As I write this, I’m eating, for breakfast, a parfait made with (among other things) close to a tablespoon of cayenne pepper and 11 hearty shakes of 650,000 Scoville unit jolokia pepper hot sauce. (The cayenne pepper hits quick. As soon as it hits the tongue. The jolokia peppers take a bit before the heat starts. So, I like to balance the two.)
Last night I made a 7-layer bean dip also with cayenne and the same hot sauce. The day before that, egg salad with… you guessed it: cayenne and jolokia hot sauce. Most of what I eat, I add really spicy stuff to it.
AMA!
Have you had success communicating to restaurants just how spicy you want your food? Got any tips?
Unfortunately, I almost never eat out. And when I do, I’m too lazy (ok, probably more like social anxious) to try to get them to customize anything. Also, when I eat out, I order take out or DoorDash and eat at home, so occasionally I’ll add spice to what I’ve ordered after I get home.