Would YOU Trust Something Called "Dragon Tears"?! (When a Product Name Is a Warning!)

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Basically a lobster/crayfish is translated as 'dragon prawn' in chinese.

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Delicious, but one of the forbidden by God foods for the Hebrews.
 
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Lynx said:
There is currently a tiny jar of crystal clear liquid labeled "blasting sauce." I'm not even trying it. I'm allergic to pain.
Another one is garlic jelly. Yeah, sweetened, jellied garlic. It tasted just like you imagine it tastes. It went in the trash.
You can find some rather interesting things at the salvage grocery, things you won't find at Walmart. Did you know cashew is a fruit? I found a bottle of cashew juice. It was all sour, no sweet at all.

I also found a single jar of "Wicked Good caramel mustard sauce." Had to try it. It really was wicked good.
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Argh.

You know how some things activate your sense of smell and taste as if you're actually trying them?

Garlic jelly and sour cashew juice???

Bleh.

I feel like I need to go brush my teeth -- and gargle.
 
enril said:
and it all tastes nasty too. (although that could just be a side effect of drinking about 40 during an all nighter at camp once.)
Edit: Yes, I too was young once. I have many stories.
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OMC said:
lol, probably climbed trees like a pro after that hey? 😂
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enril said:
No, I was too busy jittering it out the other end, 🤣
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Jiminy Crickets!!

This made me think of when I first started realizing how much caffeine affects me...

Your description had me feeling phantom jitters through the screen!! 😱
 
seoulsearch said:
Jiminy Crickets!!

This made me think of when I first started realizing how much caffeine affects me...

Your description had me feeling phantom jitters through the screen!! 😱
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I cant do coffee, This body would not know what to do with the extra energy. You think my responses are long now.. haha
I'd be typing out seminars on uses of paperclips or some such nonsense lol.
 
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OMC said:
I was told that the " Hot" comes from the high mineral content of the peppers. I don't know the truth in that but I just don't understand why folks make stuff so hot you need a snowcone to wipe with.🫩
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I've heard of this before:

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But I've always wondering how much of a difference it makes if you remove this?

Like, does it make some really hot peppers actually bearable?
 
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OMC said:
I cant do coffee, This body would not know what to do with the extra energy. You think my responses are long now.. haha
I'd be typing out seminars on uses of paperclips or some such nonsense lol.
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LOL!!!

You'd be surprised how many of us could use a good lecture on paperclips.

From reading your posts, I'm sure you could make it MUCH more interesting than anything most of us are required to read for our daily lives/jobs. 😄

And high five to another long poster!!!

I'm always trying to think of ways to curb my posts...

But just ask the people here -- if I write 6 pages just as an introduction -- for me, that's a SHORT post!! 😎

Yet for some reason, they keep answering... So you'll fit right in!

Welcome aboard! :)
 
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OMC said:
I suppose that's where the "high mineral content" would be?
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Excellent question.

I'm totally out of the loop.

Since peppers aren't a favorite of mine, I never even knew they HAVE minerals, let along a "high content" of them. 🫑🌶️
 
When I ask google to search for information on why peppers are so hot I find this:

Peppers are hot because they produce a chemical called capsaicin. Capsaicin doesn't actually create heat. Instead, it tricks the pain and temperature receptors in your mouth and skin into thinking you're being burned.

When you eat a hot pepper:

  • Capsaicin binds to TRPV1 receptors, which normally detect heat and injury.
  • Your brain receives signals that feel like burning.
  • Your body reacts by sweating, producing tears, and sometimes a runny nose, even though no actual heat damage is occurring.
From the plant's perspective, capsaicin is a defense mechanism. It discourages mammals from eating the fruit and destroying the seeds. Interestingly, birds are largely unaffected by capsaicin, so they can eat the peppers and spread the seeds.

The hottest part of a pepper is usually not the seeds themselves, but the placenta, the white membrane inside the pepper where the seeds are attached.

Pepper heat is measured using the Scoville Scale:

  • Bell pepper: 0 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
  • Jalapeño: 2,500-8,000 SHU
  • Habanero: 100,000-350,000 SHU
  • Carolina Reaper: over 1,000,000 SHU
If a pepper is too hot, drinking water won't help much because capsaicin is oily. Dairy products, especially milk, work better because the protein casein helps remove capsaicin from your mouth
 
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Hey Everyone!!

So I was trying a new instant noodle bowl (ah, the exciting life of a CC single!,) and it came with not 1, but 3 different packets of additions -- one packet of dried veggies (amounting only to a pile of about the size of an American quarter, bah humbug!), one for the stir-fry sauce, and one... suspiciously labeled, "Dragon Tears."

Now, I'm not keen to the world of hot sauces (or sauces in general,) but apparently it was something like this:

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There was no way I was just going to just automatically pour this onto my food -- I admire all the "adventurous" eaters out there -- but I am not one of them. But I did, however, dutifully cut open the packet -- daring to try just the tiniest little taste...

And yes.

I have no doubt that this stuff could make a dragon cry!!! 🐲

Thank goodness the name was a warning right off the bat, am I right? 🤯

I mean, if this stuff would have been called, "Lambie Kisses," I might have been deceived and just dumped in the whole thing into the bowl!! 🐑😆

What about you?

* Have you ever known you were in for a doozie, even just by reading a product's name?

* Have you ever been deceived by a product's name, appearance, or color? (I remember as a kid, when I first tried mint jelly, since it was green -- for some reason, I thought it was going to taste like limes, because I thought mint seemed way too outlandish for a jelly flavor!)

* Do you often pass by certain products just because of their name and/or description? (I tend to dislike anything with a "musk" scent, so I avoid this in fragrances, candles, hand soaps, etc.)

* And on the flipside -- have you ever been doubtful of a product, but picked up anyway -- and found yourself pleasantly surprised instead? Or are you sometimes drawn to products just BECAUSE of their name or color? How did it go? (I admit, I can be a sucker for cleverly named products, depending on what they are.)

I've always thought marketing must be an interesting career -- especially when choosing the names, appearances, and presentation of products.

What have YOUR experiences been with questionably named things?

Inquiring minds want to know! 😆
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Dragon's Tears sounds like a video-game collectible.

And no, I would never try it, I have zero interest in hot or spicy food, although I've recently discovered hot-honey pepperoni pizza, that stuff is actually pretty great. It might be the only hot food that I enjoy.

There's a popular local burrito place in my town that has hot sauce from something called Old Grumpy Mark's, with names like "Pearl Harbor" and "Cuban Missile Crisis" and "Curse of Dracula." I stay away from those, haha. They do have some interesting hot sauces with mango, peach, and blackberry flavors, those are actually pretty good.

When I think of off-putting products, I think of the shake-weight. Apparently, they're no different from regular weights, other than making you look like a total moron. And of course, I recall that they went viral for reasons I prefer to mention here. If you know, you know.
 
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seoulsearch said:
I've heard of this before:

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But I've always wondering how much of a difference it makes if you remove this?

Like, does it make some really hot peppers actually bearable?
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Just be sure and wear gloves when you remove the seeds and membrane, otherwise you'll be in for some burning when you touch your face/rub your eyes.
 
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