I second their Sriracha. Seems to have a bit more of a kick than Huy Fong.
Also tried one of their BBQ sauces, not that happy with it. Sticking with Jank.
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Go for it. I was gifted Vietnamese instant coffee a couple of years back IIRC it was very nice.
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Interesting. I recently tried Sriracha for the first time (I knowâŚI sometimes get weirdly resistant to things that are popularâŚIâm stupid) and thought it tasted gross. I kinda wondered why it had become popular. Now it seems maybe I just got the newer stuff?
Peppers can be highly variable in heat and flavor even within one varietal. McIlhenney, who makes Tabasco sauce, originally grew all their own tabasco peppers on Avery Island in Louisiana. Now, they use growers all over, including South America and Africa, but they send the seed stock to the growers so the flavor wonât change. If you grow jalapenos in your home garden, and your next door neighbor grows bell peppers, and you both try to save seeds from your peppers to grow some more next season, you may find yourself with really mild jalapenos, and your neighbor could end up with spicy bell peppers. So even growing peppers has to be tightly controlled if you want to maintain the flavor and heat profile. It sounds like Huy Fong didnât understand this.
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If you look up thread youâll see some of us make our own sriracha. Thereâs no shortage here, I can go to a local shop and see shelves of different brands, but homemade is much, much better.
I donât grow chillies any more (and never did grow ones suitable for sriracha unless you wanted to achieve psychedelic levels of of heat) but itâs still more than worth it.
My Christmas present for some friends was sriracha in the jars I fermented it in for them with the burping kids and weights in the package.
ETA
Burping lids!
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Sorry, been trapped at home for 3 days because of snow/ice storm.
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If youâre trapped with them because of the snow for days and burping is the height of their irritating behaviour I would say you are winning!
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Weird question. Why does ice cold ginger ale give me the hiccups instantly and really bad, but room temperature ginger ale doesnât?
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Stimulation/irritation of the vagus and/ or phrenic nerve causes hiccups. According to article, can be stimulated by rapid temperature change as well as distension from CO2 from the carbonation.
Though âeffects or effected by the vagus nerveâ is kind of a catch-all in neurology, as itâs involved with everything.
Sort of like in biochem, if youâre asked a multiple choice question on which organ does some biochemical process, liver is a good bet, as it does a lot.
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Interesting. Well I guess Iâll stick with room temperature ginger ale. I like it better, anyway.
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haha! we have a Carribean foods aisle at our local Publix and yes, they carry that Grace brand Cock Soup.
i, too, laughed like a 12yo boy when i saw it. so i bought one. used it to flavor some rice-and-peas (island style pigeon peas cooked in rice made with coconut milk and chicken stock).
not bad
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yes, please!
oishii!
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Next time I will try homemade noodles.
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Ramen noodles are a whole thing unto themselves. Best of luck!
I made the more common pasta and then assembled 4 medium sized ricotta-spinach-sausage lasagnas-one was dinner, three are for the freezer.
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Please tell me thatâs carrotâŚ.
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Gas station hot dog soup. Theyâre floating in whatâs basically diluted ketchup.
Iâll let you guess the disdainful new name we gave it.
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Hot dog soup? Thatâs a real thing? That doesnât sound very appetizing at all. AlthoughâŚI make a mean cabbage soup and sometimes use hot dogs in it, if I donât have kielbasa on hand.
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