Hot!!! Pepper ????
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This got me thinking, My youngest son, now 8, is just like me and LOVES everything hot.
About 2 yrs ago we were having a New Years Eve party for the neighborhood and someone brought over a big plate of nachos, it had all the usually things in it and was smoothed with jalapenos. Well I caught my son just munching away on them and I mentioned that he should keep them (jalapenos) to a minimum, but as any kid, he did not listen.
Well the next morning I hear him yelling for me from the bathroom. I run in there and he cries to me "My butt is burning... It was Funny.
He has not done it since.
About 2 yrs ago we were having a New Years Eve party for the neighborhood and someone brought over a big plate of nachos, it had all the usually things in it and was smoothed with jalapenos. Well I caught my son just munching away on them and I mentioned that he should keep them (jalapenos) to a minimum, but as any kid, he did not listen.
Well the next morning I hear him yelling for me from the bathroom. I run in there and he cries to me "My butt is burning... It was Funny.
He has not done it since.
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Well, if you really want to know why.
The scientific explanation is preferrential occupation of pain receptor sites. The perception of "hot" is the result of a chemical (active pepper ingredient) bonding the the pain receptors on the tongue. The greater the affintity (the stronger the bond) the more intense the stimulation and hence the "hotter" the pepper sensation. Milder peppers can effectively bond to the same sites. Being less intensive, the net result is a blockade of the sensor and the apparent sensation of "coolness" since this stimulation is less than prior levels.
The scientific explanation is preferrential occupation of pain receptor sites. The perception of "hot" is the result of a chemical (active pepper ingredient) bonding the the pain receptors on the tongue. The greater the affintity (the stronger the bond) the more intense the stimulation and hence the "hotter" the pepper sensation. Milder peppers can effectively bond to the same sites. Being less intensive, the net result is a blockade of the sensor and the apparent sensation of "coolness" since this stimulation is less than prior levels.
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My family says that I was switched at birth. Being 100% Mexican, I rarely ever eat hot stuff. Maybe I'm just a little burned out from growing up around it. My mother makes her sauces from scratch, and she has many types for different dishes of food. I got her hooked on Frank's though, for her hot wings. I know a guy who is a distributor, and he gave me a couple of gallons of the stuff. I'll have to taste her wings next time she makes them to see what the hoopla is about.
My mother swears that the Habaneros grown in hot climate zones have the most heat.
My mother swears that the Habaneros grown in hot climate zones have the most heat.
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Made some great sauce from peppers I grew in my garden. Just gound up cayanne peppers and salt. Let it sit for a year and ran it though a food mill to remove the seeds and skin. Great flavor, not too hot to eat.
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Originally posted by aerocolorado
Well, if you really want to know why.
The scientific explanation is preferrential occupation of pain receptor sites. The perception of "hot" is the result of a chemical (active pepper ingredient) bonding the the pain receptors on the tongue. The greater the affintity (the stronger the bond) the more intense the stimulation and hence the "hotter" the pepper sensation. Milder peppers can effectively bond to the same sites. Being less intensive, the net result is a blockade of the sensor and the apparent sensation of "coolness" since this stimulation is less than prior levels.
Well, if you really want to know why.
The scientific explanation is preferrential occupation of pain receptor sites. The perception of "hot" is the result of a chemical (active pepper ingredient) bonding the the pain receptors on the tongue. The greater the affintity (the stronger the bond) the more intense the stimulation and hence the "hotter" the pepper sensation. Milder peppers can effectively bond to the same sites. Being less intensive, the net result is a blockade of the sensor and the apparent sensation of "coolness" since this stimulation is less than prior levels.
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Do you know why your mouth burns when you eat peppers?
It's warning your butt as to whats coming!
I bought a bottle of '******* Sauce'. Its made for all them guys that always say "it's not hot" or "I can eat anything hot". One small dab of this stuff makes your mouth feel like its full of Fire Ants.
I have used this to ward the kids off swearing. It really provides for positive reinforment. No cussing, no ******* Sauce!
It's warning your butt as to whats coming!
I bought a bottle of '******* Sauce'. Its made for all them guys that always say "it's not hot" or "I can eat anything hot". One small dab of this stuff makes your mouth feel like its full of Fire Ants.
I have used this to ward the kids off swearing. It really provides for positive reinforment. No cussing, no ******* Sauce!
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If you want the fastest way to kill the pain try sugar water (lot's of sugar). Scoville units are an averaged calculation based on how many "squirts" of sugar water it takes to neutralize the peppers effect.
A friend of mine though he was being cool and tried to show off by eating a habenaero pepper while we were on an EC-130H drilling holes in the sky. Something freaky with the pressurization or his sinuses, or both caused his sinuses to rupture. I've never seen that much blood in my life! I didn't stop pouring from his nose for thirty minutes. Blood was pooling and sloshing on the cargo deck. We did an emergency landing to get the guy to a hospital. He was as pale as a ghost. As soon as we hit the ground and equalized the pressure it stopped
I've never even had the gall to look at one of those peppers again. Call me chicken but that scared me!
A friend of mine though he was being cool and tried to show off by eating a habenaero pepper while we were on an EC-130H drilling holes in the sky. Something freaky with the pressurization or his sinuses, or both caused his sinuses to rupture. I've never seen that much blood in my life! I didn't stop pouring from his nose for thirty minutes. Blood was pooling and sloshing on the cargo deck. We did an emergency landing to get the guy to a hospital. He was as pale as a ghost. As soon as we hit the ground and equalized the pressure it stopped
I've never even had the gall to look at one of those peppers again. Call me chicken but that scared me!
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I know this is kinda off topic, but I've gotta ask. Does anyone know if eating too much hot stuff is actually bad for you? I'm 26 and eat hot sauce9usually tobasco) on just about everything and my wife swears I'll have an ulser by the time I'm 30. I just thought I would get the "experts" opinion.
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If you have not got the makings of an ulcer, hot sauce will not give you one. Ulcers are caused by quantities of food attacking parts of the digestive tract's mucus. small amounts of hot sauce are not acidic enough to do that. If however you eat a lot of very greasy food, swamped with Cayenne pepper, and sugars, you may well get an ulcer. If you treat yourself better than that, you probably will not get one. Stress, and the resultant increase in digestive juices is the major cause of stomach ulcers.
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Fact is, spicy foods make you less likely to develop ulcers. The mild irritation jabs some of the repair hormones into hyperdrive. Oddly, they also cause some the relaxation hormones to kick in. Believe or not, I recommend spicy food to all my lung and cardiac patients, there are a lot of benefits.
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Hey Theologian,
I didn't put diet change and the increase in the tolerance of hot sauce together until your earlier post. I noticed last week that
I am put a lot more hot sauce on my food than I did earlier in the year. I went from Tabasco to Trader Joe's Jalapeno Sauce to Bull Snort Fire in the Hole Habanero Hot Sauce.
Interesting idea.
RandyD
I didn't put diet change and the increase in the tolerance of hot sauce together until your earlier post. I noticed last week that
I am put a lot more hot sauce on my food than I did earlier in the year. I went from Tabasco to Trader Joe's Jalapeno Sauce to Bull Snort Fire in the Hole Habanero Hot Sauce.
Interesting idea.
RandyD
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Sure seems like it.. I was a total wus when it came to spicy food. Now I can chug on a bottle of hot sauce, and come back for more. I put the sauce in a little tray (like in an oriental restaurant) and dip my food in it, then I lick it clean.. It is delicious. The only difference betwixt the old me, and the new fire eating me is I have a totally different diet. (and am 1 year older)
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