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watching this is running on empty food review i am your host the report of the week and here
we are welcome one and all uh pleasure to have you here it's great to be here as well
hope you're doing okay today and uh well we're here with a new review a new review
for a fairly new item now the reason why i say fairly new because you know i might
otherwise this would be quite confusing because you might be saying it but but but but review
bra this item was released just the other day how can it be fairly new well because this is not the
first time this item has been released that's what i'm trying to say popeyes does this from time to
time i don't have a problem with it it's it's kind of fun to compare you know the old uh you
know versions of the item to a you know the newest incarnation thereof it's always fun to do that
where they'll take an item you know from a couple years ago then they'll have it you know they'll we
release it a couple years later and um we'll see how it is now this item is no exception to that
these are the ghost pepper wings and they were released originally back in early 2018 and i had
the chance to try them back then so here we are now uh two years later they are back they
have returned and uh how spicy are they going to be this time around we will see but uh now
it's a nice day it's a nice day for uh wing eating there's a little bit of a cold front
actually that passed through the other day so the temperature is a little lower so you know i'm kind
of comfortable breaking out the long sleeves and the vest and stuff and the spicy wing collar for
uh possibly spicy review they were saying the weather might be a little tempestuous today but
uh it seems to be pretty quiet you know variable clouds which i can't complain so it's it's overall
a good day a good day for some some wing eating all right now here's what we've got these are
the ghost pepper wings from popeyes and i gotta warn you right now before we even get into this
i think we already know this you know a lot of you watching this you're already familiar with
you know with hot spices and peppers and all of that type of stuff you know that ghost peppers
are are no joke uh this is a big deal and when you actually go to popeyes like you know if you
if you order this online and that's what i did like i ordered this online i got it delivered and
whatnot um but it's really it's the same process if you go in or get this delivered either way
they make you sign an actual waiver because this is this is that hot ghost peppers are the top
they are usually the the spiciest peppers on earth and they are no joke that was a joke
though that was you don't have to sign a waiver or anything i'm just i'm messing with you there
that's no no you could just go and get these this is no big deal but the thing is
the thing the thing that gets me is that they see these are ghost pepper wings right
ghost peppers you know the ghost peppers these are going to be spicy uh you know you're going to see
me con you know convulsing in the background after i eat these because it's just going to be that hot
right well my complaint back in 2018 was just that not the convulsions or anything to that extent
i actually was even i was playing it up more back then i was actually saying you know i hope
these wings you know make me miserable and and everything because they're supposed to be that hot
and instead i tried them you know a couple years ago and they weren't spicy at all
uh they were actually they were decent wings but they were very mild and as a result i gave them
a 7.2 out of 10 because the wings were good but they weren't spicy at all and that was an issue
so here's how to describe them now because you know ghost pepper wings you see that the ghost
peppers they're going to be hot they're going to be spicy you know your head is just going to
turn red and you're going to be you know right it's going to be like that well not really they
say these are bone-in wings marinated for 12 hours in as they quote an exotic blend of peppers which
includes ghost peppers so you know they might have them in uh i'm just guessing they didn't
say but maybe they have it in a blend of like chili peppers cayenne peppers and then maybe
perhaps they'll have a little bit of like a ghost pepper extract or something to that to that extent
and that's where that comes in so the name is a little misleading you know it's not like
these are just total ghost pepper wings and they're the hottest on earth and um
you know this is this is finally the one that did hot ones in or or something like that uh
no these are just they're supposed to be spicy wings but just don't think that maybe they will
actually be ghost pepper level spiciness so maybe i mean hey maybe they will be this time
around i don't know anyway they have a pretty good deal you can get a six piece of these wings they
are bone-in once again they're not the boneless ones i can get a six-piece bone-in wing uh meal
4.99 you could also get a 12-piece bone-in meal for 13 dollars i was actually feeling a little
more ravenous today i know i know we're going all out and i'm being a daredevil because i said
you know well that light flickering right there almost did me and i really need to get something
to to get the adrenaline going up you know and uh sure enough i said well i'm just going to go get
a dozen of these and uh whatever happens happens look if this is the end of me well at least you
could say i went out eating the uh popeye's ghost pepper wings available right now 12 piece for 13
so let's see there i am with them um a box a box o wins all right there we go from what i'm seeing
it looks like these are these are what they're supposed to look like i think they just threw in
a regular wing for the heck of it i mean why not right i guess they're feeling spontaneous over
there at popeyes but that's what it looks like you can see the biscuit some fries there too that's
what i went with there is no special dipping sauce this time around so i just went with two
i just said well why not so for all the adrenaline junkies out there i got some
buffalo sauce i also got some ranch sauce too again a close-up view of the uh of the wings
all right right there see that's what it looks like that's the drum all right that's what they
actually used to play the drums believe it or not that's what they call it a drumstick wing
that's how you know if you ever if you're a big fan of rock music or something you wonder how some
groups that get a certain sound that's why i mean it's common knowledge but that's what
it comes down to so we're just going to try it out some people say that they are smaller
than the regular wings and i guess they are i guess if this is what their wings
