I heard a couple TJ's employees talking about
how much they liked them. As a new product
and using the very very hot ghost peppers,
I had to try them.

Big disappointment. I could barely detect
a little heat. Granted I'm used to eating
rather hot food, so a total novice may find
these rather hot. Like maybe Chris Kimball,
he might think they're hot.

If you're going to formulate something for
the masses, sure you're going to be careful
about not too much heat. But if you're going
to call upon the reputation of the famous
ghost peppers, it had pretty well better be
hot! I should find them pleasantly hot.
Chris Kimball should find them unbearably
painful.

This product is a total failure!

On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 6:25:04 PM UTC-5, Mark Thorson wrote:
> I heard a couple TJ's employees talking about
> how much they liked them. As a new product
> and using the very very hot ghost peppers,
> I had to try them.
>
> Big disappointment. I could barely detect
> a little heat. Granted I'm used to eating
> rather hot food, so a total novice may find
> these rather hot. Like maybe Chris Kimball,
> he might think they're hot.
>
> If you're going to formulate something for
> the masses, sure you're going to be careful
> about not too much heat. But if you're going
> to call upon the reputation of the famous
> ghost peppers, it had pretty well better be
> hot! I should find them pleasantly hot.
> Chris Kimball should find them unbearably
> painful.
>
> This product is a total failure!


If you are going to use ghost chilis, the product should be insanely, inedibly hot. Otherwise, what's the point?

On Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:19:59 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>I heard a couple TJ's employees talking about
>how much they liked them. As a new product
>and using the very very hot ghost peppers,
>I had to try them.
>
>Big disappointment. I could barely detect
>a little heat. Granted I'm used to eating
>rather hot food, so a total novice may find
>these rather hot. Like maybe Chris Kimball,
>he might think they're hot.
>
>If you're going to formulate something for
>the masses, sure you're going to be careful
>about not too much heat. But if you're going
>to call upon the reputation of the famous
>ghost peppers, it had pretty well better be
>hot! I should find them pleasantly hot.
>Chris Kimball should find them unbearably
>painful.
>
>This product is a total failure!

It's marketing! Not reality.

John Kuthe...

On 2015-10-05, Mark Thorson > wrote:

> But if you're going
> to call upon the reputation of the famous
> ghost peppers, it had pretty well better be
> hot! I should find them pleasantly hot.

They are not mega hot? I'm shocked!

Years ago, I ate a piece of raw habanero. Not as hot as I thought. I
tried this again jes last Summer. My lips burned painfully for a full
30 mins! Same has happened to me for jalapenos. Usually, no big
deal. But, my neighbor's home-grown habs about blew my doors off!

TJ's is not likely to sell scads of GP chips if no-one can eat them.
Jes cuz you have yer capsicum threshhold waaay up there, not everyone
does.

> Chris Kimball should find them unbearably
> painful.

No big whoop. I find Chris Kimball "unbearably painful".

> This product is a total failure!

Buy Kettle brand chips. Not only organic, but GMO-free. Their Thai
Curry flavor is sooo cilantro-y, I can smell soap. That's a phenomena
I've never experienced, before. 8|

nb

On 5 Oct 2015 15:17:52 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> Buy Kettle brand chips. Not only organic, but GMO-free. Their Thai
> Curry flavor is sooo cilantro-y, I can smell soap. That's a phenomena
> I've never experienced, before. 8|

I like cilantro enough that I'd try them once. I'm not a potato chip
fan, so it would only be once (out of curiosity).

--

sf

On 10/5/2015 10:01 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> I know that Kettle brand makes


Shut the **** up virus, don't you have some women to stalk today?

Now bugger off and go stuff your fat little cheeks, you obese lawn jockey.

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On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:01:22 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>I know that Kettle brand makes Trader Joes Horseradish-Cheddar chips,
>but since the Ghost Pepper is lattice cut, they're probably not made
>by Kettle. But you can always tell by the bag material if they're
>Kettle or not.

Is it even Kettle makes them, or the same company that makes them for
Kettle? ... Diamond Foods (the nut company!) owns Kettle.

I've always assumed that Doritos (Frito-Lay) made the TJ's taco chips,
or whatever the exact name is. TJ's chips have far fewer chemical
names on the ingredients but taste great. So maybe it's someone else
after all?

--

I've never participated in the capsicum competition, a fresh jalapeno
is plenty and enough for me.

J.

On Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:54:55 -0700, JRStern >
wrote:

>On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:01:22 -0500, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>>I know that Kettle brand makes Trader Joes Horseradish-Cheddar chips,
>>but since the Ghost Pepper is lattice cut, they're probably not made
>>by Kettle. But you can always tell by the bag material if they're
>>Kettle or not.
>
>Is it even Kettle makes them, or the same company that makes them for
>Kettle? ... Diamond Foods (the nut company!) owns Kettle.
>
>I've always assumed that Doritos (Frito-Lay) made the TJ's taco chips,
>or whatever the exact name is. TJ's chips have far fewer chemical
>names on the ingredients but taste great. So maybe it's someone else
>after all?

