"They're only jalapeños"

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

When I was in 1st grade, my family lived on Okinawa. The Korean family that lived next door had a pepper plant in their garden with little bitty peppers. My older brothers dared me to eat one. I have not forgiven them for that yet over 60 years later.

When I was in the Army in Germany I was taking the bus over to my girlfriend's house for Christmas. I had earlier purchased a little plant pruned in the shape of a Christmas tree that had tiny red peppers sprouting all over like little Christmas ornaments.

Well, I'm riding along in the bus and had the great idea to pull off one of the small peppers and pop it in my mouth. Holy crap it was hot! My mouth was on fire! I had to get off the bus at a Gasthaus and guzzle a half litre of bier before it was manageable.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

If you gots a poison oak rash.....never touch or scratch your winky....

poison ____ is not spread from the rash.

poison ____ rashes come from getting urushiol oil (from the plant) on your skin. If you get it on your skin and wash it off thoroughly and immediately, you are unlikely to get it or at least, it'll be much less severe. Assuming you get it on your hands, and then wash your hands throroughly 4 hours later, anything that you touched in that 4 hours is likely to get some transfer. If you touched your phone, you can continue to get it from your phone until it's all been wiped/cleaned from your phone (days?).

So, if you got it on your hands, then touched your winky 4 hours later and then washed after touching your winky, then you got the oil on your winky.

Also, different skin (like your winky) will react differently from other skin, ie, winky, face, arm, palm of hand, etc... will all react differently and the rash can take longer to show up in different spots.

So, if you got the rash on your arm, and then got it on your winky a day or two later, that could either be due to a secondary transfer of oil from something after the initial exposure (from a pair of loppers or a weedeater handle or your dogs fur) or it could be due to your winky being tougher skin than your arm that reacts more slowly.

If you get some on you, and then you take a very thorough bath, and you don't come back in contact with the oil at another time, then it won't spread from spot to spot.

Just FYI.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

I've always liked Jalapeños But Wasabi mustard? ... "Fumes out the nose WOW"

Yeah, I used to work with a guy that loved all things spicy, like jalapeño-type spicy. He and I went to a Chinese restaurant together once. I told him, "since you love spicy, you'll love this stuff." and urged him to dip the crab puffs or egg rolls or something like that into the spicy mustard. Yeah, he was not a fan. Very different kind of "spicy."

mustard, horseradish, wasabi, not the same as jalapenos, habaneros, etc.... I hadn't ever really thought about before that someone would be OK with one type, but not the other. My dad and myself would eat either.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

When I was a puppy and under age 35, I could handle hat spicy foods just fine. My mom's chili won the blue ribbon and gold medal for the best chili at the Oklahoma State fair. It was free of any beans, and just stirring the pot would make me sweat. As a kid, I loved it, as a geezer (over 35) I had to have a bottle of Maalox after a bowl of he chili. Now I am a total wimp, and just don't like the pain and suffering hot foods provide.

One of my former coworkers was nuts for hot foods. One of his favorite snacks was a Tabasco sandwich. He would get a piece of bread, and saturate it with Tabasco, and use two other pieces of bread to hold it to eat it. He bought Tabasco by the gallon jug.

I think some folks like the pain. I like spicy food, but I want mild-moderate discomfort not pain. I still want to be able to taste the food.

I've eaten with folks where I swear they were just trying to appear manly or something.

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by masraum

I've eaten with folks where I swear they were just trying to appear manly or something.

Folks become addicted to it as the body releases endorphins. They get a powerful rush out of it.

[wdfifteen]

^^

So that’s what they get out of it. I’ve seen guys eat peppers that were so hot it would overwhelm any actual flavor. I like spicy food, but the heat needs to compliment the other flavors and not overwhelm them.

[stevej37]

^^^ Agree. Some spice is ok...too much just masks the foods flavor.

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The aftermath

[Z-man]

Ya bunch of sissies crying over getting stung by wee jalapeños…



The scorpion pepper is second only to the Carolina Reaper. Has a great slow and long burn, and a bit of a fruity layer underneath. Great on bratwurst, meatloaf and chili.

The first bottle has scorpion cut with habanero and ghost (jolokia) pepper to produce a smoother texture. Fantastic on meatloaf.

Yes - I run with the big boys. Some of my friends from India can’t even keep up!

BTW - If you think jalapeños sting your eye, try fresh habaneros in there. Showered for 20 minutes to get the sting outta my face!

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by masraum

I've eaten with folks where I swear they were just trying to appear manly or something.

Absolutely - it is all about who is more of a man when it comes to eating spicy fūd. Especially during a work luncheon. Ego. It’s all about the male ego.

And there’s always a newbie trying to prove himself who gets in over his head and must down a gallon of milk to squelch the burn.

You have to build up a tolerance to the hot stuff - and then you can actually appreciate the flavor behind the heat. Different peppers have different flavors for certain.

[Rusty Heap]

fiji jungles peppers made me foam at the mouth for 15 minutes.

Hot Wild Pepper | The hottest peppers are from the Fiji Islands!

[Crowbob]

There’s a Netflix series called The Champions or something and they show stoopid or weird contests such as...eating hot peppers. The peppers episode had a pretty good segment on the hotness scale.

To me it’s like putting acid in your mouth.

No thanks.

[stevej37]

The biggest question to me is ....Why???

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Z-man

Ya bunch of sissies crying over getting stung by wee jalapeños

BTW - If you think jalapeños sting your eye, try fresh habaneros in there.

I have. That’s why I said, “They’re only jalapeños.” Get it?

[VINMAN]

Guilty... Im one of those freaks that loves the hot stuff. Hotter the better. Gotta agree with Jolly's post. It is kind of a rush i guess.
Most painful stuff i had was a Carolina Reaper sauce i had last month at a beer fest. Came close to heaving it was so bad. Loved it!!

[wdfifteen]

I don't remember when this was - two or three years ago - but I was getting ready to grind dried habaneros. You need the goggles and a mask and gloves for that job.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I don't remember when this was - two or three years ago - but I was getting ready to grind dried habaneros. You need the goggles and a mask and gloves for that job.

It was probably nearly 40 years ago, I was a little guy with a little garden. In my garden I grew several different kinds of peppers. We ended up with a ton of cayenne peppers. Then my dad strung them and dried them. Once they were deemed dry enough, he put them in the blender and pulsed them until they were crushed red pepper. Then he took the lid off the blender and allowed the aerosolized oils and dust to float around our townhouse. My mom and I ended up outside in the back yard, crying, noses running, coughing. Dad was inside opening doors and windows trying to air the place out. We actually had the pepper for a while, but that was pretty funny.

Similar event, when I was in my 20s and a bartender, we got a popcorn machine. It was similar to what they have at a theater, but smaller. It was a hit. I have no idea why/how, it was probably a customer that requested it, but one time I put a bunch of tabasco in with the oil and kernels while they were popping. Yes, similar experience, coughing, running nose, itchy eyes from anyone that was too near the bar for too long. It was however the best popcorn I've ever had. putting hot sauce on popcorn after it's popped just makes it cold and soggy, but putting it in while it's popping imparts heat and flavor.

Now I sprinkle chipotle powder on top of microwave popcorn and then shake up the bag. It gives it a smoky, spicy zing.

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[flatbutt]

Ever since hot peppers caused me to suffer some kind of "GI seizure" I politely decline. It was like having a very violent fit of hiccups accompanied by difficulty breathing and profuse sweating. It truly sucked.