• @masquenox@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    As a chili pepper lover myself I absolutely do not get this garbage trope of treating chili pepper consumption as some kind of contest. The idea is to add heat to your food - not prove your pathetic “manliness.”

    In my opinion, anything above Habanero is just pointless masochism for no good reason at all.

    • @Dasus@lemmy.world
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      01 year ago

      In my opinion, anything above Habanero is just pointless masochism for no good reason at all.

      Idk man I agree otherwise, but tolerances rise. And different chilis taste different. Habanero has a nice, sweet taste, and naga yolokia has a bit sharper taste.

      So it very much depends.

      I don’t try to make “hot” food, but wanting a bit of heat in every meal has lead to my tolerances rising and Habanero just not cutting it for proper heat. (I think the heat is good when you almost feel it in your nipples.)

    • @Marcbmann@lemmy.world
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      01 year ago

      Eh. Habanero tastes like ass. I’ve had spicier peppers with better flavor. And plenty of people, including myself, occasionally enjoy something hotter. I have a decent tolerance for spice, so I can dial things up and still enjoy it.

      • @masquenox@lemmy.world
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        -11 year ago

        Habanero tastes like ass.

        Most of the ones I’ve had were pretty crap… but, rarely, it’s actually possible to find Habanero that tastes the way Habanero should. They’re pretty good.

        Next time I find proper ones, I’m planting them.

    • Transient Punk
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      01 year ago

      I can eat a habanero without noticing the spice. Should I just stop trying to enjoy spicy food?

  • @MagicShel@programming.dev
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    11 year ago

    “Died of high chili consumption”? Is this actual English? Those words don’t seem to fit together that way. I feel like if this were a real thing, Thailand wouldn’t exist.

  • Blaster M
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    01 year ago

    High chile consumption

    So, don’t eat an entire country. Got it.

  • @restingboredface@sh.itjust.works
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    01 year ago

    I don’t get why anyone likes eating super spicy foods. After a certain level of heat there is no more flavor, just spice, and it clearly can cause serious problems for your body. What is the draw?

    • Ioughttamow
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      01 year ago

      I ate the hottest level they had at Quaker steak and lube one time. I was laughing and crying at the same time while bouncing around in my seat. It had a bit of an endorphin rush, but also hurt heh Edit: got my free shirt though! Still have it I think. All about the swag baby

    • @Aux@lemmy.world
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      -11 year ago

      Because you get used to it and what was super hot a few months ago is just a little tingly today. So over time you eat hotter and hotter stuff.

  • mozingo
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    01 year ago

    As someone who regularly eats 1million+ Scoville chilies and sauces, these chips ain’t nothing to fuck with. It gave me the absolute worst stomach pains I’ve ever had, it was like the flu but worse. There’s gotta be something in those chips that at a level that’s not normal for peppers.

    • Transient Punk
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      1 year ago

      I’ve been getting those stomach pains lately trying to pursue the amount of heat I like in my food. I finally decided I just needed to take a break from spicy food to reset my tolerance.

      Though, I was watching the series Superhot, and it seems that the stomach pains are pretty commonly associated with eating a lot of those types of super hot foods. So, I’m guessing it’s just from the sheer amount of capsaicin on those chips. It’s pretty much just capsaicin extract at that point.

      • mozingo
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        -11 year ago

        Maybe, but I eat a lot of stuff that are mostly pure capsaicin and none of them mess up my stomach like that. And with this chip the heat in my mouth wasn’t as bad, but my stomach pain was much worse. That makes me think something else is responsible.

    • @iiGxC@slrpnk.net
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      01 year ago

      What? Maybe they have inconsistent batches, but I did it with friends and it was fine. Hot, obviously, but nothing that crazy. I was pressured into it and didn’t play to win, so I went straight for bread and juice for a bit and it was fine. Two of my competitive friends were chilling, the spice went away after a few minutes for them, to the point that the challenge of seeing who can go longest without drinking anything was not even about the heat, but just who could go the longest without drinking in general/who got thirsty the normal way first

      • mozingo
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        -11 year ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised. To be clear though, the heat I felt in my mouth and face wasn’t really all that much. Just north of a habanero maybe. It was pretty much the damage it did to my insides that got me.