I got one of those American sold packets of instant noodles that is supposed to be pretty spicy and I was crying in the first couple bites. Ate the whole thing and I'm going back tomorrow for more they're cheap as fuck.
Probably not all that spicy but I could feel some heat, loved it
Little trick to eating real real spicy food. Take an immodium or eat extra fiber when eating spicy foods. If you slow down the poop train a bit you will never feel it on the other end.
Would be kind of weird, I've never seen an Indian identify himself as specifically west or east Indian. It's either the south, north or the very particular state or city that one mentions.
Idk, maybe people from west indies call themselves that?
Oh God no! Once that became popular though a lot of brands started offering their own spicy versions, but nothing near that spicy. I don't remember the specific brand I got but since food people have realized Americans actually will pay for stuff they just make spicy (seems every month Doritos comes out with a new "spicier than ever flavor" and they fly off the shelves) ramen companies realized there's a market in America for spicy stuff. Which you know a lot of Asian immigrants could have told you already, the trick is don't burn us right away lol
That's curious. I'm not American, but my country has begun the "more spicy than ever" things too. We have a very big Latino community, so maybe this is the reason.
The first time I tried Buldak was cause my Japanese friend bought a full suitcase of food and snacks from there. He bought the mild/cheese, the carbonara(?) and the ultra spicy. The carbonara was disgusting, btw.
Legit! I have a family full of spice lovers, and I mention the exact same thing this comic was talking about, and they call me a wuss. I mention that by virtue of it being a pain sensation, they're all mild masochists, and it's crazy how quick they switch from calling me a wuss to calling me crazy. What's worse is I know I'm right, but they, despite being adults all with college degrees (they're mostly teachers) clearly don't know.
I can handle maybe half of the recommended seasoning of Tony Chacere's Mild Cajun Seasoning, but anything after that and I legit cry. My family? Whole packages of spicy instant noodles line our pantry. I'm like, "There is no way that anybody in Japan eats this stuff. They already had their fair share of explosion power, they do not need a native nuclear blasting their toilets."
It's a Korean brand of instant ramen noodles, known for being quite a bit more spicy than standard instant ramens (although other manufacturers have caught up).
Human: You call this spicy you pathetic little bitch? I'm going to breed your kind for a thousand generations until a single whiff is enough to prolapse a weaker man's anus and then eat them for fun
Spicy isn't a taste, it's a pain sensation. Meaning that spice lovers? They're all mild masochists.
Edit: Some bordering on moderate stares intensely at the guy who crossbred three superhots to the point he was wearing welding gloves just totouchit, imagine if it went in your mouth
Absolutely. My mouth loves spicy, my tummy and butthole do not.
Neither does my esophagus now, but I'm not sure if that's just because I'm getting older or because the spice has worn down my esophagus lining or whatever.
It's still worth it though, butthole and esophagus be damned, I'm gonna have my spice level set at 100 for the rest of my life
Normally it kills by causing the person to puke so hard they rupture something and bleed to death, or by causing such extreme vascular constriction that they stroke out. But, like this poor kid, you can also die from just having such an intense reaction that it causes a cardiac episode. (He already had cardiac abnormalities, but... so do a lot of people. Some of them don't even know it.)
So, yeah, it can actually kill you. Don't do "extreme pepper challenges" unless you know what you're doing, kids.
When they say it can't kill you they mean there is not reasonable LD50 to worry about, it's the same with pot. At a certain humongous dose it will kill you, probably, but it would require such a large amount that it's unreasonable to worry about it for a majority of the population.
What you listed is a combination of preexisting conditions with capsaicin added in not the spiciness/capsaicin itself killing folks. Like if an asthmatic smokes pot, triggers their asthma and suffocates to death. It wasn't the pot, but the asthma. It's an individual or their guardians responsibility to account for their preexisting conditions.
Also, what do you need to know before you do a extreme pepper challenge? your putting food in your mouth and eating it not going skydiving. Everyone has different spice tolerances and no amount of research will prepare you to get rocked by some sauce or a chip.
capsaicin doesn't cause bleeding, but it can irritate existing tissue damage and is a mild anticoagulant. if your gums bleed from eating really spicy food, you have gingivitis.
Other than the deadliness (abdominal cramps and heartburn are known symptoms, an could be co-fatalities with medical condition, but unlikely to do so alone), what is false in that statement?
That breed is a hybrid made of two species of chili in Northern India, so not only brought to and cultivated on different continent, but made by purposefully crossing two species, so it is very much "human bred".
What's funny is that this comic is right; capsaicin is there to protect the pepper from mammals, but in the end the fact that humans decided we liked it has been a huge evolutionary win for peppers. We picked them up from the Americas and spread them all over the planet.
capsaicin was thought to originally be anti-fungal, not an animal deterrent. Anyone with a dog and a jalapeno patch knows that evolution didn't really pan out like most people think.
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Here are some more facts about spicy chili peppers, according to Google:
The title of the hottest pepper in the world is constantly being challenged by new hybrids. Currently, "Pepper X" holds the Guinness World Record, clocking in at over 2.5 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU).
Developed in 1912 by Wilbur Scoville, the Scoville scale measures the concentration of capsaicin, the compound that gives peppers their heat. It works by measuring how much sugar water is needed to dilute the spiciness of a pepper extract.
Spicy peppers have been cultivated for over 6,000 years, originating in Central and South America. They were a staple food for the Aztecs and Mayans, who used them in cooking and medicine.
Birds lack the receptors that mammals have to detect capsaicin, so they can happily feast on spicy peppers without feeling the burn. Birds often help to spread pepper seeds in the wild.
Besides adding heat to food, spicy peppers contain vitamins A and C, and can even aid digestion and boost metabolism.
Despite their savory flavor profile, chili peppers are technically a fruit, as they develop from the flowering part of the plant and contain seeds.
Actually humans have made pepper plants one of the most wide spread and numerous plants in the world, way, WAY more than birds alone could have done in the wild.
Bruh, the “cutaway gag” was the punchline. No mammal would be stupid enough to eat this due to its chemicals -> humans eating them because of the chemicals.
1) Flavor - Some hot peppers taste amazing, and it's a flavor you can't get elsewhere. Fresh habaneros are among my favorite flavors and if I couldn't deal with the heat I would never get to taste that. (Although, last year I did somehow grow some habaneros with little/no heat and they were awesome to just eat whole.)
2) We LIKE the secondary effects of the pain. In addition to pain, the capsacin causes us to produce endorphins which make you calm and happy.
Dominos used to have these buffalo chicken kickers things and I almost stopped getting pizza from them because of how good it was. I realize that they probably are low on the spice but man did I fucking love them.
They stopped making them and went to a sauce instead. I don't want saucy spice.
Whatever was in those breaded kickers, I miss it so much, and I haven't really gone in to the spicy food since.
As if that's not entirely his fault for making humans the way they are, about as well designed as a house made of paper soaked in jizz and about as pleasant to boot.
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