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Appetites: Minnesota's best hot sauces

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Sea Salt Eatery
A counter lined with different hot sauces at Sea Salt Eatery.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News file

Forget whatever you might think about Minnesota's tame palates.

The Twin Cities hot sauce scene is growing, says City Pages food writer Mecca Bos, and she's gotten to know some of the purveyors of some truly spicy products.

Bos ranked the best sauces and joined All Things Considered to talk about it.

To hear Bos' take on the finest heat around, use the audio player above.