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It's taco bell, it's all mild sauce
Everybody watch out, we got a badass over here.
They're not wrong, though. Even their Diablo sauce is only rated to around ~15,000 SHU (though some will argue that Fire sauce is hotter and thus Diablo is actually less than 1000, myself included).
Even if the rating is accurate, that means at the very most Taco Bell sauce is barely hotter than a jalapeño, which any hot sauce enthusiast will confirm is on the lower end of the Scoville scale.
The point I'm making is that they're not bragging, they're stating simple facts.
I just believe words have meaning
If Taco Bell has sauces that are Hot, Fire, and Diablo then what are other actual hot sauces called?
It's hyperbole, like someone saying their chicken wings were AMAZING.
If by some miracle Jesus came down from heaven and made sweet love to you all night what would you call it? They've already wasted AMAZING on a damn chicken wing.
credit to Louis CK for the Jesus bit
Hot sauce has a long history of hyperbole with marketing. I get that a lot of folks have a preference for high spice (I am one) and the pinch of cayenne that goes into a fancy fruit pie or taco bell sauce packet is going to be barely detectable, but I cook a lot for other folks and if someone says they don't like any spice then diablo will ruin their night.
I think those names are pretty appropriate on the scale of Mild to Ass Reaper.
I'd call that shit biblical, messianic. Miraculous, even.
I probably wouldn't enjoy it though because I don't like men that way.
I have faith that Jesus would become a woman for me.
Unfortunately in religion, PR comes before everything. Or before most things. And Jesus's clients know him as a man, so I don't think he's gonna budge on that
I'd call it what it is: rape.
Supreme Court already said Jesus also has presidential immunity
Their Diablo sauce is pretty good but still not that spicy
Ordered TBell over the weekend, and the order came with Diablo. Don't usually order sauce because I have my own. Decided to give it a try.
It was like barely more spicy than hot Tobasco or Chalula. I was honestly disappointed
but there's an onion in there sometimes!
Doesn't feel mild coming out the other end.
Sounds like you might have gastrointestinal issues. Taco Bell hot sauce isn't potent enough to give you the shits.
Could also be previously undiagnosed lactose intolerance, especially if you usually order it "supreme" (which adds sour cream).
If you drink enough most things will give you the shits. All that matters is I won the bet and didn't have to pay for lunch.
That probably has nothing to do with the sauce
Salt is often a bit too spicy for me
This is why we need better language describing spices in English. We have salty spices and spicy hot spices. Even if spicy hot spices there are three very different and distinct chemicals that make spicy hot spices.
That's not even to begin to tackle the question of how to talk about the levels of the spice.
I use caliente, picante, and aromatic to describe the meanings of the English spicy. Salty is just salty, or maybe seasoned if I’m feeling fancy.
Wait what are the salty spices other than salt?
Think like an everything bagel. A lot of the stuff one foods like that may be considered spicy but not hot. Like if you just dumped Anton of seasoning on something you might say "it's too spicy" but not mean hot.
Is taco bell mild sauce just a packet of air?
Medium sauce is water with pepper sprinkled in.