Flame Berry

Flame Berries are a biological cousin of the O-Berry and native to Club Penguin. They are often confused for O-Berries due to their similar appearance, but unlike O-Berries, Flame Berries are spicy. Due to their flavor, Flame Berries are a major ingredient in Hot Sauce, a hugely popular topping in many Antarctic dishes, particularly pizza.

Description
Flame Berries are round and donut-shaped, just like O-Berries. However, Flame Berries are colored a deep red-orange, have rough skin, and are noticeably smaller, being about three-quarters of an inch in size. Unlike O-Berries, Flame Berries don't squirt juice if squeezed, and they smell sweet, while O-Berries smell sour and rotten.

The most obvious difference between O-Berries and Flame Berries is their taste. While O-Berries are sweet and tangy, Flame Berries have a strikingly spicy flavor and a dull, bittersweet aftertaste. The spiciness lingers for a few hours and can be very painful, which is why most penguins steer clear of eating Flame Berries. Gary once conducted a study on the cause for the berry's spiciness. He found out that the leaves and stem of the Fire Bush are even hotter than the berries, and that their effects can last for weeks. Gary believes this is a defense mechanism by the plant to prevent animals from eating its parts, and that the chemicals that make the leaves and stem spicy are carried over into the berries.

However, Club Penguin's residents have figured out a way to turn Flame Berries' painful into something marketable -- Hot Sauce. Boiling Flame Berries in water causes them to leak out the juices inside. The Flame Berry juice is diluted, then mixed with other ingredients to create Hot Sauce. Hot Sauce is less spicy than Flame Berries, and the taste can be easily washed away with water or dairy products, which makes it a popular alternative over raw Flame Berry sauce. Club Penguin has the original recipe, and it exports millions of bottles every month. Concerns about the environment have led berry pickers to store Fire Bush seeds in an underground vault, in case the Fire Bush population ever needs repopulating.

The other major culinary use for Flame Berries is as a snack. Fried and salted Flame Berries have risen in popularity ever since the Pizza Parlor in Club Penguin began selling them, and now they are eaten all over Antarctica. They can be easily made at home -- fry a Flame Berry in fish oil until it turns red-brown and sprinkle it with salt. The snack is slightly bittersweet and salty, with mild spiciness. Fried Flame Berries are often eaten alongside fried O-Berries, due to their similarity.

Trivia

 * Mistaking an O-Berry for a Flame Berry is a common error made by hikers or tourists visiting Club Penguin. Trail guides often give lectures on how to tell the difference between the two berries.
 * This, amongst many other errors, is one of Rookie's fails.
 * Grinding roasted Flame Berries into powder and making puffle food out of it is not recommended. Puffles are extremely sensitive to spicy food and will spit the food out.
 * Add some!

Internal Links

 * O-Berry
 * Hot Sauce
 * Club Penguin