Comments on: It’s what’s for dinner

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:00:52 +0000

Mainlining:
http://youtu.be/Mwn02qZn8vw?t=5m16s

By: Sandgroper

Sandgroper — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:52:00 +0000

Breakfast is served.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/1230751/1/.html

By: Mohamed

Mohamed — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:43:30 +0000

Those look so good, but I’ve got a very low tolerance to any spicy food now. But my wife takes these, grinds them up and freezes them for use in chutneys or cooking.

By: Razib Khan

Razib Khan — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:53:56 +0000

lol

By: ackbark

ackbark — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:27:14 +0000

And after he’s done with that he eats right through the plate and anything else in front of him.

By: Justin Giancola

Justin Giancola — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:48:37 +0000

You got problem…

“Intervention”: Capsaicin Addicts

“Razib has had his whole lower intestine removed, but continues to eat peppers despite the pleas of his loved ones. He began “mainlining”, with a turkey baster, pure capcaicin when he was 34.

He currently resides in a hindu temple, where he is belived to be an avatar of the fire god Agni.”

By: lilibat

lilibat — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:14:37 +0000

Yes, please. Beautiful!

A friend grew Ghosts for me this year, I keep ghost pepper powder in my purse, I can’t get enough of the hot stuff. Funny, it never gives me digestive issues like it does some people.

Hot peppers are low calorie & spicy food makes you feel full faster, or at least that has been my experience. Also LOTS of vitamin C. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

By: Razib Khan

Razib Khan — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:25:59 +0000

#1, i eat 6-10 hot lemons at a time with a savory course.

#4, yeah, i won’t eat all of this. the issue is that i can handle it on my tongue probably, but my stomach has a lower threshold, and the lower reaches of my alimentary system is even more sensitive. so the ‘rate limiting step’ is ’24 hours laterr.’

#3, no, i’ve developed a very high tolerance, partly by living alone and eating by myself in my 20s.

By: Evan Guiney

Evan Guiney — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:02:15 +0000

Just curious, and taking the “It’s what’s for dinner” angle (too?) seriously. How many calories is a plate like that? Is that an appetizer, or will you be full when you’re done?

By: toto@club-med.so

toto@club-med.so — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:22:28 +0000

Does everybody in your family have the same level of spice tolerance? I could see some neat within-family genetic analysis there…

By: Andrew Selvarasa

Andrew Selvarasa — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:05:14 +0000

Twenty-four hours later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBTg7q9oNc

By: brian bettencourt

brian bettencourt — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:29:53 +0000

Those yellow ones are the “hot lemon” variety! I grew them this summer… Dried them because they were too abundant (and too spicy) for much fresh eating… What are you going to do with yours?