When I was younger I would go eat spicy Chinese food, if my eyes were not watering then the food was not spicy enough.
Not a fan of most Mexican foods, but I'm not bashful, even in my mid-60's about eating peppers.
I made a "red hot" for lunch, one of those 1/4 pound spicy hot dogs in a red casing. On the side I put 2 pickle spears from a jar of Suckerpunch brand pickles. I'm about 1/3rd of the way through the jar and when I removed the 2nd pickle up floated a bright yellow pepper that was submerged.
Stuck a fork into the pepper and popped it, whole, into my mouth, and then sat down for lunch with the lovely Mrs_Bob
Chewed it up, swallowed, and immediately started hiccuping uncontrollably. Rapid and deep hiccups. Face turned bright red. Mouth was on fire. My stomach was churning and burning. It took only seconds for all this to happen. The lovely Mrs_Bob thought I was having a stroke and was mentally counting the proceeds of my life insurance policy. Damn, stomach was almost convulsing, I was sweating.
Of course the remedy is milk. But I'm lactose intolerant (to the extreme) so pretty much a lactose bigot.
Screw the lactose, I felt like I was going to die. Stumble to the refrigerator and the milk is SPOILED.
Found some ice cream and started eating it, immediately the burning mouth sensation was reduced. My stomach was recovering. The hiccups stopped.
The pickles are good if you like some spice. I can not, however, recommend popping the big yellow pepper that popped up from the depths of hell and ended up in that jar.
Not a fan of most Mexican foods, but I'm not bashful, even in my mid-60's about eating peppers.
I made a "red hot" for lunch, one of those 1/4 pound spicy hot dogs in a red casing. On the side I put 2 pickle spears from a jar of Suckerpunch brand pickles. I'm about 1/3rd of the way through the jar and when I removed the 2nd pickle up floated a bright yellow pepper that was submerged.
Stuck a fork into the pepper and popped it, whole, into my mouth, and then sat down for lunch with the lovely Mrs_Bob
Chewed it up, swallowed, and immediately started hiccuping uncontrollably. Rapid and deep hiccups. Face turned bright red. Mouth was on fire. My stomach was churning and burning. It took only seconds for all this to happen. The lovely Mrs_Bob thought I was having a stroke and was mentally counting the proceeds of my life insurance policy. Damn, stomach was almost convulsing, I was sweating.
Of course the remedy is milk. But I'm lactose intolerant (to the extreme) so pretty much a lactose bigot.
Screw the lactose, I felt like I was going to die. Stumble to the refrigerator and the milk is SPOILED.
Found some ice cream and started eating it, immediately the burning mouth sensation was reduced. My stomach was recovering. The hiccups stopped.
The pickles are good if you like some spice. I can not, however, recommend popping the big yellow pepper that popped up from the depths of hell and ended up in that jar.
