Just fast food swill or worth a try?
Thoughts on the BK "Ghost Pepper" Chicken nuggets?
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Never understood the attraction of very hot foods that painfully burn your mouth.
Had some just the other day. There’s a heat that stays in your mouth but not like a true ghost pepper, which is pretty much not edible. When odering them friend and I figured if BK made them too hot nobody would buy them. Actually the fried jalapeño cheese poppers were hotter spice wise. Your results may vary but for me they were just fine.
Chains cant take a chance that some food is too hot without risking being sued and they need to appeal to the masses to make it financially viable. My guess is if you like really really hot food this will be a disappointment.
Pretty tame.
They are jalapeno levels of spicy. Just like the ghost pepper ranch at Wendy's.
They taste good but they are a totally fake product.
They taste good but they are a totally fake product.
Take it from somebody who lived in Mexico city, it burns on the way down, and on the way out.
Smoked and dried ghost pepper is delicious. I’ve eaten so much once it actually made my pee burn as it came out. I’ve never had gonnorhea before but I imagine it would be similar.
For those that like it and hot try the pacqui tortilla chips as well as the TJ potato chips.
For those that like it and hot try the pacqui tortilla chips as well as the TJ potato chips.
I totally agree with you. Why would you want to eat something that will set your mouth on fire. Here in La. we eat/make spicy food. It's never nuclear like a lot of people think. When I cook certain foods I will add salt and pepper, very sparingly. I think that if people want to add to the flavor, let them. Don't do it for them. My boiled crawfish and shrimp will leave a little zing on your lips. IMHO, that's the way it should be done.
TheReportOfTheWeek says they taste like regular BK "spicy" nugs. 4/10 hot. I'm going to sit this one out.
I'm guessing they're being handled like they did their Angry Whopper.
I tried that once, and it was more miffed than angry.
Like posters above said, they can't go too far out and alienate their customers. Many years ago when worked in downtown Chicago, a group of people in my department would go out to a Chinese buffet for lunch, and they'd start you off with an egg-drop soup that I wouldn't call spicy, but it did have a bit of a kick to it. Except for the one time we went on a Friday; we all agreed it tasted bland compared to what we're used to. We asked the server about that and she said that Friday was a big day for out-of-towners coming in, conferences ending before noon, stuff like that, and they were getting a number of complaints from the tourists that the soup was too spicy. Her recommendation was for us to come in Monday-Thursday of we wanted the regular soup vs the bland stuff on Friday.
I now return you to your Burger King thread, already in progress.
I tried that once, and it was more miffed than angry.
Like posters above said, they can't go too far out and alienate their customers. Many years ago when worked in downtown Chicago, a group of people in my department would go out to a Chinese buffet for lunch, and they'd start you off with an egg-drop soup that I wouldn't call spicy, but it did have a bit of a kick to it. Except for the one time we went on a Friday; we all agreed it tasted bland compared to what we're used to. We asked the server about that and she said that Friday was a big day for out-of-towners coming in, conferences ending before noon, stuff like that, and they were getting a number of complaints from the tourists that the soup was too spicy. Her recommendation was for us to come in Monday-Thursday of we wanted the regular soup vs the bland stuff on Friday.
I now return you to your Burger King thread, already in progress.
Didn't know it was a thing. I'll have to try them. Usually commercially available "hot" is moderate at best.
It's like these potato chips, https://www.kettlebrand.com/product/krinkle-cut-habanero-lime/ tried them once and that was enough. Could take maybe 3 chips a day, max.
BK is trash, period. If you want some chillis I'll send you some.
A coworker bought me some habanero chips from a brand owned by Southwest Specialty foods that fit that category and I used to get their habanero peanuts. Same thing - a small number of chips or peanuts and I was good for the rest of the day.
Not going to post the actual name here, but if you search on Southwest Specialty Foods and you land on a page with a picture of a donkey kicking, you've found the right page.
How can you taste ANY flavor when your mouth is burning?
I think it affects people differently. I can taste a lot of flavor in very spicy foods on top of the heat.
We don't eat fast food often, so I'm not likely to try this, but I make a hell of a Ghost Pepper salsa. It's probably around the 1mil scoville for heat.
My son and I are into hot sauces and spicy food. I make a nice batch of wings and chips and salsa to watch the Packers.
My wife can't go near it as it's too hot for her - and she's Hispanic. Not sure if we're mental or what, but we can handle it.
I will say, that friends and family have bought us drops and vials of all sorts of weird hotness. To be honest, hot for the sake of hot sucks. Hot for the sake of flavor, is what we prefer.
My son and I are into hot sauces and spicy food. I make a nice batch of wings and chips and salsa to watch the Packers.
My wife can't go near it as it's too hot for her - and she's Hispanic. Not sure if we're mental or what, but we can handle it.
I will say, that friends and family have bought us drops and vials of all sorts of weird hotness. To be honest, hot for the sake of hot sucks. Hot for the sake of flavor, is what we prefer.
It doesn't kill the sense of taste. It just hurts.
I was having a taco in the Mission District in San Francisco at a legendary taqueria. Some claim they have the best Mission style burrito in San Francisco, although they didn't invent it. The only thing they had there was a medium hot salsa verde. But we'd tried shopping around there and my wife bought a bag of jalapeños. One of the workers saw it and joked that we should eat it with the tacos.
But I've eaten raw jalapeños before. There was way more heat from that compared to a BK Ghost Pepper nugget.
Anyone tried red jalapeños? They're supposedly hotter and have a more developed and less bitter flavor. That's what Huy Fong uses in its Sriracha sauce.
