[katana]

My wife tells a story about being out to dinner in Texas with business associates, three of whom were Indians. Each plate had a small banana pepper as a garnish and their waitress warned them (in a classic Texas drawl) to not eat the peppers as they were extremely hot. Something like "Y'all don't want to eat one of those peppers ... they are the hottest peppers in the world" (not true, of course, but that's another story).

One of the Indians couldn't resist the challenge and bit into his pepper. He was silent as sweat beads began forming on his forehead so one of the Americans asked him how was the pepper. All he managed to gasp was "Very hot".

[csvset]

Peppers can be decieving. A Korean shop has some long skinny peppers that are sweet for the first bite or two, then all hell breaks loose. They give me hiccups, (spasms), oddly enough I still have a couple every time I eat there.

[stevio]

I use ghost to bump up the heat of my jalapeno hot sauce. They are nuclear hot, but actually have a good taste.

[COBOL2Java]

Why are Hot Peppers Hot? (and why milk helps)

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Travelled in Thailand and thought I knew hot Thai food. Went to a Thai restaurant in Portland OR and ordered a 4 star out of 5 star on the heat scale dish. The waitress asked if I was sure as 4 was pretty damn hot. Told her I had been to Thailand and could handle it.

My eyes were watering and my nose running but I ate every damn bite. Cook came out of the kitchen to watch.

Never did that again.

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The investigation revealed all involved students “took these peppers voluntarily,” according to police.

I sense that the dreaded "Triple Dog Dare" may have been at work here.

[Ditter]

I don’t eat hot peppers of any kind. My dad did and he would. complain of having Mexican heartburn. That is when you eat something that burns going in..............and it also burns coming out!