705

Guys,
Bought 8 bottles of this in Dunnes Stores, Manor Mills, Maynooth on Saturday... They have 'hot' and 'cayenne pepper' versions... had to sample same last night on some wings YUM!

Auscast

I don't like wasting the tips. I cook them for longer on a lower heat so they go crunchy (like chicken jerky), and eat the whole things with a few beers. The bones are small enough to crunch right through.

iggy

Just joined the legend that is Franks sauce..

I made the wings today and my Christ they were superb.

Even the missus who said she didnt want any was pleading for the last one..:D:D

datk

revz wrote: »

Anyone know of a place stocking it in Northside Dublin/City Centre?

Dunnes in Charlestown Shopping Centre have the Cayenne Pepper and Hot ones.

I bought a bottle to see what the fuss was about and it definitely is THE wing sauce

revz

Guess i'll have to get a lift out to charlestown or something!
Even tried fallon&byrne today, the place in town that's supposed to import all these american goods (even though it would cost like €7 a bottle or something..) and it wasn't there. Ridiculous!