Confessions of an Addict. It is my crack

[OP_Carl]

Originally Posted by Ferd

I cannot help myself. I came to the conclusion that I am hopelessly addicted last night and there is nothing I can do about it.

I was working on cleaning bottles and such for the baby when I walked past the pantry and I stopped and looked to see if there were any chips. Alas there were.

Salt and Vinegar Kettle Chips to be exact.... but that isn't really the addiction. You see I have to soak them in Tabasco sauce!

I can help myself either! I will stand there with my mouth on fire, eating these things and looking for something to quell the fire and still I eat more.


I'm hopelessly addicted and there is nothing I can do about it!

You and me both, friend.

My favorite thing in the world to do is go to the local Mexican restaurant and load up the salsa with the habenero sauce. Whatever's left of the salsa after eating chips, once the meal arrives, goes on top of the enchiladas!

I offer two recommendations so you can take your illness and branch out:

Try Baji's papadums. They're a chip from India. You can get them at Target. Also, try Fiery Habenero doritos - but have a drink handy. Something about the way they're made - kind of powdery - makes it very easy to inhale some of the spice dust.

I like to put Melinda's Red Savina habenero sauce on my bologna sandwiches - or tobasco, or cholula, or any other of a handful of hot sauces I keep in my desk at work. But the cupholder of my truck has a bottle of tobasco in it.

And a word to Sister Brattified: I've tried Frank's and found it to be worth every bit of the $1 I paid for an enormous bottle of it. I'm glad your kids like it, but it is too far beyond rot-gut for me. My kids (well, the ones that do hot sauce, anyhow) prefer Cholula. It's got hints of garlic & salt.