Re: [CH] (Fwd) Jalapeno Eating Contest??
jim@wildpepper.com
Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:35:01 -0500
The Guiness Book of World Records (don't you just love being able to
'name drop' :-P) recently asked me for advice on the same subject.
Here's my take on it:
The chiles should be ALL de-stemmed and coarse chopped together. They
should be served up in a bowl of a known weight. Weigh the bowl
afterwords & you'll know the amount of chiles eaten.
The reasons for this (Cameron the scientist is rubbing off on me ;-) are
many:
Chiles are not of a uniform size & so someone could be unfairly
penalized by getting some that are larger than the neighbors.
Chiles are not of a uniform heat & so someone could be unfairly
penalized by getting some that are hotter than the neighbors.
Saying that someone ate 'six chiles' doesn't mean as much (in terms of
accuracy & verification) as saying that they ate '14 ounces' (or grams
or whatever).
My two cents.
-Jim C
Mild to Wild(R)