Hot Ones Challenge, Family Style

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Good morning,

For reference, here is an youtube episode of the hot ones challenge. I'm tweaking it to fit what I want to do to surprise my DIL.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgQMW4eVrzw


Several times over the last year or so my DIL/Senika has brought up doing the hot ones challenge. I ran it by my son. He thinks it is a great idea. I am going to host a surprise hot ones challenge, family style. My oldest will be in town in two weeks. I am going to try and schedule it while she is here.

I have ordered the S27 hot sauce line up. I am going to research some fun, deep'ish, family bonding questions that we can all answer.

I will probably use chicken tenders. I am still working out the details on how I will set it up for 5-7 of us to complete the challenge.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this. I am open to any suggestions. I am also open to any questions that can be asked.

I plan on having several cooling agents available, milk, water, ice cream, ect......

The goal is for this to kind of be a "surprise" Hot Ones birthday celebration lol.

I will print out 40 questions (we are still determining the questions). We will have two, twenty sided die. I will eat a wing, roll the die, then answer the question that matches the number. We are adding this to the event because my DIL is a huge die collector and D and D fan!

I asked AI for some questions and here is what I have tallied so far. If I can come up with enough questions, I am leaning towards each of us answering one question per wing, but randomly drawing the question.


AI Overview

To foster family bonding, try asking thought-provoking questions that encourage sharing and reflection. Some fun and deep questions include: "What's your favorite memory of us together?", "If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?", and "What's one thing you admire most about each person in our family?". These types of questions can spark meaningful conversations and strengthen connections.


Here are some more specific question categories and examples:

Childhood Memories & Experiences:

What's a funny memory you have of our family?
What's the best lesson you learned as a child?
If you could relive one day from your childhood, what would it be?

Family Traditions & Values:

What's your favorite family tradition and why?
What do you think our family is good at?
What's a value that's important to you that you learned from our family?
What's something you wish we did more of as a family?
What's one thing you think we could do better as a family?

Future Aspirations & Dreams:

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? ***
What's a goal you're currently working towards?
If you could have any job, what would it be?
What's one thing you hope to achieve in your life?
If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be? ***

Personal Reflection & Growth:

What's one thing you like about yourself?
What's something you're proud of?
What's one thing you've learned recently?
What's a skill you'd like to learn?
What's one thing you wish you could tell your younger self?

Fun & Quirky:

If you could have a superpower, what would it be? ***
If you could have any job for a day, what would it be?

Deeper Questions:

What does family mean to you?
What are some of your biggest fears?
How do you think our family is similar to or different from other families?
What's one thing you've learned about yourself from being in this family?
What do you hope to pass on to future generations?


Additional potential questions

When have you felt the most loved in this family?

Who was your role model as a child and how has that changed into adult life?

Is there anything about our family you wish were different?

When did you feel most proud of yourself?

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

If you could relive one year of your life, which would it be and why?

A fun one would be, "What's the craziest thing that you've ever witnessed while on a vacation?"

Gotta do "explain that gram".

cooling agents

milk
beer
ice cream
bread



Thanks in advance!
 
Morning Glory said:
I am probably being stupid but what is the point of the questions? I mean, everyone can answer them. They are not quiz questions. So how does answering the question relate to whether or not you sample a hot sauce?
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I would never label you as stupid. Did you watch the youtube episode that I posted in the OP? That will explain it a little bit.

There are 10 levels of heat. Each sauce is hotter than the one before it. As you progress through the wings you are being lightly rattled by the heat of them, which can cause you to be a little more vulnerable as you answer the random questions that you are drawing.

Ultimately, the point of the "event" is to have fun as a family, and maybe learn a little bit about each other. Could it be done without the wings and the hot sauce, sure, but it is wings! so why not add them to the challenge lol.

The "Hot Ones" challenge runs for 27 seasons. It is very entertaining. My entire family is a fan of the show.
 
That's a fantastic idea; as long as there are several chileheads around to taste, and it seems like you've nailed that one.
When I started making hot sauces back in 2004, my first complaint about commercial sauces was precisely what Charleze Theron explained: all heat and no flavour. Therefore, I tried to add real "flavour" to the sauces by combining the chiles with herbs, spices, fruit, onions & garlic, etc., so they didn't just "burn" but also tasted good.
Another thing I tried to identify was the actual flavour profile of each different chile. There was no sophisticated wine-tasting descriptions ("tannic, with notes of sweet berries, oak and a touch of leather" :laugh: ) but there were 5 categories: citric, floral,freshly cut grass, chocolate, fruity, which kept repeating themselves over and over again.
Other things I discovered about commercial brands were (1) too much vinegar (2) too much thickening agent ( sometimes agar agar, sometimes pectin) which made the sauce gloopy (3) too much sugar or garlic - a fairly common mistake (4) an excess of preservatives. Sodium benzoate is a common one and I swear I can taste that stuff from 50 yards away (5) over fermentation. Some fermented chile sauces end up tasting more like cold vomit instead of chiles:eek::eek::eek::laugh:.
As for "cooling agents", it's a common error to believe that ice water or cold beer will do the trick. True for the first 30 seconds, but the active enzyme in chile peppers is capsaicin, which is NOT soluble in water, but is soluble in oil. The "lager"effect is that you swallow a huge gulp of beer, and swish it around your mouth. That only spreads the capsaicin all around your mouth. The best cooling agents are milk-based; milk or yoghurt. You might want to consider Lassi as an option; basically, half water, half yoghurt, with a touch of honey or sugar, or mixed with mango, peach, pineapple, etc.
 
karadekoolaid said:
As for "cooling agents", it's a common error to believe that ice water or cold beer will do the trick
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I'm well aware. I want to provide options. Beer and wings are like a perfect marriage lol.

Bread actually works best for me! Since I don't want to kill anyone. This is supposed to be a fun event that my DIL has been wanting to do. I'm going to have 10 plates. I will apply the sauce to the plates. Then let each participant dip their own chicken into the sauce. This way they can choose how much they want to punish themselves.

5 of the 7 of us are big fans of hot sauces. I have a friend in southern Texas that makes it himself. He extracts the oils from the peppers, then mixes it with whatever other ingredients he chooses. They are all fantastic with a blend of flavor and heat. My favorite was a jalapeno/habanero/cranberry hot sauce!
 
Even though I am not a fan of hot sauce, our kids are fans. Really love this idea - might even steal the idea for later this year when the family is all together. I don't have anything to add but to say "Kudos" to you pulling together what sounds like a fun event for the family. Looking forward to hearing the outcome.
 
Morning Glory said:
Beer
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but its so good!!!!

It will be fine for the early rounds.

I think ice cream, ice cold milk, yogurt, and bread will be the main stays!

I have a friend that does video/video editing as a hobby (it could be a career). If he is available, he is going to take some videos and pictures and put something together for us!
 
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