Spicy Food
 

We have a restaurant that will sell a very spicy slice of pizza as a contest. If you eat all of it you get a shirt and free food. Many people have thrown up during/after eating it, and I've heard it tastes like it should be "coming out the other end". The proprietors won't divulge the ingredients.

Just for fun, I'm considering trying it out. Maybe at least give my son and friends a laugh in the mean time. :)

But I would like to know what might be available to curb the spicy taste before I eat the pizza? I was thinking maybe a tablespoon of olive oil to coat my mouth and throat.

What do you think?

Do it the Homer way => candle grease

Yeah, I read about that ... but we're talking about a cartoon here ... who knows what would happen if someone did that in real life?

Milk is the way to go. In the UK we're big vindaloo fans, and (to quote Lister from Red Dwarf), what's the only thing that can kill a vindaloo? A lager!

Condolences in advance to your family.

I tend to agree with XavierP's lager suggestion thought I would be cautious and drink at least 6 pints before touching the food.

I do not condone binge drinking.

Kaopektate is good. It's alkaloid nature prevents the acid binding effect of the spice. Has to be done about 15 minutes before consumption.

It's not what it does to my stomach that I'm worried about. It's the burn as it goes down. Need to coat my mouth with something.

Further research says that peppers have a chemical that excites the nerves. It's not an acid that does it. And fatty drinks react to the chemical, breaking it down.

If I *ever* do it (I haven't quite worked myself up to it), I'll let you guys know how it works out! :)

Yes, please send us a message from your hospital bed. Or, if the worst comes to the worst, we can hold a seance. :D
P.S.
We will miss you. :cry:

Sugar is fairly effective for this, but, unfortunately, only briefly.Quite true, and also the chemical is not at all harmful, so the nerve excitement is only that, doing you no harm.I doubt this. Consider typical Indian food - spices simmered in ghee (clarified butterfat). If fat broke down the chemical, would Indian food still taste spicy?
Yes, do. Good luck. (And American soft drinks are loaded with sugar.)

Oh, one other thing: Caspian does not stimulate the nerves in the gut, only the those in the skin, so you only feel the burn as it goes in and comes out. The "vomiting" you report is probably either from actually harmful substances in the food or a psychological reaction.

Fat doesn't break down the capsaicinoids - they are as many chemical compounds of spices and herbs are - just very good soluble in oily/fatty substances.

Because of that you slightly fry peppers and chilis and all other spicy stuff to unleash the perfect hotness (can I say "heat" here?!). The same princible applies to adding fresh salvia into butter or olive oil for pasta sauces. Or for vanilla in butter for cakes and cookies.

The best way to deal with food too hot is to chew on something dry like rice or bread for example. And don't breathe it in. ;)

Or just train in advance - the ability to eat really spicy food can be trained.

If you don't know what they put in there, I don't recommend you try it. I read the contents of everything before I eat it, because you really are what you eat.

Very true. I really like those tiny little Thai chilis (พริกขี้หนู)* literal translation "Mouse sh?t chili", according to here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_pepper

They are very hot, but the more I eat them, the more I want MORE of them. I used to tolerate the heat for the aroma and flavour, but now I just like them too much and don't care about the heat. I used to put three in a curry-for-two, now it's twelve, and soon it'll be twenty, but the acidity of fresh lime juice is essential to balance the flavour and heat.

So, SlowCoder, maybe take some fresh limes to squeeze onto your hot pizza. I am salivating at the thought. Go for it!

*[No, I cannot read Thai either, but I love the way linux handles strange fonts perfectly]

Miracle berry (Synsepalum dulcificum). Efficient but rather expensive (could cost $2.5 a piece).

How about staying away from pizza as much as you can... stuff makes me gag... :tisk:

Meh, just man up and eat it! What's the worst that could happen?





(if you want an answer to that look on YouTube for the guys snorting wasabi powder, now THAT is pain)

Buttermilk!

And Gas-X...

And send me a slice!

No, that is stupidity.

:)

Don't keep us all in suspense, when are you going to eat that noxious pizza?

Don't know yet. And I might not. I will probably get a pack of my friends together to cheer me on/say things that will make me toss my cookies. (Maybe I'll even video feed so you guys can watch too! ;)) I'll probably have to do it when I won't be at work the next day.

That would be the wise course to take.
Yes, that would be worth watching. On an empty stomach. :eek:
You might need a week off. :)

If the pizza challenge is just about a hot pepper spice then you can use plain yogurt to protect your mouth and throat from a blistering burn. However, if the "spices" are something more noxious then you may wish to pass on this challenge. In fact I would argue that the pizza restaurant issuing the challenge has to publish a list of ingredients just like fast food chains do nowadays because the ingredients in this challenge may pose an immediate health risk to customers who take the challenge.

Its entirely possible to give someone with an undiagnosed heart condition a heart attack after eating this food.

just my two cents

I agree, it can, but it can also stop one :)

At least a heart attack would be quicker and less messy than food poisoning.
SlowCoder, remember to stock up on plenty of toilet paper and carpet shampoo, and keep a nice big bucket handy.

And make sure you get insurance, just in case you start throwing flames (from either end).

Wear asbestos underpants.

One of the symptoms of heart attack is vomiting.

But it wouldn't last as long as vomiting from food poisoning.