usually look like and this is what these are you know they are a little smaller but
it's really are they good are they are they bad are they spicy are they not we'll just
find out right now we're gonna try out the popeyes ghost pepper wings going in
i don't know how many people this applies to but
for those of you who have a shortwave radios i know again probably not not a lot of people but if
you do just remember i do a radio show three times a week every thursday friday saturday evening
at 10 pm eastern goes out on 5850 kilohertz for around listeners in north america
10 p.m eastern it goes out so it's a fun show you know it's an hour of some talk some music
you know light-hearted inoffensive fun that's all that it is but if you have a radio you
want to listen to that the show's there for you that's what i do it for the listeners like you
now all things considered
granted these are the ghost pepper wings
considering the fact that i was able to give that promotion for the radio stuff
as i was eating the wings i think leads to one of two reasonable possibilities either a
i guess one since we're at the numerical since that's what we said um possibility one
they're not that spicy possibility two they are so spicy spicier than anything i had ever
even tried to eat in my life spicier than anything my own brain knows to comprehend that my mind has
literally been destroyed and i don't know how to even make sense of anything anymore
and i've literally short-circuited so that's a possibility too
and if that's the case i could only surmise that the internal damage is extraordinary
however given that all my other motor functions and you know mental processes are uh
are still functioning as as per usual i would assume that it is it is the first selection and
that the wings aren't really all that spicy not that these aren't you know there's a little bit of
spice here don't get me wrong this is i would say very similar to how they were um in 2018 where you
know the name there's a lot of hype in the name right we already we already know that we already
understand that that yeah they get hyped up because of ghost peppers the ghost peppers right
and people don't really take the time to read that oh it's just a tiny little bit of ghost
pepper in the blend of other peppers right but that's not really advertised outright
so you know people they think that their ghost pepper wings they expect this to be like again
you know extremely hot and then they aren't and they get really disappointed
and upset oh you lied you know you're liars you lied in the advertising etc
the name is a bit deceptive though it makes you think that they're spicier than they are
again though a little bit of spice but not all that much i took a sip of water there but
um really i mean like the spicy nuggets from mcdonald's i tried a couple days ago were probably
spicier than these so if you're getting these purely from a heat point of view you're going
to be disappointed it's kind of like oh wow this is a letdown you know these aren't all that that's
spicy yeah i'm i'm real bummed out um but if you're getting these from a point of view for just
you know just the for good wings uh these aren't all that bad what i really like is that yeah the
wings are a little small i don't really have a problem with that um because i i think there's a
good amount of meat on them still the meat itself i really like that it's just really juicy on the
inside um really flavorful really packs a punch popeyes have really they've been doing good with
their chicken lately it's good quality nice and juicy flavorful you still get that crunch on the
outside though and i just like that that it's not dry at all it's very flavorful chicken and
that's good some of the more flavorful um bone-in wings i've gotten from a fast food place honestly
and uh yeah it's just good otherwise you know there's still that spice they got a little bit of
spice in every bite by no means is it overwhelming it's more of just like um just a flavorful spice
uh really this is analogous to the uh i don't even know the name of it just you know when
you get the the chicken just regular chicken and you can kind of get it spicy or regular
um or the tenders or whatever that is i my mind maybe they are that spicy and my mind is just
rotting away as we speak but sometimes you can just get the regular uh spicy chicken that's
what it reminds me of it's no spicier than that so don't think like this is some next level stuff and
you know you eat this and all of a sudden you know you're going to be able to fly around and you're
going to gain superpowers or something that is not the case but instead just think all right these
are flavorful they're pretty good tiny little bit of spice to them but nothing extraordinary
maybe there is that little bit of a ghost pepper extract or something i don't know so what i'm
going to do i don't want to make this video too long i tried the ranch sauce back in 2018.
i'm going to give it some more spice how about we go with the bayou buffalo sauce let's try that out
and then we'll wrap the video up because again i i just don't want to waste all your time here
so uh you can see there we go got that spice
makes it a little spicier gives it a little more of a
actually it does it gives it a much much bigger kick
oh yeah
my recommendation honestly if anything don't get something to cool the flames get something
to increase the flames um by all means don't get the ranch unless like you're really really
sensitive the spice i say get the buffalo sauce with these because you actually kind of want to
give it a little more spice make make them make them like real true buffalo wings so
i recommend if you get these get them with the bayou buffalo sauce overall though they're decent
wings they're flavorful they taste good um you know good good deal price wise also sauce works
well with them only problem again only problem again there we go yes my brain is melting um
is this that spiciness the spice level uh last time in 2018 i gave him a 7.2 out of 10.
uh today i'm going to give him a similar rating but a little lower uh just a 6.8 out of 10. still
decent though still above average but again i just wish again for a name saying that their
ghost pepper wins i wish they were really a little spicier and didn't need some buffalo sauce to uh
kind of bring them up to even a little bit of another level so that's my thought good wings but
they really need some extra spice that's all that i have for you ladies and gentlemen i'm your host
the report of the week today's review is for the ghost pepper wings from popeyes revisiting them
be safe everyone be healthy be a good person and do take care that's all for now