okay, not an eating story, but one year I helped my mom & aunts with the annual canning of the salsa in the fall. my job was to peel the green chile after it was roasted. it was hot green chile that i peeled for several hours. that night, my soft-skinned little hands were burning up!!!! i don't think the chilis were that hot, but just having handled them all day, i absorbed a butt load of the capsaicin. we called a doctor cuz it was serious pain for over an hour. they recommended that I hold my hands under HOT running water. that really sucked. the hot water would open up the pores to flush out the capsaicin. cold water, which actually felt better, would prolong the pain. now, i leave the women's work to the women who can handle it!

oopsie -- it said no server, dangit!
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Anx said:

JasmineFire said:

Imago said:

JasmineFire said:

knock it off - does this thread look like a rest area bathroom?















don't answer that

i was so hungry this one time..and i was just happend to be in my aunt's ranch in guadalajara,mexico...they had nothing at the time..they were out in the city to buy food..but i found some tortillas..and a big can of jalapenos peppers..which were like 40 in all..i eat everyone of them...to me i love spicy food(this might sound cliche,but i guess its in my blood)..but good lord do i hate wasabi and horse radish..its not even tasty spicy..its like..i can't even describe it..

HOW HOT IS YOUR CHILE?

http://ushotstuff.com/Heat.Scale.htm

Anx said:

I steer well clear of chilli its just not worth the pain! I have a really low threshold for spicy things. They dont even taste good, because all you get is fire!

i had the kiss of fire on my b-side this morning. ouch.

Anx said:

RING of fire

ZombieKitten said:

well, i fell into it...and it burns, burns, burns.

Anx said:

y'all are SICK!

So, this was likely not the HOTTEST thing I ever ate, but it's definately the most painful.

Years ago I was on a FIRST date. We met for dinner at a local Thai place. I ordered the Fire Noodles as hot as they come.

Shortly into eating, I was getting a bite together. As I pulled my fork from the plate, one single noodle hadn't been cut through. It finally snapped and flew back and a few drops of oil went straight into my eye.

I was all "OMG" and he was all "are you alright?"

I played tough for a minute before the hot oil fully spread across my eye. I ran to the bathroom. I pulled out my contact and ran water over my eye. The pain eventually stopped but my eye had swollen almost completely shut.

The rest of that date was a blast, yeah.

endorphin74 said:

it's just nature...the food chain...the (burning) circle of life!

susannah said:

you need to slolwly immerse yourself into spice

My bf HATED hot foods when we met. Over 10 years I have slowly snuck in chillis/hot spice into my cooking in increasing amounts. He still can't tolerate the spice that I can, but he can handle a fair amount of spice and likes it!

endorphin74 said:

if anyone's gonna eat my cooking, they're gonna have to get used to some spice.

of course, i put chinese chili paste on the table next to the ketchup and the salt and pepper, so i might take things a little far...

Anx said:

ain't NOTHIN wrong with that!

JasmineFire said:

That's soooo true! I was about to mention bread.

My first really bad run-in with spicy stuff occurred at my cousin's wedding reception. I was about 13 and decided I was going to eat one of these:

endorphin74 said:

I dont really think thatll work on me, because my parents looove spicy food, and theyve been feeding me it from a young age, but its never gotten any better

better than the kiss of death, that's for sure!

susannah said:

so you don't like mexican food? curries? szechuan?

i guess you can make mild mexican food...

Anx said:

No I love it all - but mild! Well not that mild...but what you would think is mild would probably still be too hot for me. Every single time I say to my Mum "is it really hot?" She says "no", and it is!!! I mean I could eat it, but I wouldnt enjoy it.

I love curry and mexican food, but when I make it I just dont make it very spicy, and when I eat out I dont order the really hot things. I make a pretty big pot of chilli con carne at home all the time, and put in 2 fresh red chillies though, but only a couple of the seeds as theyre the hot bit!!

Anx said:

Oh Lawd!!!

Has it come back to haunt you yet. The rim of fire.


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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

it greeted me with the dew of the morning and the chirp of the damn birds.

Anx said:

Aw, that is so lovely. There's nothing like a good du-dump-du-dump-dump in the morning. These are moments to cherish....along with your morning coffee and newspaper.


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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

not to be too vivid, but it was one of those times i was really happy that i keep a tub of moist booty wipes on hand.