[CH] Habanero Hand-warmer
George Nelson (70431.3065@compuserve.com)
Thu, 7 Dec 2000 21:32:53 -0500
My cousin sends me postings from Ice-Bike at times. This is a list for
people who like to ride bicycles on ice and in snow. The following is one
he forwarded to me which should strike a sympathetic chord.
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>Sometimes your hands or feet get cold while you are riding.
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> Sometimes (like yesterday for me), it may be colder than you
> expected. My $0.79CDN gloves from Wall-Mart just didn't
> make it (do you believe that 0.79 cents! Thats ten cents a finger,
> and the thumbs are free!)
> Anyway, You may not be in the mood to waste time stopping
> to warm you hands. You might think, "I just want to get home."
> BUT. When you get there, your fingers are in pain from the
> cold.
> Well, yesterday, I theorized that hot pepper sauce would increase
> circulation, so I ate a lot.... Until the pain on my tongue was
> almost unbearable. Know what? The pain in my fingers disappeared!
> Now, just because something works once, is not too good of a test,
> so in the interest of science, I rode home tonight with a pair of
> thin hole-filled gloves, and tried the hot sauce again.
> It worked.
> Now, you've got to use a good hot sauce. Jalapeno isn't hot enough.
> Habanero must be the number 1 ingredient. Something like "Raw Heat",
> or something from the "Pain is Good" family work. I don't know if it
> is the peppers that do it, or the endorphins that they cause to be
> released, however, it does eliminate the pain of cold fingers.