I love pequins, one of the few things that'll grow in my yard without a ton of watering. The birds love them too though so gotta be quick picking them when they turn red. I used to take them to school and tell other kids they were candy.
Yes! That is the Valentina I was talking about a few posts back. What would you say the flavor profile is? Unlike most other hot sauces it has a definite spice flavor other then the peppers. Cumin maybe?This stuff is really good and probably better than any other hot sauce I've had. I found it at the grocery store a few years ago, but apparently there's a shortage and the store doesn't carry it anymore.
Generally speaking the smaller the pepper the hotter it is. The pequins are native to my area, and can actually be found growing wild. I had 3 bushes that produced so many peppers that even with the birds getting to them I had bags of them to give them away. All three bushes died in the freeze last year. I've planted some more but it will be a few years before they start producing that number of peppers again. Until then I'll be relying on others for my pequin fix. I wasn't kidding about having a jar of them on my table.I often worked with the Mexican crews on construction jobs. One crew always had bags of pequins
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They grew a tiny little roundish pepper (chiltepin pepper) that packed a punch.
I often worked with the Mexican crews on construction jobs. One crew always had bags of pequins. The first time I ate lunch with them, they offered me some. "Here, try these. Mexican candy." I knew I was gonna get burned...Holy fucking fuck...those were HOT! I ate all they gave me...and asked for more. My face was beet red, I was sweating and cussing...but couldn't stop eating them.
We had some neighbors a few years ago from Arizona. They grew a tiny little roundish pepper (chiltepin pepper) that packed a punch.
Yes! That is the Valentina I was talking about a few posts back. What would you say the flavor profile is? Unlike most other hot sauces it has a definite spice flavor other then the peppers. Cumin maybe?
Generally speaking the smaller the pepper the hotter it is. The pequins are native to my area, and can actually be found growing wild. I had 3 bushes that produced so many peppers that even with the birds getting to them I had bags of them to give them away. All three bushes died in the freeze last year. I've planted some more but it will be a few years before they start producing that number of peppers again. Until then I'll be relying on others for my pequin fix. I wasn't kidding about having a jar of them on my table.
It is very good, I've had that on hand consistently for probably over a decade, but just the red habanero and more recently the chipotle variety (which I had to order online).Dunno if El Yucateco's >*, but it's damned good, and I always have some on hand. Green and brown are my gotos.
Yep, just another self-rightious,Ridiculous lawsuit because labeled, made somewhere else not texas.
I think I'll go sue Keebler because cookies not made by elves in a hollow tree.
1) You need a new/better hobbyPretty interesting pleading to read through. I think the lawyer(s) who drafted the document will probably be able to keep some parts of suit alive for a portion of the legal process.
As for my 'layperson, gut response', I would say it seems like a bit of a predatory suit to get some settlement money, but not necessarily meritless or frivolous.
Yep, just another self-rightious,stupidpassionate Texan. Who thinks that just because they can't properly read a label, that the rest of us with at least a rudimentary education can't, either.
1. I got shoved into this amateur level of dealing with law because of misconduct on the part of other parties. I don't like lawyers, but knowing this is a form of legal self-defense against abuses of law. It took me 33.5 years to get into a law library, never even considered law for the first 29. But I have no vested interest in protecting the legal system, their practitioners, or the laypeople who game the system hence I'm more than willing to snitch on the pathways to legal misconduct lawyers, cops, and savvier laypeople exploit.1) You need a new/better hobby
2) No, this is clearly meritless bullshit
Although the Products include disclosures in the back of the label that the tortillas are
“Made in the U.S.A.” and manufactured in Norcross, GA (RJN Exs. A-D, Mot. at 17), the
alleged misrepresentations are prominently displayed in the front label, and the Ninth Circuit has
noted that a reasonable consumer is not “expected to look beyond misleading representations on
the front of the box to discover the truth.” Williams, 552 F.3d at 939; see also Jou v. Kimberly-
Clark Corp., 2013 WL 6491158, at *9 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 10, 2013) (a “[d]efendant cannot rely on
disclosures on the back or side panels of the packaging to contend that any misrepresentation on
the front of the packaging is excused”). In any event, while Defendant counters that these
disclosures are not “back-label” or “fine-print,” the Court finds that “[t]he effect of the
disclosures cannot be determined as a matter of law on the present record.” Shalikar, 2017 WL
9362139, at *8. Thus, “the facts of this case … do not amount to the rare situation in which
granting a motion to dismiss is appropriate.” Williams, 552 F.3d at 939.
The Court therefore DENIES Defendant’s Motion as to Plaintiff’s UCL, CLRA, and
FAL claims.
Yeah, but you don't HAVE to spend your own personal time looking into a bullshit lawsuit in another state, hence me saying "you need a new/better hobby".1. I got shoved into this amateur level of dealing with law because of misconduct on the part of other parties. I don't like lawyers, but knowing this is a form of legal self-defense against abuses of law. It took me 33.5 years to get into a law library, never even considered law for the first 29. But I have no vested interest in protecting the legal system, their practitioners, or the laypeople who game the system hence I'm more than willing to snitch on the pathways to legal misconduct lawyers, cops, and savvier laypeople exploit.
2. I am looking through the cited cases in the pleading, starting with one Juan de Dios Rodriguez v. Olé Mexican Foods Inc. https://www.bakerlaw.com/webfiles/Privacy/2021/Newsletters/ole-minutes.pdf
The judge is someone many here would deem clearly competent and of favorable mindset. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Bernal
I am not saying that the Plaintiff, a Los Angeles resident, is right. But that his complaint is not likely to be ended early in the legal process by the likes of a motion to dismiss or summary judgment. Because it will likely survive such a motion to dismiss, that means the case will be require a serious battle to determine an outcome. Since there is plenty of room for interpretation, judicial bias, etc nothing is open and shut in a matter like this.
I believe it's just reading the information presented to get a full understanding of the situation. After all, the complaint was presented in the article for all to access and it has educational value by bringing to light the case history in such matters.Yeah, but you don't HAVE to spend your own personal time looking into a bullshit lawsuit in another state, hence me saying "you need a new/better hobby".
This stuff is really good and probably better than any other hot sauce I've had. I found it at the grocery store a few years ago, but apparently there's a shortage and the store doesn't carry it anymore.
2) No, this is clearly meritless bullshit
This is why we can't have nice things.Okay I'll bite..... how is "Texas" being used without the word "style" (or something similar) next to it not false-advertising? I must admit the ONE time I purchased that watery crap I DID think it was from Texas! (I was in a hurry or I would have read the label and likely put it back on the shelf!)
You think that's bad?
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It's just a product name, not a statement of origin.Seems pretty much cut & dried to me unless the defense is that only "Pete" and his hot-sauce recipe was intended to be "from Texas" not the actual sauce itself. (say what you will about Texas BUT no self-respecting Texan would make OR serve that swill!)
Well, that IS what I'm saying.However if you were to say the suit is a moronic waste of the courts time and 100% a lame-a$$ cash-grab I would have no argument!
Are you telling me that Ore-Ida "French Fries" are not from France??? LAWSUIT TIME!!!It's just a product name, not a statement of origin.
Well, that IS what I'm saying.
What about the New York Bakery's "Texas Toast" then?And I agree.... however that doesn't mean naming that stuff with "Texas" isn't about creating a false impression. (otherwise they would have just named it "Carolina Petes" and not stuck a "Cowboy" on the label!)
The word I would use here would be "frivolous" in the sense that the case is so trivial as to not really matter at all. "Without merit" implies the facts of the case are actually incorrect, not so much that they're a waste of the courts time.