Habanero Peppers

[theroguechemist]

Yeah, so last night at work, we were all done early and bored as usual.. Ben comes over and he's like "yo you wanna eat a pepper" I'm like yeah dude he's like "it's a habanero" and I'm like ok..

so we're all back in produce and I take a bite of half.. chewing.. turn around.. swallow.. take the other half to my audiences amusement.. chew chew chew.. but spit it out because I figure what's the point..

"it's gotta be a dud" I say, kidding.. it takes about a minute for it to fully hit me..

it was yes, hot in my mouth, but not as bad as I thought it would be.

They gave me a lime to suck on..

But my face started feeling flushed, my eyes started to water, I started to convulse/shake.. and my body eventually went entirely numb. Like honestly, numb/throbbing/rolling rain buzz all over. I was perplexed and scared. I started grabbing handfuls of ice and eating them slowly.. eventually, about 10 minutes later, I was alright again.



Now, I looked into it a bit. So ok, hot peppers can cause numbness. wow. sweet.



I wanna do it again. Maybe two. Despite the burning.. it's bearable..

[Amethyst Star]

One time I had the great misfortune to accidentally crunch down on one of those peppers that come with Chinese food take-out. Yah, I was panicking! I'd just finished my last soda and so I had to open a new can and even that didn't help. I tried eating chocolate (which is supposed to tone down the spicyness), didn't help. I tried eating rice, didn't help. Ugh! It was funny, but at the same time I know I've never eaten anything as spicy as that, and I like spicy food!

So yes, I feel your pain, even if I wasn't convulsing. I was coughing, sputtering, and getting a headache though.

-Amé

[Kaniaz]

I've done that, heh. When I was young and I ate chinese, I thought "what the fuck is happening" but never asked. I know a sure fire way to cool it down though- yoghurt. If you eat yoghurt the spiceyness goes. I learnt that when I ate a stupid chillie thingy once.

[Truthbearer]

I'm Mexican...I'm genetically engineered by nature to be able to take them :wink:

[Fetish]

lol has anyone tryed the "hot as hell " hot sause in here i took a drop and 30 sec had my head under the sink gulping water

[Damascus]

Ever been cooking with chillies, then unconsciously rubbed your eye or scratched your nose?


Before i knew chillies had that effect, i did that. Eye started burning, so i rubbed it more. It was a viscious circle, i just kept rubbing and as it got more painful, rubbed my eye more.

My eye was extremely red that day.

[Truthbearer]

wow... one would think you'd learn after the first time and go rub water into it right away :shakehead2:

[Alex D]

I think I've eaten way too many of them, they don't really matter to me that much any more, I can take them. As for rubbing your eye, I know what you mean, so bloody painful.

[Kaniaz]

Well, that was stupid. It's like "OH LOOK MY HAND IS COVERED IN ACID. I SHOULD RUB MY EYE WITH IT."

[lurker]

Originally posted by Truthbearer
I'm Mexican...I'm genetically engineered by nature to be able to take them :wink:

hahaha... very true. every time i go to king taco, it takes me about an hour to finish my burrito when they put the red sauce in there... but damn, it hurts so goooooodddddd....

i remember once when i was a kid, i was a my best friends house. he dared me to eat this tiny little round pepper. i thought that little thing wasn't that tough, 'cause my friend was just popping them into his mouth. that's when i finally figured it out. argentinians/italians are not genetically engineered for that stuff. i've adapted to an extent, but i'll never be in that elite league. :(

my eyes where watering, i had the moco loco thing going, and nothing could stop the fire burning inside my mouth.

personally, i'm partial to crushed red pepper. i pretty much throw that on anything i cook that involves a tomato.