# Delivery pizza--what do you do with the red pepper packets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426 "2012-01-04T20:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/41 "2012-01-06T19:00:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They look like [this](http://www.minimus.biz/images/F01-0906301-1100bg.jpg). Aluminum foil-y? And are crushed red peppers the same as red pepper flakes? Every day, something new. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/42 "2012-01-06T19:34:17Z")
The only place I’ve ever seen around here that gives anything extra with a delivery/carry out pizza is Papa Johns and they give you a jalapeno pepper and this weird garlicy buttery sauce. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/43 "2012-01-06T19:57:27Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Aluminum foil-y? And are crushed red peppers the same as red pepper flakes? > > Every day, something new. Foil-paper, and yes they are. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/44 "2012-01-06T22:28:13Z")
I’ve never seen these. I guess I’d put a little on a pizza and see if I liked it if I ever received some. The only side thing we ask for when we order a pizza is a _poutine_; our local place has a deal to get a medium pizza and medium poutine. Absolutely terribly wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/45 "2012-01-06T23:52:41Z")
I love red pepper on pizza. I usually keep the packs that I get from delivery and take them into work when I’m bringing in frozen pizza or a marinara sauce entree for lunch. I’ll use the packets at home for delivery if I can’t find my red pepper jar. If I’ve had a few beers, I’ve been known to lose the red pepper! ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/46 "2012-01-07T00:16:22Z")
I save the packets, and keep the big shaker of red pepper flakes on the table. The individual packets (of everything) are in a drawer, ready to accompany lunches if the kids decide they want to pack one instead of eating the cafeteria offering. My son is a spice fiend, so individual packets of red pepper, hot sauce, etc. are highly prized. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/47 "2012-01-07T00:27:48Z")
I use them on occasion. But usually when I want some heat on my pizza I squirt a little rooster sauce on. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/48 "2012-01-07T00:44:16Z")
Never had it come with delivery. Pizza Hut used to have a shaker of it on the table back in the days when they were more of a real restaurant than a carryout/delivery place, and I seem to recall they still do, at least last time I was there (a few years back) that was the main place I’ve encountered it. A few other real restaurant pizza places have similarly had it on the table. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/49 "2012-01-07T18:42:32Z")
Just be sure you don’t order your delivery pizza like this: > **[How David Weber orders a pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=635193)** > > The telephone rang. Jason Wilkins roused himself out of his dough-and-flour-addled stupor, and gazed at the ringing noise emanating from the receiver. He was tall, even for an American, this despite his father’s very average height and his mother’s... ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/50 "2012-01-07T20:14:48Z")
I make my own taco seasoning, which I then use to make mexican chicken soup. I use the pepper packets in that instead of buying a jar of red pepper flakes. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/51 "2012-01-09T01:58:58Z")
I don’t like them. Toss 'em. At the restaurant where I work, we only give them out upon request. I haven’t checked, but I hope they have a long shelf life, because we maybe go through a box of 1000 every two years or so. But I don’t think they go bad. The cheese, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426/52 "2012-01-09T02:04:56Z")
I don’t think I’ve gotten pepper with my pizzas. But what I generally do with unwanted condiments is leave them in the cabinet for later (if I just don’t need them at the moment) or for someone else (if it’s something I just don’t like). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-what-do-you-do-with-the-red-pepper-packets/608426.md?page=2)