What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for?
What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for?
For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you
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Huy Fong Sriracha. As the shortage has made painfully clear. When I dream at night, I'm eating food covered in sriracha and tinkering with my roomful of Raspberry Pi projects.
And don't talk to me about disgruntled pepper farmer rivalries or whatever bullshit. Just please give me back my sriracha. :(
Fuck Huy Fong Foods. Chinese-American businessman appropriates a traditional Thai sauce and uses marketing to brainwash the world into thinking they're the only ones that can make it. They tried to use their size to squeeze their longterm supplier and lost a $28 million judgement because they were objectively wrong as proven in a court of law.
They started their own shortage trying to fuck over farmers when they already had over $150 mil/year in sales and they deserve to die off.
The only meaningful impact we have against these predatory businesses is by voting with our dollars and if you cant give up a fuckin sauce that has hundreds of excellent options available from other companies then you are part of the problem.
While I agree, where do we draw the line in our personal lives? There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
I’ve never seen it go low in stock here in Aus.
I haven't seen a bottle in a grocery store in maybe two years? Your comment made me think maybe I just haven't looked hard enough, but I just checked my local Walmart delivery and Instacart and neither has Huy Fong Sriracha available anywhere nearby. I'm in Utah, U.S.
I’m an NJ resident, have also had trouble finding it for the past two years. They’ve had a lot of trouble sourcing the peppers they need to make it.
All I hear are excuses. Supply chain schmupply chain. Sourching schmourcing. Have I made my point? Shortage schmortage.
Sorry for the strong language.
You’re right, they mostly did it to themselves by trying to screw their main supplier
strong language
Thanks for the laugh
The owner of the company and the the farmer that exclusively sold to them began to feud. Then came a drought and the variety of pepper they use went off the market. They are recovering now and product is coming out in smaller batches but not at previous volume. It’s still really hard to find.
Yes this is it absolutely. There are 5-6 sauces in my fridge that are ok but I don’t use. Need the good stuff.
So far the Tabasco version has been my favorite stand-in.
I haven't tried that one, but have seen it. Will give it a whirl.
Underwood Ranches uses the peppers Huy Fong used to use. It's made by their old pepper supplier. It's what I buy now.
My Trader Joe’s knockoff is not great. Too much vinegar taste and hardly any of the sriracha bite. Sucks that it’s so hard to find the real deal now.
Agree but also any non Hellmans mayonnaise is a fucking disgrace.
Indeed, I bought a different brand thinking it'd be the same because the recipe is public, boy was I wrong 🤮
Same. "It's basically spicy peppers and garlic, how hard can it be?"
Very hard, apparently.
All the alternatives I've tried never get the flavor right, not even close. Most are way too sweet.
I prefer mine a bit sweet. I usually buy YellowBird Blue Agave Sriracha