The original Fritos made by Frito Lay actually have very few
artificial ingredients. All their flavored varietiers have a list of
chemicals a paragraph long!!

John Kuthe...

On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 23:34:46 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:54:55 -0700, JRStern wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:01:22 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I know that Kettle brand makes Trader Joes Horseradish-Cheddar chips,
>>>but since the Ghost Pepper is lattice cut, they're probably not made
>>>by Kettle. But you can always tell by the bag material if they're
>>>Kettle or not.
>>
>> Is it even Kettle makes them, or the same company that makes them for
>> Kettle? ... Diamond Foods (the nut company!) owns Kettle.
>
>Looking at my empty bag of Kettle chips wedged between the monitor and
>the CPU tower, it does say "Distributed By KETTLE FOODS", so yes,
>Kettle probably doesn't make these themselves - technically.
>
>What they probably have is a separate company set up to do their
>manufacturing. Companies do this for financial, liability, marketing,
>and co-branding reasons. But under the hood of that "separate"
>company is really Kettle Foods brands. The history of the company
>indicates they have been very in control of all their worldwide
>manufacturing facilities from the get-go.
>
>> I've always assumed that Doritos (Frito-Lay) made the TJ's taco chips,
>> or whatever the exact name is. TJ's chips have far fewer chemical
>> names on the ingredients but taste great. So maybe it's someone else
>> after all?
>
>There are hundreds of food manufacturing, bottling, and co-packaging
>companies that only exists to make other brands. They actually have
>no brand of their own and package their foods not just for store
>brands, but for lots of name brands, too. You just never hear of
>these companies because they're never mentioned on any labels.
>
>Frito-Lay of course does most of their own manufacturing, and probably
>does co-branding as well. All large food manufacturers do this
>because it lessens the competition.
>
>-sw

Plus it's been pretty much the TJ's model that they don't actually
make anything at all ... though I don't know if that's 100% true even
today, they're big enough that they could start.

J.

On 10/7/2015 12:57 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> It's very rare for any

....one here to even read the salacious drivel you post in your constant
need to get attention.

You're a sick, woman-stalking virus, so **** off!

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On 10/5/2015 10:34 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Looking at my empty bag of Kettle chips wedged between the monitor and
> the CPU tower, it does say


"I'm fat and stuffing my chipmunk cheeks again."

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On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 1:25:04 PM UTC-10, Mark Thorson wrote:
> I heard a couple TJ's employees talking about
> how much they liked them. As a new product
> and using the very very hot ghost peppers,
> I had to try them.
>
> Big disappointment. I could barely detect
> a little heat. Granted I'm used to eating
> rather hot food, so a total novice may find
> these rather hot. Like maybe Chris Kimball,
> he might think they're hot.
>
> If you're going to formulate something for
> the masses, sure you're going to be careful
> about not too much heat. But if you're going
> to call upon the reputation of the famous
> ghost peppers, it had pretty well better be
> hot! I should find them pleasantly hot.
> Chris Kimball should find them unbearably
> painful.
>
> This product is a total failure!

I had a Ghost Pepper Griller from Taco Bell the other day. Hoo boy, that was too spicy for me! How shameful is it to be beat up by Taco Bell? Pretty damn.

On 10/5/2015 1:33 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 1:25:04 PM UTC-10, Mark Thorson wrote:
>> I heard a couple TJ's employees talking about
>> how much they liked them. As a new product
>> and using the very very hot ghost peppers,
>> I had to try them.
>>
>> Big disappointment. I could barely detect
>> a little heat. Granted I'm used to eating
>> rather hot food, so a total novice may find
>> these rather hot. Like maybe Chris Kimball,
>> he might think they're hot.
>>
>> If you're going to formulate something for
>> the masses, sure you're going to be careful
>> about not too much heat. But if you're going
>> to call upon the reputation of the famous
>> ghost peppers, it had pretty well better be
>> hot! I should find them pleasantly hot.
>> Chris Kimball should find them unbearably
>> painful.
>>
>> This product is a total failure!
>
> I had a Ghost Pepper Griller from Taco Bell the other day. Hoo boy, that was too spicy for me! How shameful is it to be beat up by Taco Bell? Pretty damn.
>

Now if you'd been had by Del Taco, no biggie, yes?

On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 4:25:04 PM UTC-7, Mark Thorson wrote:
> I heard a couple TJ's employees talking about
> how much they liked them. As a new product
> and using the very very hot ghost peppers,
> I had to try them.
>
> Big disappointment. I could barely detect
> a little heat. Granted I'm used to eating
> rather hot food, so a total novice may find
> these rather hot. Like maybe Chris Kimball,
> he might think they're hot.
>
> If you're going to formulate something for
> the masses, sure you're going to be careful
> about not too much heat. But if you're going
> to call upon the reputation of the famous
> ghost peppers, it had pretty well better be
> hot! I should find them pleasantly hot.
> Chris Kimball should find them unbearably
> painful.
>
> This product is a total failure!

Hear hear!