/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16731401
>be white midwesterner
>like hot food, put hot sauce on stuff
>a Black family moved in next door into our white neighborhood
>house had 15 people living there - grandparents, parents, teenage kids, and the kids' babies
>they send the teens door to door and invite everyone for a cookout/block party
>mom makes me go to get out of the house
>lots of the neighborhood actually shows up, probably 25-35 people in their back yard
>they got a BBQ and a line of 3 tables with all kinds of stuff they made and stuff neighbors brought
>wander around and look at the ground for a while
>the dad comes up and starts trying to get to know me, etc
>I hate small talk but realize he's trying to be kind, so I ask him about what he's grilling up today
>he says he makes his family's special spicy wings
>tell him I like spicy food
>his face lights up and he tells me to stick around
>30 minutes later he's on the grill
>shouts my name and for me to come over
>I walk up and people are looking
>gives me a plate with a few wings on it
>he shouts for his whole family to gather around. the obese grandma starts getting really excited, clapping her hands and hooting because it's her family's recipe
>all eyes at the party are on me now, the dad tells me to try it
>I take a bite of the wing and it's got a little bite, so I quickly scarf up the rest of the wing
>The dad says "DAYYYUMMM!!!", the whole family starts jumping around and hooting
>4 seconds later start to really feel the heat as the whole family slaps my back and shoulders in celebration
>4 more seconds and my mouth is on fire
>the dad notices my face and shouts "YOOOO HE AINT RIGHT" and does a screeching sort of laughter
>feel it in my stomach now as snot runs down my red and sweaty face
>family stops jumping and someone goes to get me water
>have to lay on the grass for 15 minutes while sipping water
>overhead the big fat granny scolding the dad for giving me the wing
>hear the dad saying "HE SAID HE LIKE SPICY FOOD THO"