[CH] Chile-head kids exist!
George A. Starkey (gas@kdlegal.com)
Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:22:03 -0500
>To the average person, yes. But a three- or four-year-old's mouth
>is one hell of a lot more sensitive than that of an average
>adult or teenager, and that's the age we were discussing.
Until I met my neighbor's kid, I would have believed that. One day he
was helping mommy garden, and he started eating a jalapeno. He was
hiccuping and giggling, so the mom didn't notice that he'd started
eating her peppers. Yes, plural. These weren't Mello-penos, or any other
mild pepper, no, these were the real thing. Mommy saw what he was
eating, and called us over to observe. The boy (4 or 5 years old) not
only finished his pepper, but for the rest of the summer had to be
chased out of the garden because he kept going for more.
Now, I thought he was just a mutant (his X-power was to be able to eat
fiery food), but then one day, my picky daughter began stealing my
buffalo sauce covered chips while we dined at O'Charley's. Granted,
their Buffalo sauce isn't blazin', but it is hot to the ordinary person.
I know because I asked an ordinary person if it was hot to them. She
is a terribly picky eater, yet she revels in testing her limits with the
Buffalo sauce. I even caught her putting it with her mac & cheese.
Proof positive that she is my daughter!!
All that aside, anyone who uses a capsaicin-derived substance for
punishment is morally bankrupt. People never cease to astound me in the
distance they'll go to be cruel to another person. If people went so
far out of their way to be kind, we'd be in Utopia.
Peace everyone...it is nearly harvest time!
George