/r/spicy

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A place to talk about all spicy things, including hot sauces, salsa, recipes, and growing chiles.

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Our rules:

  1. Store owners, hot sauce makers, basically anyone with anything to promote either directly or indirectly must post it to the weekly vendor's thread. This includes Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns. The vendor's thread goes up on Sunday nights and comes down on Wednesdays.

  2. Please don't just link to a company's website/store. Describe or review the product; we'd like to hear your thoughts.

  3. Memes are welcome but please keep it to a minimum.

  4. No posting pictures of just food without adding any context. Please include name of establishment/location or the recipe in the comments or your post will be removed. If the recipe is in the image link please note so.

  5. Racism, exceptionally foul language and non-playful name calling will not be tolerated. In other word simply please don't be a jerk. You get two strikes and you're out. If you post a video containing foul language, please mark it NSFW.

  6. Please keep all megathread related topics to the meathread.

/r/spicy

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Does anyone have a bottle of TRUFF Flame that they’d be willing to sell?!?

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2024/11/22
23:08 UTC

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Jimmy John's Firecracker Chips

Anyone know if these were whitelabeled/are still available? I really liked the flavor, crunch, and slight kick but haven't been able to find them on a regular store shelf.

I assume they were just whitelabeled from another brand, but who that was has eluded me.

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2024/11/22
22:58 UTC

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This cheese is legit

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2024/11/22
20:47 UTC

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National controls on ‘ghost pepper’ labeling

Curious other people‘s thoughts on this, but I don’t think that the vast majority of things labeled ‘ghost pepper’ mean anything. You start to realize why places like bourbon and champagne had to do what they did. Maybe the spice inflation ship has sailed but is it too late for government intervention?

15 Comments
2024/11/22
19:33 UTC

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Next time I’ll get extra blazin’ sauce, but this was good

7 Comments
2024/11/22
19:25 UTC

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Annual Hot Ones Challenge Recommendations

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2024/11/22
16:07 UTC

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Stoked for my first go at peppers

Loving the colors on this naga smooky rainbow

15 Comments
2024/11/22
14:43 UTC

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Taco bell extra spicy sauce

guys uk those taco bell sauces that have 3 levels of spicyy

well i just ate 2 packets of the highest spicy sauce and i dont feel a thing

r my tastebuds dead? or is taco bell just going bad?

18 Comments
2024/11/22
10:17 UTC

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My patience was rewarded.

I knew if I just waited long enough, these wouldn't sell fast enough and my Costco would put them on clearance. One month later and here we are.

Pray for my butthole.

22 Comments
2024/11/22
06:45 UTC

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Stopped by everyone’s favorite International Market for a little spicy

Jungle Jim’s Jalapeño Bread, Troyer Ghost Pepper Cheese Curds, and Country Boy Brewing Nacho Bait Habanero Blonde Ale. Picked up a few other non spicy (still delicious) things and then restocked a couple hot sauces. You really can’t go wrong with an impromptu trip to Jungle Jim’s

6 Comments
2024/11/22
06:32 UTC

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How to deal with stomach burning?

I can handle eating extremely spicy foods such as Buldak 2x and the reaper chicken from daves hot chicken, but whenever i eat them my stomach hurts like a mf. I’m curious what those spicy food YouTubers or what any of yall do to prevent stomach pain after eating stuff of high spice?

25 Comments
2024/11/22
06:22 UTC

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Wendy’s NEW Salted Caramel Frosty & Ghost Pepper Chicken Sandwich (My Review)!!!

Hello Everyone, here is my latest food review video for anyone interested. Thank you for your consideration.

8 Comments
2024/11/22
00:24 UTC

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Something crazy

I'm looking for some extreme spicy, Hottest sauce I can find over here is Dave's insanity and it's not cutting it anymore. I'm going to buy online, I just dont wanna be spending 60$+ just to get my kicks back

I want the hottest shit you can recommend with a reasonable price dont care about flavor thx

5 Comments
2024/11/21
23:55 UTC

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First fermented hot sauce.

A mix of reapers, ghosts, scorpions, garlic, carrots and onions in a salt brine for 5 weeks. Pureed with a 50/50 mix of the salt brine and apple cider vinegar. Seems a bit spicy!

7 Comments
2024/11/21
22:37 UTC

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Fermented Hot Sauce

.y first attempt at fermented sauce. Reapers, ghosts, scorpions carrots, garlic and onions in a salt brine. I let it sit in a warm, dark space for 5 weeks. I then mixed it with a half and half mixture of the brine and apple cider vinegar. It has a great spicy , salty and funky umami flavor.

1 Comment
2024/11/21
22:31 UTC

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Do any you make your own sauce? If so, would you be willing to share your recipe(s)?

I’ve never tried making my own hot or buffalo sauce—I’ve always relied on store-bought options. I’m thinking of experimenting with homemade recipes, like using fresh peppers to make salsa, buffalo sauce, or something unique.

Most of the time, it seems like we stick to store-bought products, but I’d love to see what homemade ideas others have. Do you have a recipe that’s as good as or better than store brands? I’d especially love to hear about anything unique or special that can be made at home!

22 Comments
2024/11/21
19:17 UTC

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This stuff is good!

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2024/11/21
18:48 UTC

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Got Korn’s Here to Slay hot sauce on my 1st visit to Heatonist last year. Came back to grab the new Hotter version!

As a longtime fan of Korn, and Heartbeat Hot Sauce fanboy (they make the sauce for Heatonist) I was thrilled to find these at Chelsea Market location on both visits.

Having finished the OG sauce within a month and LOVING the flavor, I was interested in how the hotter would taste.

