Serious question: spicy food

[Cain]

I found wasabi flavoured potato chips in the Czech republic.  And they were awesome. Even if I didn't realise that was what they were until I stuffed a whole bunch of them in mouth.  So shut up, all of you.

[Freeky]

I'm seeing a recurring theme with PDites and a lack of knowledge about the things that they put in their mouths.    This is one of the many things I love about PD, the reason for which there is none.

[The Johnny]

Wiki dive reporting!

I had thought that capsaicin (chili peppers) and allyl isothiocyanate (horseradish / wasabi) tasted spicy because they were either highly acidic or highly basic, and that what you were tasting was an actual chemical burn.

Turns out that they just bind to the protein (TRPV1) that's normally turned on by fire or boiling water and is involved in body temperature. So as far as your senses are concerned, you might as well be lighting matches against your tongue, but you aren't actually causing permanent tissue damage. Allyl isothiocyanate also binds to TRPA1, which as far as I can tell exists only to make it painful to eat tear gas and other toxic substances.

Which is good, because I still have 1/3 of the bag left and after you get over the primal burning sensation they're pretty tasty.

Nice!

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I am not a spicy food person. So I bought half a pound of wasabi-coated peanuts.

derp

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaahahahahahahahahahaaaa!

Hoooooooooooooooo.... hoo boy.








fucking perfect 

[Eater of Clowns]

Just try to eat non abrasive and as close to non-flavoured foods as you can find for a while.

This is actual sound advice. Or, alternatively, you can eat nothing but wasabi covered orange slices. Hair of the dog, and Discordian penance all in one.

Actually, you should outdo yourself and regularly spray mace in your mouth. I've seen people eat mace. It happened at the meetup Trip came to in Connecticut.

Richter tossed the can's salad and didn't leave any for the rest of us!

Also, don't decide to go for a walk to the nearest store for ciggies in Connecticut. You won't get there and you'll run into Richter who will get concerned about your heat exhaustion.

Dude, you looked like death.  You looked like you'd decided you didn't want to live anymore and walked into the humid soupy heat until you collapsed.

I am not a spicy food person. So I bought half a pound of wasabi-coated peanuts.

derp

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaahahahahahahahahahaaaa!

Hoooooooooooooooo.... hoo boy.








fucking perfect 

I second this.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Just try to eat non abrasive and as close to non-flavoured foods as you can find for a while.

This is actual sound advice. Or, alternatively, you can eat nothing but wasabi covered orange slices. Hair of the dog, and Discordian penance all in one.

Actually, you should outdo yourself and regularly spray mace in your mouth. I've seen people eat mace. It happened at the meetup Trip came to in Connecticut.

Richter tossed the can's salad and didn't leave any for the rest of us!

Also, don't decide to go for a walk to the nearest store for ciggies in Connecticut. You won't get there and you'll run into Richter who will get concerned about your heat exhaustion.

Dude, you looked like death.  You looked like you'd decided you didn't want to live anymore and walked into the humid soupy heat until you collapsed.

Nah, that was sheer determination/dehydration leading to poor judgment. I was going to get those cigarettes, goddamn it, I've come this far and I'm sure that hill's summit was just around the corner.

[East Coast Hustle]

Wasabi isn't even really spicy, it's more like just EXTREMELY pungent. But it doesn't linger.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I am not a spicy food person. So I bought half a pound of wasabi-coated peanuts.

derp

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaahahahahahahahahahaaaa!

Hoooooooooooooooo.... hoo boy.








fucking perfect 

I feel another episode of EXTREME FOOD CHALLENGE coming on!

SQUIDDY, WHAT WILL YOU EAT???

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

A pound of durian candy. You?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

A pound of durian candy. You?

Six quarts of popcorn with brewer's yeast, and a tin of sardines. I'm calling this "dinner".

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I could get something weirder, but that's what I have on hand and what I was already eating.

[East Coast Hustle]

Speaking of durian, I found small bottles of concentrated durian flavoring extract at Fubonn.

Needless to say, I intend to perpetrate unspeakable horrors.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Speaking of durian, I found small bottles of concentrated durian flavoring extract at Fubonn.

Needless to say, I intend to perpetrate unspeakable horrors.

IS THAT EVEN LEGAL? 

[hooplala]

I am not a spicy food person. So I bought half a pound of wasabi-coated peanuts.

derp

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaahahahahahahahahahaaaa!

Hoooooooooooooooo.... hoo boy.








fucking perfect 

[The Dark Monk]

I found this on a date with the wifey yesterday:


It's so hot THE PLASTIC CRACKED!