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

[HealthAndHappiness]

No I just thought it was ice cream. I was only there with my parents.

Lol, that's a good story that you'll never forget!

 

[seoulsearch]

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

I remember reading about capsaicin and the Scoville Scale a long time ago...

This was very interesting to read, particularly the part about birds being unaffected so they can carry the seeds.

God's design is always amazing!

Thanks very much for taking the time to post this.

 

[Lynx]

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.

Cashew FRUIT juice, not cashew NUT juice. (Though it's not really a not, it's technicall a drupe, but...)

Cashew fruit tastes like mango if mango was not sweet at all, only sour.

 

[Lanolin]

No Durians

 

[enril]

Why is there no such product as 'coffee drops'?

there is. just as bad as the rest htough, but sweeter.

 

[enril]

Yea its not butter but margarine in disguise.
I can't stand margarine.

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What is this....edible plastic?

"I can't believe it's not butter"
"But trust me, if you put it under a little heat, you will swiftly believe that it is not butter"

 

[enril]

These look BEAUTIFUL in the stores, but I've never been able to justify paying for one since you have to cut and throw away so much of the outside.

What do these taste like?!

flavoured water jelly.

 

[Lanolin]

If you followed the directions of the packet...well don't.

You never supposed to have this amount of *polydextrose* in one glass

 

[Lanolin]

Seoulsearch is this the thing you do each week with Lynx when you go to the grocery store on your chat app?

Well it's a fun thread anyway.

I'll have to cross a few more things off my shopping list...

 

[RodColeman]

If you followed the directions of the packet...well don't.

You never supposed to have this amount of *polydextrose* in one glass

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At first I thought this was a fertilizer bag.

 

[Lynx]

Seoulsearch is this the thing you do each week with Lynx when you go to the grocery store on your chat app?

Well it's a fun thread anyway.

I'll have to cross a few more things off my shopping list...

Technically Rodney and cinder comment about her shopping posts more often than I. But yes she does sometimes mention in chat when she finds something interesting at the store.

Now how many of those posts are about stuffed animals... I ain't saying.

 

[Gideon300]

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!

Gaia hair care products. Pass. Demonic name. I would not eat pizza for some time because I did not like the name, likewise dim sims. Now pizza is my favourite take away and dim sims are just fine. I had the same issue with my favourite pizza place. The business name is silly, but their pizza is the best. I did not try them for way too long. Now I won't go anywhere else.​

 

[zeroturbulence]

I watched this Korean drama called The Durian Affair and the characters in it loved eating durian and it looked appetizing, but I knew from my parents that a lot of people don't like it and I know I don't like the smell of it, but one time there were these mochi balls at the local Asian food market and they were durian flavored (actually durian fruit inside) so I bought it and tried it. Yuck. Never again.

 

[Charlesiii]

I love the idea of dragons. I think I'd be more susceptible to buy or try anything with the word dragon in it.

Friend 1: "Hey Charles, do you want some fruit?"
Charles: "Nah, I'll pass, thanks."
Friend 1: "Okay. Well how about, some *dragon* fruit?"
Charles: "Hmmmm. Well, okay, that sounds pretty cool, I'll give it a try!"

Friend 2: "Hey Charles, do you want some lambie kisses?"
Charles: "Who do you think I am? Give it to someone else."
Friend 2: "Okay. Well how about, some *dragon* tears?"
Charles: "Hmmmm. Either something strong enough to make a dragon cry, or someone was strong enough to make a dragon cry and then collected its tears. Win-win scenario. I'll take it!"

 

[OMC]

I love the idea of dragons. I think I'd be more susceptible to buy or try anything with the word dragon in it.

Friend 1: "Hey Charles, do you want some fruit?"
Charles: "Nah, I'll pass, thanks."
Friend 1: "Okay. Well how about, some *dragon* fruit?"
Charles: "Hmmmm. Well, okay, that sounds pretty cool, I'll give it a try!"

Friend 2: "Hey Charles, do you want some lambie kisses?"
Charles: "Who do you think I am? Give it to someone else."
Friend 2: "Okay. Well how about, some *dragon* tears?"
Charles: "Hmmmm. Either something strong enough to make a dragon cry, or someone was strong enough to make a dragon cry and then collected its tears. Win-win scenario. I'll take it!"

I can relate lol

 

[seoulsearch]

Seoulsearch is this the thing you do each week with Lynx when you go to the grocery store on your chat app?

Well it's a fun thread anyway.

I'll have to cross a few more things off my shopping list...

Technically Rodney and cinder comment about her shopping posts more often than I. But yes she does sometimes mention in chat when she finds something interesting at the store.

Now how many of those posts are about stuffed animals... I ain't saying.

@Lanolin -- yes.

We have a group chat set up on one of the many dozens of chat apps out there... So everyone in the group is, unfortunately, subject to my incessant rambling.

