Nukular Chicken Wings

[trof]

So the crew is on a layover in Anchorage one summer day a few years ago.
There was a little wings joint a few blocks away.
Tiny little place.
You'd walk through the kitchen, place your order, and wait out back on the deck until you were called.

The menu ran something like:
Sissy
Mild
Pretty Warm
Hot
and NUCLEAR!

I love hot spicy stuff so I said "I'll take the nukes.", natch.
We went out on the deck and sat at a table next to a couple. There was a full plate of wings in front of them.

After a little chit chat about the weather, etc. the guy turned to us.
"Would you guys like this plate of wings? We ordered the Nuclear and they're just too damn hot for us."
"Let me have a taste."

I took a small bite and chewed it.
And then...HOLY SHIT!!! WHOA!!! JEEZUSSSSS!!!
As soon as I was sufficiently recovered I rushed to the kitchen.
"CANCEL THE NUKES! I think the 'Hot' will do fine."
whew

[EstimatedProphet]

1. I had Atomic wings at Quaker Steak and Lube

They make you sign a release to order them. It's deserved.

[texas1928]

2. I like the Atomic at Wing Stop, are hot, but good.

But I always get their Lemon Pepper Wings. Those things are addictive, and also their bourbon baked beans. DROOL

[DS1]

3. I don't see the point in making food like that

if even a frequent spicy food eater can't touch it, it's really just a waste.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. It's for the college guys ...

... playing a game of "I betcha can't ..."

Probably not for someone who just wants some food.
:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

4. i tried the Atomic wings at wing stop, i had their "regular hot" and it seemed pretty

mild so i decided to get the atomic, huge mistake, they were so freakkin hot that after about 2 bites i couldn't taste anything anymore, like my taste buds had been singed off.

[alphafemale]

5. LOL! I ordered some wings called Nuclear once.

I mean face it. Most times spicy in a restaurant is a freaking joke. Those little peppers beside the entre listings on a Chinese menu...for wussies maybe?

This was take out. I swear just the smell of having those things in the car made my eyes water on the drive home.

Yeah. This particular place wasn't kidding.

[trof]

7. I once made the mistake of asking the chef at an Indian restaurant

"Would you make that chicken vindaloo extra spicy?"
He just smiled.
Oh Lordy!
Smokin'.
You'd think I would learn.

[alphafemale]

8. I've learned that Indian and Thai places aren't kidding if they say it's hot.

:D

I love it though.

[DS1]

12. Oh yes

I've tried to show off once, with a hot vindaloo ' really hot ' I think I asked for.


After the first sip of sauce ( I think they only made the first bite hot, just to give me a taste of what they could do) I drank all the water on the table from everyone's glasses.

Tears were coming from my eyes

[Kutjara]

13. Indian chefs love it when people ask for "extra spicy."

I ordered a lamb phal (the next step up from vindaloo) at a friend's restaurant in the UK. He asked me if I'd ever had a phal before, to which I replied, "no, but I've had plenty of hot vindaloos, so bring it on." Which he duly did. The thing was like sulphuric acid. I must have consumed ten pints of water getting through that thing, but get through it I did. When I finally finished, my friend came back and asked, "how did you like it?" I managed to squeak out, "it...it...was...nice." "Great," he replied, "I'm glad you liked it. Because it was your first time, I told the chef to leave the really hot chilis out."

Yikes.

[Greyskye]

9. There was a Thai place I used to go to...

They had a wall of Polaroids in the back of customers who had cleaned their plates after ordering a meal spiced "like my Momma makes it". You could practically feel the sweaty heat dripping off of those red-faced photos. :rofl:

I love spicy food, but the hottest I ever went there was a couple steps below 'nuclear Momma' hot.

[trof]

11. Those tiny little Thai chiles. Hoo Baby.

I was in Honolulu several years ago.
Needed a quiet night after a long day of flying.
Stopped at a little take-out Thai place for something to take back to my hotel room.
Lady running the place had INCREDIBLY BIG hair.
;-)

"You like regahlah or or extra spicy?"
"I'll take the extra spicy."

Big mistake.
Had to go down to the lobby gift shop for some Pepto-Bismol.
I'll take regahlah next time.

[KamaAina]

14. Near the airport or in Waikiki?

Not sure it'd be worth going all the way out by the airport for Thai food...

[Crabby Appleton]

10. I've had Johnson's Thermonuclear Ribs

they make you sign a release when you order them.

[GOPisEvil]

15. I like spicy, but I want to actually taste the food.

Nuclear is just for show-offs.

[DS1]

16. exactly

there's nothing wrong with getting a sweat on the back of your head after a good spicy meal, but some people just take it too far.

All the people who have their photos taken after completing a meal like that are just in for the worst toilet experience of their lives.

Hell, I just figured out how that guy could have got his girl off the the toilet after 4 years. Feed her some nuclear hot wings, she'll never want to look at the bowl again.