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TRACY: Here you go, folks. Chicken fingers, two cheesey mushrooms, and some jalapeno poppers.
AMANDA: May I try a popper?
SELKIE: Woah, waits, I was jokings!
AMANDA eats a jalapeno popper. Her eyes pop open. Her perceptions of reality warp around her, a surging tsunami of endorphic radiance, glorious and terrible in it's ascendent majesty.
AMANDA stares forward, temporarily disconnected from the world around her, as Todd grins and pats her back proudly.
AMANDA. I. Am. Awakened.
AMANDA: May I try a popper?
SELKIE: Woah, waits, I was jokings!
AMANDA eats a jalapeno popper. Her eyes pop open. Her perceptions of reality warp around her, a surging tsunami of endorphic radiance, glorious and terrible in it's ascendent majesty.
AMANDA stares forward, temporarily disconnected from the world around her, as Todd grins and pats her back proudly.
AMANDA. I. Am. Awakened.
Regarding the cheddar or cream cheese question: yes.
She’s gonna grow up to like ghost pepper sauces and authentic thai, isn’t she? XD
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Join ussss….
One of ussss…
I have a friend who is Indian, but lives in Bangkok and speaks accent-less English. She was visiting me in the SF Bay Area and we went out for Thai food. She ordered her spice level at a 10, and the server kept trying to talk her out of it until Ras said, in Thai, “I live in Bangkok, I know what I’m asking for.” I guess they get a lot of Americans who think they can handle spice then send it back because it’s too hot. (I ordered mine at a 4. I’m a spice wuss.)
Thai food is one of the few types of commercially-available food that actually rates as hot to me, so this checks out.
Anyone who didn’t expect this reaction, please put your hand up.
Anyone?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Raises hand.
Actually I almost expected fire breath lol
I expected Fire Breath, drain a glass of water… and then “ANOTHER!”.
@Geneseepaws, re: wrapped in bacon
Yes! Usually if bacon is involved, it replaces the breading of the popper. But you sometimes find them with bacon on the inside of the breading, too. Most fast food ones are your traditional popper though.
For all those who yesterday made comments that poppers aren’t really spicy…
You’ve obviously never had the unfortunate experience of a friend making you laugh so hard you snarf just after taking a sip of water while eating jalepeno poppers.
They may not be ghost pepper hot but that’s still a fire that hurts!
Also, while there is much more availability of hot foods world wide these days it’s still not as prevalent in Northern parts of the country. I would presume that the average person growing up near the great lakes probably has a comparable exposure to spicy foods to what you’d find in Maine (where I was raised) Even if you love spicy hot stuff it packs more of a kick than you’d think if you’re coming from a culture that doesn’t use those flavors as often. (I’m looking at those of you from the southwest! :D)
Poppers generally aren’t that spicy for three reasons:
1. Scooping out the insides (seeds especially) removes the spiciest parts to begin with
2. Cooking peppers makes them less spicy than raw
3. The cream cheese helps cut the spiciness
Some places might add extra pepper oil/hot sauce/etc to make spicier poppers and of course some people are just more sensitive to the heat, but yeah, poppers are on the bottom end of the scale.
And that’s the one truth that prevails! (Love Detective Conan and your icon made my day!)
I said it before but properly gutting and cleaning your peppers removes a majority of the spice. If you use cream cheese, it kills the spice even more.
I prefer to stuff mine with cream cheese and wrap in bacon.
It is very true that spice is relative. Normally the amount of spiciness you would get from midwest and other northern places (I also grew up in Maine) is either from cinnamon or chili powder. From what I have encountered, the midwest flavor profile tends to lean more towards sour, with pickles and sauerkraut, than spicy, and whatever the flavor profile jello salads are. I find that the northwest tends to have more spicy foods than other parts of the northern US possibly due to migrant farm worker influence and asian influence on the coast, though that could just be due to my being there at a later time period. You can slowly adjust to being able to eat more spicy foods (I recommend using cream, milk or cheese products to help facilitate). Growing up the spiciest things I had to eat were chili powder and cinnamon mints. It might be a bit different now with the internet helping spread recipes and spicy foods becoming more popular, but I have a feeling it is probably still difficult to find restaurants that serve spicy food outside of major cities. The best you could probably get in a not major area would be jalapeno poppers and spicy chicken wings. Also as someone who likes jalapeno cream cheese dip, eating something with jalapeno, even if the insides are scooped out and it is cooked, it is still spicier than a bell pepper.
I think you could make a ‘popper’ knock off for Selkie by covering a cheese stick in ground beef (or pork or chicken) and then cooking it on the stove or in the oven.
So just remove the jalapeno from a armadillo egg.
I totally forgot that armadillo eggs are a thing, but yes, that’s it exactly.
Selkie is actually concerned! How things have changed!
I suspect that it was a blend of concern and self-preservation: causing a family member to burst into flames, metaphorical or otherwise, due to a dare/misdirect that you issued is likely to result in you getting in trouble.
THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN REVEALED.
I KNEW IT.
So Amanda is a Reverend Mother now?
Father! The sleeper has awakened!!
Todd’s spicy-loving bloodline is strong.
Has it ever been established how Sarnothi react to kelp or mushrooms? They’re not plants, but they’re not animals either.
Kelp is totally a plant, a seaweed to be precise.
Technically kelp is a kind of algae, which is a protist, as is seaweed. It acts a lot like a plant, though, so the result would probably be similar.
That’s what I figured, but fungus cell walls are made of chitin rather than cellulose so those might be more palatable.
When I was a kid my dad’s favourite ‘trick’ in restaurants was letting me order the really hot stuff, watching the server’s horror and concern, then their amazement as I scarfed it all down. Ten year olds probably shouldn’t like suicide wings but i wasn’t a normal kid, clearly.
Poppers are definitely a gateway drug. If she’s not careful, she’ll be snorting lines of Sriracha and buying Secret Aardvark from sketchy guys in dark alleys… (not that I know anything about that *twitch*)
I am 0% surprised. I know Selkie was hopeful, but Amanda already loves Sharp as Shit Grammy’s Lemonade which was mostly just water and lemon juice (if i remember correctly), so I’m not surprised. Especially if her Todd has that kind of “spicy/sharp vegetable flavors” tongues. Don’t worry Sel, that means more meats and sweets for you and me and Katherine ;P
Jalapeño poppers is a better acquired taste than her “Pinchy juice”…..
It is by capsaicin alone that I set my mind in motion, it is by the juice of chili that thoughts acquire speed, the mouth acquires burns, the burns become a warning…