Choking fit

I also had some salsa in Mexico, that looked like it was made of chopped tomatoes. But those weren't tomatoes, they were chili peppers, and damn that stuff was hot. The Thai curry was probably the most exciting, though. It made us all sweat profusely and eat the steamed rice as fast as we could. BTW, water doesn't help with extremely hot food, it makes it worse.

Didn't know about the water.

But that's not even close to Thai.

Holy cow! I ate one and the entire right side of my face was on fire for 20 minutes! I couldn't drink enough water. Edited to add: I didn't know water was useless with spicy things. No wonder it didn't help!

They never did add them to the menu. I guess they were too hot for everybody.

Thanks, Ocelot Il!

flat out inedible.
With the words, "never again!" still ringing in my head.
Absolutely ridiculous!

at a then-landmark but now-defunct Chinese restaurant north of Boston

including a pickled one that kept me awake all night as it traveled my digestive tract.

Fuego Takis are about the worst snack item I have eaten for spicy heat.

I have made some pretty spicy green chile pork, curry, and chili too.

Extremely spicy, with some spices I’d never tasted before (or want to again). Her dog has a habit of circling the table asking for handouts. While serving this stew she warned us, “don’t give any of this to Sam!!” Sam was lucky.

Coworker brought in some diffrent pepers, and we all tried tiny bites.

I enjoy spicy food, but i don't want it so spicy hot that all i taste is the heat, and not the food.

Was my first time in Mexico during a high school interchange with a school in Puebla. We had gone to Teotihuacan and then a nearby restaurant built in a large cave. And we were served bread with bowls of red and green salsa. It was a hot day, and I wasn't in the mood for anything spicy, and all the girls from the Mexican side of the interchange were eating the green salsa so I thought, "Oh, it can't be that hot." Well, my sexism was burned out of me as I drained my drink and the water of the person who was sitting next to me, which of course made it worse.

But by the time I went back in college on a program through the Spanish department, the professor in charge if the program and I were having contests on who could eat tgeir breakfast tortillas with the most salsa verde.

Don't know what the dish was called, but my housemate said she couldn't eat it and would throw it out if I didn't want it. I made enough tea that I thought I could get through it, blotted off as much of the sauce as I could, and gave it a go. I got through it ok, and the tea kept me from combusting. I wouldn't have tried it if it hadn't been free.

Before I knew it a spoon was shoved in my mouth. I couldn't breathe or talk. Pepper pastes are great if you take some and mix them into something, but not a teaspoonful of full concentration direct into the mouth.

Fifty-ish years ago at a little hole in the wall Chinese takeout place in Virginia. I like spicy food, but that stuff was way too hot for my taste.

The fire it set off in my mouth, heart and stomach, combined with the liters of water I drank with it, actually expelled my severe midwinter cough and cold within hours.

I don’t know what kind of peppers were in it, but it was called “Call 911.”

It was a bet, and although I won, my mind was unable to convince itself that my mouth was NOT on fire.

brown it in oil, add water and habanero chilies and simmer for a few hours. The only flavor it had was HOT! It would take the top of your head off.

As a teen, I worked at a Pondreosa steakhouse. A very friendly Mexican family used to come through the line a lot and the father offered me a super hot pepper.

Good gawd, I didn't think my mouth would ever stop burning! LOL

My son just smelled it and it burned the inside of his nose and a little piece of it dropped me
to the ground. I have had Jamaican Red Hats and Red Thai peppers that were not as hot.
BTW I grow and use Serrano peppers all the time.

Still in Argentina for their winter. A week ago we went to Sushi Pop for sushi. There were three of what looked like green grapes on my plate. I gobbled them down whole . They were wasabi. I think I had smoke coming out of my ears.

He and Son loved it. Knowing what was in it - habaneros and cayennes, I still made the mistake of tasting it once. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid me! I can stand some fire, but damn!

I couldn’t breathe. My husband was there to cheer me on. I still love horseradish, just not raw.

been to Indian restaurants dozens of times

I've fixed the pre-packaged foil pouches 100's of times (Rajma Masala is really toasty!)

I keep about 6 Indian chutneys:
Onion
Mint
Tamarind & Date
& Coriander are some of my favorites...

...I can eat an 8 (out of ten) but prefer a 7....

It felt like somebody was holding an active flamethrower to my mouth. I like spicy foods, but damn...

I learned my lesson QUICK! Luckily, mom knew that I should drink milk to stop the burning - OMG!

Hi Deb!