That's the great thing about writing though -- they can opt to skip over or not read anything I say at any given time.

So every week when I do my grocery shopping, I often snap pictures and ask people's opinions about what I'm looking at. Like the time when I found star-shaped chicken nuggets (for 4th of July in the USA,) instead of the infamous dinosaur-shaped ones. (Holiday or limited-edition products are one of my favorite things to report to them about.)

It's also interesting because quite often, different things are available in different areas of the USA. I might be at a familiar chain store, but no one else's local store is carrying what I'm looking at. I like seeing hearing about the different products. I've never seen here.

But the awesome thing is that Lynx, Cinder, and Rodney often reply with dry and witty comments of their own, which not only makes it hilarious, but as pathetic as this might sound to others... It helps me feel not so alone. And I hope it does the same for them as well, because it's part of how I've survived singleness for so long.


Lynx is also great at what I call "Stuffed Critter Psychology." I post pictures of various critters I see (right now is a prime time, with all the Halloween selections!) and he has an uncanny ability to state what they look like they're thinking. It's basically the same as when people post pics and then ask others to write a funny meme as a caption. Lynx is particularly good at this!!

I stick to a budget and don't buy 99% of what I post pictures of -- but it's fun to hear people's reactions.

The whole purpose is to brighten each other's days and make each other laugh, along with sharing everyday life. All of my friends are caretakers in some way (whether people or pets,) which we all know is very stressful, so I love being a bit of comic relief (even if it's just a roll of the eyes.)

 

[seoulsearch]

Gaia hair care products. Pass. Demonic name. I would not eat pizza for some time because I did not like the name, likewise dim sims. Now pizza is my favourite take away and dim sims are just fine. I had the same issue with my favourite pizza place. The business name is silly, but their pizza is the best. I did not try them for way too long. Now I won't go anywhere else.​

This is such a good point...

There have been many times I'll avoid something because I'm uncomfortable with a name (due to its origins or implications, etc.)

Many beauty product lines name their shades with provocative words that I pass over, because it's not something I want to see or read every morning as I'm getting ready.

But as you've mentioned with pizza and dim sim...

Every now and then, I'll find an exception.

Great post!

 

[seoulsearch]

I love the idea of dragons. I think I'd be more susceptible to buy or try anything with the word dragon in it.

Friend 1: "Hey Charles, do you want some fruit?"
Charles: "Nah, I'll pass, thanks."
Friend 1: "Okay. Well how about, some *dragon* fruit?"
Charles: "Hmmmm. Well, okay, that sounds pretty cool, I'll give it a try!"

Friend 2: "Hey Charles, do you want some lambie kisses?"
Charles: "Who do you think I am? Give it to someone else."
Friend 2: "Okay. Well how about, some *dragon* tears?"
Charles: "Hmmmm. Either something strong enough to make a dragon cry, or someone was strong enough to make a dragon cry and then collected its tears. Win-win scenario. I'll take it!"

I can relate lol

LOL!!!

It's nice to find other people who are also suckers for marketing.

I'm that gullible person who, for a lot of products, if it has attractive packaging and an enticing name, I'm all over it (or at least, tempted to try or buy.)

This is why marketing stories like the success of Pet Rocks fascinate me. I mean, it's a rock. I could go downstairs right now and bring in a bucketful. But a PET ROCK??? Now that's worth spending one's hard-earned cash on!!!

I've always loved the beauty community for what it can do to boost women's self-confidence (hiding blemishes, scars, and birthmarks that people make fun of, etc.)

But one of the great things about getting older is seeing all the same trends recycled all over again, like PH-balanced products that are "supposed" to "self-adjust" to "your perfect shade." Pul-lease. All those products ever do is make you look like Bozo or Krusty the clown, turning a very unnatural neon shade of pink or red.

BUT THE MARKETING!!! THE PRETTY PACKAGING!! The sophisticated, technologically-advanced sounding descriptions!!! The promised miracles!!! And you would think that after 30 years, the technology behind it would have actually improved.

But no -- it's just the same old same old, repackaged for the new generation that doesn't know any better.

Getting old is saving me a ton of money!!!

But I must admit.

I'm a bit disappointed that @Charlesiii wouldn't give something called "Lambie Kisses" even the slightest chance.

I mean, who wouldn't want a kisses from a lamb???

 

[Lynx]

Gaia hair care products. Pass. Demonic name. I would not eat pizza for some time because I did not like the name, likewise dim sims. Now pizza is my favourite take away and dim sims are just fine. I had the same issue with my favourite pizza place. The business name is silly, but their pizza is the best. I did not try them for way too long. Now I won't go anywhere else.​

Which reminds me, this whole thread is demonic. Dragon tears? All you heretics should leave this thread alone. Avoid it like the plague!

 

[Lanolin]

Don't Hershey Kisses look like this?