Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 07:17:32 -0700 From: supervisor@scudder.sbceo.k12.ca.us (Senor Chile Monger) Subject: [CH] Now what!!?? >I was watching the idiot box last night and saw an ad for the "Fiesta >Whopper" at Burger King, pepper cheese, 'spicy' sauce, seasoned fries (No And you know they'll be lots spicier than Taco Bell.<hehe> >mention of the drink, but it undoubtedly is Tecate spiked with El Yucateco >;-). Is this one of those niche market tests or has anyone in different >marketing areas seen this. My coordinates are the Point Concepcion area I'm in Omaha Nebraska, the Land Of The Bland, and they are advertising it here. I assume it will be approximately as 'spicy' as KFC's spicy strips (unnoticeable). >of California (Lompoc). One is grateful to see the word of El Grande >spreading, but one also worries in terms of Gresham's Law. Just curious. -Nothing- that appears at the mass-marketeers will ever bear any resemblance to the true word of El Grande. Just taste (No! Don't!) the so-called Fire Sauce from Taco Bell. Vinegar with the heat of a Pace Jalapeņo and all the bitterness of Dave's. Disgusting. Unfortunately this bad coinage may well drive out any attempts at -true- heat, so Grisham remains correct. Sigh. Cordially, Mike