I was in Chicago waiting to see Wicked about a month ago and stopped to have a cocktail. I ordered a jalapeno infused vodka with citrus. One sip and I about hurled, and I can eat anything spicy. I asked the bartender if anyone had ever finished it and he said yes. then he told me they ran out of the jalapeno infused vodka so used regular vodka and habanero oil. Of course, habanero can be up to 300 times hotter than jalapenos. Had drank that thing I would have died.
Wow!
I had a bunch of dried peppers given to me because I love hot and spicy food...I never knew what kind of peppers they were, but they were only moderately hot. I used to walk by where I hung them, break one off and just eat it. Delicious.
One night, I broke one off and began munching it down. This one was a bit hotter, but not too bad. I took another bite, and it was hotter still. Before I got to the trashcan, I was hyperventilating and having trouble breathing. My face was beet red, and I had sweat pouring off of my scalp and down my face.
I thought: I am going to die. All alone, because I ate a pepper. I pulled out milk and chugged some down, no relief. I stuck ice cubes in my mouth, nothing. It seemed to go on forever.
All I could think was someone must have stuck that in there as a prank. It was scary.