posted on April 23, 2004 09:25:13 PM new
I had a craving for nachos tonite, and after I had a few hot peppers, my fever broke about 10 minutes later. I think there's medicine in those peppers! Prof, do you eat a lot of peppers? Does anyone here eat them? If so, do you ever get infections?
Also, what's the hottest pepper any of you have ever tried?
posted on April 23, 2004 09:35:27 PM new
The hottest pepper I have ever had came from Vietnam. A friend brought some back after his tour of duty and lemme tell you what, they were some hot little basstards. About a half an inch long, diameter of a pencil and red. After eating one plain without anything else with it the pain would peak about 20 to 30 minutes latter. I was sweating profusely. I have to say though that the pain was exquisite. I wish I still had some.
posted on April 23, 2004 09:42:53 PM new
Krafty - I had two a "tramatic pepper experiences" and have not eaten them since. My steps father was in town and they decided to dig out a restaurant size can of jalepenos that had been sitting at the back of a cabinet for a few years and have a pepper eating contest. The remainder of can at the end was stuck in a tupperwear container and put in the fridge. The next day I opened the fridge to find that the juice had eaten thre the container and was all of the fridge, floor, and oh yeah... my shoes. A couple weeks later I was helping my mother cut up peppers from the garden and we both endd up with burns on our hands from them. No more peppers... OK ecept for those little bitty ones they use in Thai cooking but you don't actually eat those (learned the hard way) just enjoy the effects of their presence.
Good to hear your fever has broken though!!
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posted on April 23, 2004 10:00:44 PM new
I wonder why the Cash family denied the maker's of Preparation H the right to use Johnny's song "Ring of Fire"
posted on April 24, 2004 09:00:53 AM new
I eat chiles every day, and you're right, they're medicinal. I like all varieties, the hotter the better. My mainstay is a wild chile that grows in the deserts of northern Mexico and the US southwest. They're called "Chiltepin" and are thought by botanists to be one of the oldest varieties. In Texas they call them "tepeens".People gather them in the fall in the desert and you'll see little bags of them for sale in Sonoran towns. They're about as big as and look sort of like a Pyracantha berry, and are only surpassed in their heat levels by the tropical Habanero pepper, which is the world's hottest edible chile. My grandmother made a tea out of them for stomache aches, and also to break fevers. I use them ground up and sprinkled on almost everything. When you can find them in the southwest for sale, they're real pricey, bringing over 30 dollars for a pound, although a pound would be a lifetime supply for most people! We get them from my cousin's ranch in Sonora. There are topical arthritis rubs made out of capsaicin, which is the chemical that gives chiles their heat. Scientists are looking into other medicinal uses of chiles, including diabetes control and anti-cancer therapies. Not to be picky or anything, but please remember. Chiles are the fruit of a plant belonging to the species Capsicum. Chili, or Chilli is an American dish consisting of meat and sometimes beans spiced in a sauce containing chiles and other spices.
Buen Provecho!
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[ edited by profe51 on Apr 24, 2004 09:04 AM ]
posted on April 24, 2004 09:24:46 AM new
I've had the Vietnamese pepper and found them to be much hotter than the Habanero. You can make a police from them (or any hot pepper) and it works on any sprains or inflamed joints when applied topically.
