My fucking throat's on fire!

I was out to dinner with my mom, her husband, and my brother, celebrating me getting a (much better) job. We were at an Asian stir-fry place (Flat Top Grill in Evanston for Chicago GFFers) and my mom's husband, being a SUTH-UHN-AH from TECKS-UHS mistook the wasabi for guacamole.

He put about 2 tbsp in his stir-fry. This was then mixed into the entire dish, as should be the case in a stir-fry. They brought our dishes to the table, and he dug in. And damn near screamed. Except he couldn't make a sound, as the burning was too horrible for him.

I laughed my ass off. It was a truly humorous thing seeing him in that much agony.

Anyway, anecdotes aside, I fucking love spicy food. Like OO, I only go so far as to make things spicy and tasty. If heat drowns out flavour, forget it. But up until that point, bring on the fucking burn. One of my favourite quick-and-easy spicy dishes is to take Lipton's "Rice Sides" packets, the cajun-styled "Dirty Rice" variety, and mix in some Louisiana hot sauce and cayenne pepper. The LHS is a mixed bag, as you have to get a good variety, but if you get the right kind and mix in a bit of cayenne pepper, it's fucking awesome. It will burn, taste good, and it's healthy to boot.

Also, Kung Pao shrimp from a good Chinese place is to kill for. 'specially if you can order it extra spicy and manage to get a cook who knows how to do spicy without losing taste. There's a place in the suburb of Chicago wherein the aforementioned good job was located (Des Plaines, and the place is called Wonton Gourmet, on Rte. 83, and that's the Chinese place, not the job) where they have awesome kung pao shrimp. On top of that, they bring out the best spicy Chinese mustard when you order egg rolls there. Some of that on an egg roll, mixed with a bit of sweet-n-sour sauce adds a nice kick with a ton of taste as well.

God dammit. Now I'm hungry. OO, you suck.

Jam it back in, in the dark.