During a recent lunch with Chick-fil-A's public relations team, we were presented with three spicy chicken sandwiches, presumably just like the ones that the Atlanta-based chain will roll out this summer. Chick-fil-A says the sandwich will be one of its biggest new products since the company was founded.
After consuming one of the sandwiches, we exercised a bit of self-restraint and took two samples back to the newsroom to conduct an anonymous and (very) unscientific survey. We wanted to know: how spicy is it, really?
Within minutes of slicing up the sandwiches and putting them on the counter, we had our results.
"That’s pretty spicy!" said a newsroom veteran. "They might have to tone that down."
"It’s not THAT spicy," said an editor. "I probably wouldn’t order it if it were too much more spicy."
An online news specialist stopped by and munched. Not too spicy, he said. Later he returned with an update: "Actually, the spicy does kick in a little later."
A small sliver of the sandwich was enough to get a reaction out of one business reporter.
"I’m sweating!" she said. "It made me sweat!"
"Nobody twelve years of age or younger is gonna order that," said another reporter after tasting a chunk of the sandwich. "They’ll be like, ‘Mommy, it’s spicy!'"
Another online news specialist, who said he was a big fan of spicy food, was more restrained.
"That’s a little spicy," he said. "It’s not overwhelming or anything."
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