{"id":24300,"date":"2018-01-17T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/01\/17\/heatings-cheating-why-taste-reigns-supreme-in-the-new-chilli-sauce-scene\/"},"modified":"2018-01-17T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T14:00:02","slug":"heatings-cheating-why-taste-reigns-supreme-in-the-new-chilli-sauce-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=24300","title":{"rendered":"Heating\u2019s cheating: why taste reigns supreme in the new chilli sauce scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The surge in interest in spicy condiments around the UK is not just about ludicrously hot concoctions \u2013 for many producers, it\u2019s all about the flavourSean Evans, host of the cult US online TV show Hot Ones, is trying to recall his highlights from its four seasons, in which he has interviewed celebrities including Cara Delevingne to Seth Rogen. But he concedes: \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a blur. There\u2019s been so many people spitting in buckets, dry heaving and coughing. It\u2019s all just one big fit.\u201dYes, you read that right: spitting, heaving, coughing. For Hot Ones is no ordinary chat show. Instead, like a sadistic Piers Morgan\u2019s Life Stories, it involves Evans firing questions at celebrities as he and they eat 10 chicken wings dressed with hot sauces of increasing ferocity. The final wing is dressed with Hot Ones\u2019 own Last Dab, made with the world\u2019s hottest chilli, Pepper X. By this point (note: DJ Khaled bailed after just three wings), most guests are in a whole world of sweat-soaked pain. Or, as Brooklyn Nine-Nine\u2019s game star Terry Crews put it: \u201cOH MY GOD \u2026 you get high off this shit. My voice is changing. You\u2019re turning into three people, man! I\u2019m hurting. Why can\u2019t I open my eyes?\u201d Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/jan\/17\/heatings-cheating-why-taste-reigns-supreme-in-the-new-chilli-sauce-scene\" target=\"_blank\">Heating\u2019s cheating: why taste reigns supreme in the new chilli sauce scene<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The surge in interest in spicy condiments around the UK is not just about ludicrously hot concoctions \u2013 for many producers, it\u2019s all about the flavourSean Evans, host of the cult US online TV show Hot Ones, is trying to recall his highlights from its four seasons, in which he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}