A retrospective on eating a habanero pepper...

SexualNinja said:
So, last night my room mate and I were walking through the grocery store shopping for things and as we were walking past the peppers he picks one up and says, "If you eat this I'll give you ten dollars." So, I took it from him and ate it. Chewed on it a little bit and then just swallowed it fairly whole. I looked at him and thought to myself this wasn't so bad easy money. Then...the pain set in and my mouth felt like it was on fire. I look at him with tears in my eyes and said , "GET ME A DRINK!" He points behind me and I run to the drink display and down a bottle of juice throwing the container to the side and down another one. I turn and look at him saying, "It's not working." He replies, "MILK!" We go over to the milk and I drink a half gallon of milk. I don't know what went on toward then end but it got to the point where I couldn't drink any more milk without throwing up. So, I threw up all over the back aisle of the store. Finally, I ate some bread and it helped a lot. I did some research on what I ate.

Habenero Pepper.
1."is one of the most intensely spicy species of chili peppers of the Capsicum genus."
2."The "heat" of chili peppers is measured in Scoville units (SHU). Bell peppers rank at 0 (SHU), New Mexico green chilis at about 1,500 SHU, jalapeños at 3,000–6,000 SHU, and habaneros at 300,000 SHU. The record for the hottest chili pepper was assigned by the Guinness Book of Records to the Naga Jolokia, measuring over 1,000,000 SHU. Pure capsaicin, which is a hydrophobic, colorless, odorless, and crystalline to waxy solid at room temperature, measures 16,000,000 SHU."
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You should've watched Mythbusters Sharkweek special. They picked Habanero as chilli of choice to test whether or not capsicum can be a shark repellent. Jamie tried one. That should've saved you the grief of eating one of those habanero chilli.
 
actually there was another mythbusters where they tested various cures for spiciness. they gave tory a spoonfull of diced habenaro and grant a spoon of jalepeno (since he's a pussy) then tested a bunch of treatments. whole milk seemed to work the best. other contenders were water, tequila, beer, toothpaste, wasabi and petrolium jelly
 
At a restaurant I used t work in we ordered a bottle of pure capsaicin. Had to sign a waviar form and all. My boss and myself are both into hot foods so we both agreed to try it. We each took a toothpick and dipped it in the bottle and then to our tongues. I kid you not it was instant pain. I might as well just shot myself in the mouth. Long story short, we were both out of work for the rest of the night.
 
You would've been better off not chewing it at all.


:shrug: I've never had problems eating them.

I bet you didn't get your 10$ did you.
 
misfit said:
At a restaurant I used t work in we ordered a bottle of pure capsaicin. Had to sign a waviar form and all. My boss and myself are both into hot foods so we both agreed to try it. We each took a toothpick and dipped it in the bottle and then to our tongues. I kid you not it was instant pain. I might as well just shot myself in the mouth. Long story short, we were both out of work for the rest of the night.
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You cause chemical burns from that shit, iirc.
 
i use hot sauce myself which contains pure capsasin mixed in it every once in awhile

5-6 drops in a bowl of soup and it is packin some serious heat.
 
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