• take_five_seconds [he/him, any]
      ·
      3 months ago

      It's true. I'm outside right now and the riots are worse than the Ricardo y mortimero sauce fiasco. Grandmas weeping in the streets, the kids all feral and hopped up on hard monster energy and bubblegum cotton candy vapes.

  • ColonelKataffy [he/him]
    ·
    3 months ago

    for those who didn't do any reading, it's only for the newest flavor, avocado salsa verde, which needs to be refrigerated. hot enjoyers need not fear

    • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
      ·
      3 months ago

      It's also included in with the limited-time "cantina" menu items, which aren't as good as I remember from way back when they had them on the regular menu. Honestly, I get T-Bell because Diablo sauce is a more effective decongestant than Afrin, and the side effects are somewhat milder than not being able to breathe through my nose.

      • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
        ·
        3 months ago

        The old cantina bowls were so tasty! The "power menu" bowl that replaced them were somehow nasty, idk wtf they did but it was a disgusting disappointment every time I decided to give it another go.

  • davel [he/him]
    ·
    3 months ago

    The $1.50 Costco hot dog is our last line of defense.

  • CoolYori [she/her]
    ·
    3 months ago

    Its because the sauce needs to be kept in a fridge and is not shelf stable. Its a food cost item now.

    • GinAndJuche
      ·
      3 months ago

      They aren’t even hot. If something is called “Diablo” or “volcano” it should be required to have more heat than an out of season jalapeño

      • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
        ·
        3 months ago

        Aren't they breeding jalapeños to be as unspicy as possible now, too? So that large "hot sauce" (lol) bottlers can dial in their desired heat level with pure capsaicin. You know, instead of actually making a good sauce.

        • GinAndJuche
          ·
          3 months ago

          They are, and most peppers in a store are bred with heat averse tastes in mind to begin with (the only good habaneros I’ve had were grown by friends).

      • somename [she/her]
        ·
        3 months ago

        Diablo sauce kinda tastes bad too. Fire sauce is much better.

        • GinAndJuche
          ·
          3 months ago

          Personally I like it, but I’m also a weirdo who like bitter and acidic more than sweet

          • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
            ·
            3 months ago

            It's that "slightly spoiled adobo" meets "electric eel jizz" taste that turns people off. I'm still into it; it's better than whatever the fuck McDonald's has been doing with genocidal nugget sauces.

            • GinAndJuche
              ·
              3 months ago

              Rick and Morty losers btfo when they find out electric eel jizz is more appetizing than a relabeled sweet and sour sauce

  • SSJ2Marx
    ·
    3 months ago

    This is a win for Del Taco

      • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]
        ·
        3 months ago

        vegan options at 2:30 in the morning is probably the best reason someone could have.

        i just go to the gas station instead, there's no drive through or baja blast but the line doesn't take 45 minutes

      • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
        ·
        3 months ago

        Staff who are at least as stoned as you are, and whose eyes are not clouded with judgment because you are the least weird person they've seen all night. Also cheesy gordita crunches.