What is your favorite heat? The nation’s spice preferences revealed…

What is your favorite heat? The nation's spice preferences revealed... 

We all know that KFC ’s Popcorn Chicken is practically a national treasure – crunchy, moreish, delicious little pops of 100 per cent chicken breast – but here’s some news: IT JUST GOT SPICY. For a limited time, it’s acquired an edge, a kick, a fiery twist to tantalise your tastebuds. The Zinger Popcorn Bucket.

Trialled in ten lucky locations in April, it proved so popular it’s now officially launching across the UK, so that everyone can feel the burn! But where are the spice fiends who’ll be going straight off to order it, and which of us Brits are more chary with the chilli?

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE

KFC surveyed the nation’s spice preferences, asking residents in Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, London, the North East, North West, Yorkshire, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East and South West how spicy they like their food.

The results show that it’s Londoners who have the biggest appetite for heat: 46 per cent of those in the capital said they like their food to be nice and spicy or even to feel their mouths on fire. With 41 percent and 40% respectively, the West Midlanders and Scots are second and third in their love for the fire.

But spice is off the menu in Yorkshire: around one in five people declared that they prefer their food mild – the highest number of any region surveyed. The East of England was close behind them (but not in terms of their tastes).

The survey also revealed the gap between people’s estimation of their own region’s appetite for spice and the reality. Northern Irish residents were most out of touch, believing that only 16 percent would enjoy spicy food. The truth is, 38%. The North West, on the other hand, thought that 45 percent of their residents would like serious spice. However, it was only 32 percent.

When asked where they believed the most spicy foods would be loved, London and the West Midlands were the top choices. The South West, however, was mistakenly thought to have the lowest tolerance for the tingle.

What about you? Are you up for the heat? If you’re a dance-till-dawn, touch-of-the-hedonist kind of person who loves food that makes your eyes widen and your tongue take notice, the Zinger Popcorn Bucket is your order of dreams. Maybe you’re a person who gets a kick out of wearing lambswool slippers while watching Call the Midwife. If your flavour frisson comes with a sprinkle of Parsley… maybe not.

The Zinger Popcorn Bucket is only here until October 31, so now’s the time to find out if you can handle the heat!

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