The Hotter has a kick from the added Ghost pepper, and at times takes over the delicious flavor of the OG sauce, but I’m a fan of both for sure

If you’ve tried either of these, I’m interested in hearing what you think!

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2024/11/21
14:18 UTC

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I'm half Trinidadian half white, with the taste of a Trini but the stomach of a white guy...this is how I still enjoy super spicy food.

My favorite 'flavor' is spice, but I have problems whenever I eat it. So I've finally found that eating ice cream right before eating spice has solved it mostly I wanna say it's 85-90% better when doing this. I really hope this helps anyone like me who loves it but also has problems with it. Also feel free to share what helps for y'all.

14 Comments
2024/11/21
13:25 UTC

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Left for taste right for spice

Love theese. Left one taste really good, right one is kinda meh but has a real kick to it. Any thing above theese 2 and my stomach does not like it so this is my limit for every day use.

5 Comments
2024/11/21
08:25 UTC

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Been snapping these like Slim Jim’s.❓Is this yellow cayenne or a Thai variety, as this one states? (Different labels different stores.)

5 Comments
2024/11/21
08:19 UTC

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Does alcohol and spicy food have an affect?

Yesterday I ate buldak for dinner (spicy Korean ramen) the spice wasn’t a problem for me however at night around 12am me and my friends were drinking and taking vodka shots. One of the shots I took accidentally made me choke and that lead to vomit my dinner however I felt like I was gonna die, the spiciness with the hot vodka feeling wasn’t a good mix. As soon as I finished I felt a weird sensation at my chest and I kept coughing I decided to drink a bottle of water and sleep it off. The coughing is somewhat gone but whenever I breathe in and out heavily I feel the weird chest pain like the spiciness is still there, it also feels like a fever as well. Anyways do not recommend eating something rlly spicy if ur drinking later on.

Update: went to the hospital for a check up it was heartburn indeed no fever tho, I do feel fine after taking meds and a nap thankfully. Unfortunately the doctor did recommend I stay away from spicy foods and stick to anything bland for a few days or a week.

53 Comments
2024/11/21
05:39 UTC

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Looking for the spiciest hot sauce

that can be found in grocery stores like walmart, kroger, publix, ect.. I have done the Melinda’s Ghost pepper but its not spicy to me anymore. I recently went to Buccees on my vacation and picked up their Scorpion Pepper sauce but now thats not spicy anymore to me either.

35 Comments
2024/11/21
01:54 UTC

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TMI: Squirting orange from ass, anyone?

So i gotta ask here for yall POVS! About 2 years ago I was really going hard on the spice. I was eating 2x samyang buldak ramen multiple times/day like snacks, I even kept the sauce bottle to pour generously on all my meals, I would eat tons of red pickled Thai chili peppers, and when I ate the One Chip, it felt like I was eating a Hot Cheetoh.

I eventually toned down on my spice craze after I began squirting orange bile from my ass. This bile smelled horrendous, like the most disgusting thing to ever come out of my body. This happened a few times, and thankfully I worked from home, or that would've been hella embarrassing. Once I cut the spice levels, I stopped squirting the bile. Surprisingly, I never got stomach ulcers or anything, just the bile. lol

I've never heard of this happening to anyone else before, but then in my life, I'm the person who can handle my spice the most so I figured you just have to be eating it at an extreme enough lvl for this to occur. I wonder if this is actually more common than I think...

Has this ever happened to anyone else? Please share your stories!

Update:

Since no one seems to know, I turned to chatgbt and it said:

The orange bile you experienced likely came from your gallbladder or liver, and it was caused by excessive irritation of your digestive system from extreme spice levels.

1. Excessive Spice and Digestive Overload

  • Capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their heat, is a known irritant. When consumed in large amounts, it can overstimulate your digestive system, causing:
    • Increased bile production: Your liver produces bile to help digest fats, and eating spicy foods can increase the secretion of bile into your intestines.
    • Digestive inflammation: Over time, this irritation can lead to rapid intestinal transit, pushing bile through your system faster than usual, before it’s reabsorbed in the intestines.

2. Bile in Stool

  • Normally, bile is reabsorbed during digestion, but if your digestive system is in overdrive (like from eating tons of spicy foods), bile can pass through too quickly. This can result in:
    • Bright orange or yellow stool.
    • A strong, unpleasant odor because bile is concentrated and hasn't had time to break down.
  • Additionally, capsaicin itself can speed up intestinal contractions (a laxative effect), further increasing the likelihood of bile passing through.

3. Why No Stomach Ulcers?

  • Stomach ulcers are often caused by a combination of factors, like H. pylori bacteria or excessive NSAID use, rather than just eating spicy foods. Your stomach lining might have been resilient enough to handle the spice without permanent damage, but your lower digestive system (intestines and rectum) bore the brunt of the capsaicin’s effects.

4. Is This Common?

  • While not everyone experiences bile leakage, spicy food enthusiasts who overdo it sometimes report:
    • Burning diarrhea.
    • Rectal pain (aka "ring of fire").
    • Unusual stool colors, including yellow or orange.
  • Your extreme tolerance for spice may have masked other symptoms until your body hit a breaking point with bile secretion.
9 Comments
2024/11/21
01:18 UTC

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Best habanero sauce - next to Sontava?

https://preview.redd.it/902aa8nvf52e1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf46047ec19d32b773e787b62a10d681a44e7d67

Just found this sub today! My people!

Sontava was my favorite habanero (and habanero is the best of course)

but they dont make it anymore, so the gold bottle of marie sharps is the closest i've found so far.

Anyone else have any similar? <3

6 Comments
2024/11/21
00:28 UTC

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