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But I don't like the burning! (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

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[-] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

That seems weird. All the people I know from the UK are into flaming hot Indian food so I can't imagine they would have a problem with mild salsa. And I have yet to see an Aussie fridge that doesn't have multiple bottles of extra hot sauces. I consider myself to be a wimp with hot spice - my stomach and I disagree on the matter and it wins - but even I can handle "mild". Not that I believe people don't exist (I know one or two), but that there would be enough population to make it a worthwhile sales change surprises me.

[-] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I think the extra mild is targeted at families with young children. But yeah, even as a kid my parents gave me hot curries so who knows.

[-] hraegsvelmir@ani.social -1 points 1 week ago

At the other end of the extreme, I've had multiple Irish and English customers at work say they won't eat our white pudding, as the cinnamon makes it too spicy. There's plenty of old people like that in either country that bring down the average spice tolerance by quite a bit.

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[-] fprawn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I can’t believe old el paso is willing to spend the money it would take to actually make a less spicy variation. This is probably just the same thing called just “mild” in other markets.

[-] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I like spicy food but even mild spice plays up with my stomach and a while after eating some I could shit through the eye of a donut at thirty yards. So I really appreciate things that are meant to be spicy but have an option where they’re not so that I can experience a bit of what I can no longer have.

[-] knowone@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 week ago

And you know anyone like this isn't pronouncing fajita correctly. I mean anyone buying these any of these "kits" in the first place isn't, let's be real

[-] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I can spend an extra hour cooking the good shit for an extra 15% that my family probably won't even notice or I can have this done in 15 minutes.

You're be shocked to find out that plenty Mexicans eat this because, shocking I know, it saves time and not every meal gets the weekend meals treatment.

[-] knowone@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 week ago

Ok fair enough, I take back my comment and I'm sorry for it. I was talking more from a "getting each ingredient individually is cheaper and then you can make more later" perspective, rather than a "you'd get way more for your one meal" perspective. But I understand what you mean and I see I was wrong to tar everyone with the same brush. Which isn't something you should do ever

As someone who grew up in a family that would just buy something like this because they don't consider they can just get everything cheaper otherwise, and pronounces so many Spanish words cringely wrong and refuses to change when corrected, I guess all I could see was a load of people just like them lol

[-] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Have an upvote on your original comment so you're not negative; nice to see an honest bit of (minor) contrition in our public discourse.

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[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago

How do you think people are pronouncing them?

[-] knowone@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 week ago

Closer to "Vegeta", if that makes sense. Just like how so many people say tortilla without proper pronunciation on the l's

[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago

Honestly I've never heard anyone pronounce it like that, more like "fah-eater".

[-] knowone@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Wow fair enough, I've heard so many do it. Obviously I don't know your background but I think maybe it's because I grew up and have spent a fair bit of my adult life in the northern countryside? The non-White English demographic round my home region is very low. And I've never met a Spaniard or Latin person around there either, I'm pretty sure. Just a theory, anyways