Tavern Relish, from the secret-sauce.net website.
Occasionally we see a new name in the referrals on our WordPress dashboard. It was such with secret-sauce.net so we clicked on the link to check it out. And indeed there are some juicy knockoffs of commercial recipes such as Wendy’s Chili, Shake Shack Cheese Sauce and Michigan Hot Dog Sauce, accompanied by pictures even worse than the ones on Burnt My Fingers.
Danger! Danger! Clicking on a recipe link will bring up the dread “Your Connection is Not Private” warning with no option to proceed. This could mean it’s a data harvesting scheme, or that the domain owner has just been a bit casual about maintaining the appropriate security certificates.
Hoping for the latter, we did a web search for “Secret Sauce Tavern Relish” and got this link, which led us to the full recipe. It’s a strange concoction from an establishment in Virginia which combines cabbage, vinegar, sugar and yellow mustard. It has an interesting history including a connection to the Ringling Brothers circus. Obviously, we found it irresistible and plan to try it out ASAP.
You can do the same: find a recipe you like, copy the title, then google it with “secret sauce” as a prefix. This worked for Aaron Franklin’s Espresso Barbecue Sauce, Guy Fieri’s Donkey Sauce, and even Wendy’s Chili. Check it out.
Looks OK at https://www.virustotal.com. They don’t scan for bad taste…
No security vendors flagged this URL as malicious (either)
https://burntmyfingers.com/ burntmyfingers.com
Only good taste at BMF!
That is a good resource to know about, Chuckeye Dave. So it appears the issue is simply an expired security cert for the main site. And we can chow down and rest easy!