Britney Spears wasn’t kidding when she proudly proclaimed herself “country.”

The pop tart is using an old-school, Deep South technique to ween her 3-year-old son, Sean Preston, off of his pacifier–Cajun hot sauce.

“Preston is still hooked on his pacifier, and Britney had to get creative to find a way to make him stop asking for it,” a source close to the singer tells Star Magazine.

Just one dab of the spicy sauce, and Preston wants nothing to do with his “paci,” the tabloid writes.