Re: [CH] wildpepper
danceswithcarp (dcombs@bloomington.in.us)
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 15:47:44 -0500 (EST)
> --- "Scott W. Schreiber" <scottws@stratos.net> wrote:
> Let's just say it burns twice.
>
> Any way to avoid this??
Remove the seeds. Although they only have about 4-5% of the heat in a
chile pepper whole seeds are not digestible in any real sense of the wird,
so therefore they, um, pass. And since those little suckers are hard and
by the time you've finished masticating them you've given them a few
sharp, broken edges, well, they are *scratching* the skin as they pass by;
which is sort of like INJECTING the capsacian subcutaneously in a place
that has a lot of nerve endings.
Also, for some reason, peppers in olive oil or vegetable oil seem to have
this residual effect.
After a while though, you kind of develop a higher threshhold for all of
this. I can remember when I first discovered massive doses jalapenos
could be had with beer at a real mexican food place. Some mornings after
being there half the night, I couldn't tell if my butt was sweating or
crying.
The medical term is "jaloproctitis."
No lie.
carp