Dick loves to eat hot chilli peppers and tells me I’m not Vietnamese because I don’t and Vietnamese people eat quite spicy foods. He and my dad enjoy the small Thai peppers that when just taking a small pinch will make your lips burn like hell, a lingering hell. They tell me that you get used to it and it brings out the flavors in the food. Sorry but all it does for me is numb my mouth and I can’t taste a thing.
The other day, we were at my parent’s house and my dad, Freddie Mac, had bought some Indian peppers. He mentioned that they were QUITE spicy. I don’t know if you know this but Indian food is EXTREMELY spicey. When I was in Japan, we went to an Indian restaurant and their range of spicy intensity was from 1-30. One was already pretty hot and 3 was damn hot. Imagine 30. Uh uh, not this Jane.
I told Dick about the peppers my dad just bought and mentioned how spicy they were. It always peaks his interest when the food is spicy. “Yeah, bring me some.”
I always thought it was the seeds that make the pepper spicy but actually, it’s in the oils of the pepper. That’s why if it’s on your fingers, you better not touch your nose. I MAY have discovered this through first hand experience.
Anyway, Dick somehow did not heed my warning and took a big bite out of the pepper. Bold as ever. To his dismay, Freddie Mac was on da money. HAWT! It was apparent in his face that it was SUPER DUPER HOT. He ran straight for the fridge.
They say that when experiencing such hotness, milk products help…not drinking water, as one would think. Dick is pouring the milk on his lips.
His mouth and throat must be on fire because he’s drinking it.
Blech. Another great reason not to eat HOT chilli peppers.
Persians will also eat yogurt after eating something too spicy. Lucky for Dick we just happened to have some in my parents fridge.
His lips felt hot, were red and he said they felt like they had swollen up.
Why would you want to put yourself through this? Must be a guy thing.
Girls, we experience the pain once and we’re like, no…never again.
(This is how I feel about hot peppers and exercise.)
Guys, they experience pain and they’re like, I must CONQUER it!
(This is true for everything guys do.)
Next day, he had some more of the peppers but was more cautious to take it in gradually, in smaller chunks…determined to be immune to the Indian Pepper.
-Jane, Non-Fan of Hot Chilli Peppers.
02/08/2010 at 1:46 PM Permalink
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