I do burn burn burn... I do burn burn

Note to the three people that read this: Read the post below before reading this one, otherwise you're just missing the start of a long story... maybe good *shrug*

Continued: Enter in the SCOVILLE! It's a unit to measure the ability for a certain type of pepper to destroy all which God has made good. It may also be a way to tell how hot a pepper is going to be. For me, it's about as close to skydiving, motorcycle riding, bungee jumping, and bear hunting as I'm going to get. Back to the scoville, you'll get a lot of technical information from the above link to how one might progress through the extensive pepper family. Pepper Spray, or mace, is made from capsaicin or the hot stuff in that pepper. Rub a jalapeno in your eye and see what it feels like.... then imagine that in your lungs, in your eyes, on your forehead, up your nose, and everywhere else it's not supposed to be. Doesn't sound fun? Fun Fact: I have an average scoville rating of 9500!

Back to how this affects me.... it all adds up to really enjoying the heat, but wanting to feel like I accomplish something while eating. I blame video games and the addition of trophies and points. It's a way to be competitive when it doesn't matter. =\ The heat is the exact same thing, but you have the enjoyment of eating to go with it. My scoville rating may be up there, but it's low when it comes to what's out there.

Let's say that it hasn't always gone well. I've been giving more reason to hate the pepper than love the pepper. It's done me wrong often enough. We'll save that for a more interesting post!

-D

The Burn - or how I learned to love the Heat!

Some time after high school I learned that I love buffalo wings, and that turned into a desire for spicier foods. The problem was, it started with one of the most disgusting hot wings known to man! Denny's used to, and probably still does, serve chicken fingers covered in a buffalo sauce that was birthed in bowels of some nether creature. And how one could love such an abomination is still unknown to me. But it lit a fire in me... crappy unintentional pun there.

In the last few months I've wanted to take my insatiable hunger for all things buffalo(the wing sauce, not the buffalo my ancestors used to feast upon) to another level. It might be because I've taken a liking to Man vs. Food, but I like the idea of enjoying the hotter things in life without crying, frying, and dying.... in that order.

I should probably explain "the burn" - It's the retention of heat from the spicy food you're eating. Mild salsa, Bell Peppers, or other Sweet Chilies don't provide much burn. You get some good flavour, but it's not what you'd expect. However, when you move to some medium salsa's or seeded jalepeno's you'll find yourself with a mild, mild burn left over if you've had enough. What I'm looking to hone is the ability to eat death... raw, inhuman... and be able to enjoy it and be satisfied. That's where the "other" peppers come in! The non-seeded Jalepeno's in green and red, the sassy Serrano, the sweet but SPICy Habanero, the bloody Scotch Bonnet, and the Ghost Pepper(Bhut Jolokia - make fun of it's name and it'll come to your house, melt your tongue, and belittle your significant other)!

To be continued.....I'm long winded and incredibly hungry