[CH] It took a long time........
Shaun Rimmer (shaun@newtronic.co.uk)
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 15:15:55 -0000
......but, fellow CH's, I finally managed to 'over-do-it' with the hot stuff
on Saturday........and discovered a whole new hell....
Well, Saturday started off with a walk in the woods and hills with my
sisters dog. This was fun, and after 4 1/2 hours of it, I went for a couple
of beers at the Clog And Billycock, then returned home hungry.
No shopping in, but some of my h/m spiced chile paste and snack foods. I
made up a large pot of dip with the paste, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire
sauce, peanut butter and a dash of lime juice.
I proceeded to consume this with crackers, extra-mature cheddar cheese, and
lashings of 'delight' - it was bloody good :-)
Went to the Asian grocers to re-stock, and found some delightful red
chillies there for the first time ever, as they only usually carry green
ones. They were sweet, hot, flavourful and _?seedless?_ (pity!) - I have
never seen these before.
At about 5 o'clock, I piled about 6 to 8 of these on a plate, and munched
them down with more cheese and crackers, and lashings of beer. It was
Saturday evening after all!
Later, I got a call from a friend who's engine had blown on the motorway. He
needed consoling, so I turned up with beer and sense of humour, and it
kicked off to a good night.
At about 9:00 p.m. he asked me if I wanted a bowl of his stew, I said yes,
and headed for the kitchen, slightly wobbly from the beer. In his cupboard,
I found a nice big bag of powdered chillies, which smelled good and tasted
hot, so I started to shake a generous amount on the stew.
He shouted "Hey, are you in my goddamn chile powder again?" and set me off
laughing - it was a damn fine guess...heh! ',;~}
Whilst laughing, I inadvertently shook a good 4 heaped desert spoons-worth
of the pure chile powder (not mix), onto the stew, thought "what the hell"
and tucked in.
It was hot, man was it ever, but it was damn fine, heheh.....
More beer, sweat, and time later, I found myself back home feeling peckish
and more than a little intoxicated (might have been the beeeeeeers.....).
Yup, I tucked into the red chillies and cheese again. This time, the last
one I ate was a _whole_ helluva lot hotter than the rest (man, why does that
happen?), and I was in tears, but I coped well, and enjoyed the massive
endorphin rush heheh.....
The morning after, I was _ill_! I hurt. All over: My stomach, my bladder, my
intestines and my bowels. I was in the smallest room for a good portion of
Sunday.
I !'bled'!.
It stung like hell. I re-discovered the true meaning of 'after burner'.
Repeatedly. I discovered my urine had a scoville rating right off the
charts.
Now, I have had, ahem! 'experiences' before, being a chile head type, but
never like this, not even in the same league or ball-park. Monday came, and
I couldn't eat and felt weak all day. I was truly worried I'd never recover,
and be denied the indulgence of my chile love forever more!.
Today, though, I feel great ??????? - like I've been to hell and back and
survived to tell the tale.
See, that's the thing with raw chillies and powder (it was quite coarse
ground) that isn't 'cooked in' - you can't tell from mouth heat what's going
to happen 'inside' after it finally releases it's real 'stored-up' heat. I
hope this never happens to me again, truly. My enemies, on the other
hand.....heheheh! (evil chuckle) >',;~}
Hope I kept it 'non-grapic' enough for y'all
Shaun back on the chile sauce today with no worries! R
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Desire For Fire!
(But please not _there_!)