Re: [CH] Mexican Seeks World Chile-Eating Record
Tina Brooks (shoestring_louise@yahoo.com)
Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:49:17 -0800 (PST)
Sounds like the guy was a bird in his past life and is
immune to capsaicin.
T
--- Dave Drum <dirty_dave@chillicooks.org> wrote:
> Mexican taxi driver with extraordinary endurance
> aims to become world
> champion chile eater
>
> MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5, 2007
> By IOAN GRILLO Associated Press Writer
>
> (AP)For most people, even the smallest bite of a raw
> chile pepper
> means a flushed face and a rush for a gulp of water.
> But Manuel Quiroz
> can guzzle down dozens of Mexico's spiciest chilies,
> rub them on his
> skin and even squeeze their juice into his eyes
> without so much as
> blinking.
>
> The 54-year-old Mexico City taxi driver said
> Saturday that he has made
> thousands of dollars with his talent and wants to
> become the world
> champion chile eater. But first he needs to find an
> organization that
> can crown him with that title.
>
> "Chilies don't sting me. They don't affect me. It's
> just like eating
> fruit," Quiroz said at a market in the Mexican
> capital. Shoppers
> stared in amazement as he crunched on a habanero,
> the hottest chile
> pepper in a country that likes its food spicy.
>
> Quiroz said he discovered his talent when he was 7
> and grew up betting
> people that he could eat more chilies than they
> could. He never lost.
>
> "I'm the best. No one can rival me," he said.
>
> His biggest windfall came when he entered a
> competition organized by a
> local television station and took home the $2,000
> purse.
>
> Quiroz said he plans to try to get his abilities
> recognized by
> Guinness World Records. To his knowledge, no one in
> the world can
> swallow more chilies.
>
> "Chilies are the pride of Mexico," Quiroz said. "The
> world
> chile-eating champion has got to be here."
>
> Quiroz said he has never been examined by a doctor
> to find out if
> there is a medical explanation for his extraordinary
> endurance to the
> spice.
>
> "Why would I go and see a doctor?" he said. "There
> is nothing wrong
> with me. Eating chilies makes me feel great."
>
> ©MMVII The Associated Press.
>
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