The Hot Zone

My introduction to these sauces and products came as an evolution-like process. First I saw the media articles come rolling across my computer screen. Then came the impressive list of awards through the Fiery Food Challenge and Scovie competitions. I even read a review or two about the sauces on another site […]

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By: Joe & Linda on July 28, 2007- 1:50 pm

We’ve been preaching about the endorphin rush from hot peppers for years, and many books and magazines have been published which support this. This article from the Clarion Ledger out of Mississippi is a short summary of this same topic. Check it out this snippet and link:

Burn, baby, burn: The high of hot peppers
By Felder Rushing
Special to The Clarion-Ledger

Psssst! Wanna cheap buzz that’s legal?

There’s no need to turn to mind-altering drugs - just eat a hot pepper.

It’ll make you downright woozy - after you get over the initial think-you-are-dying stage.

The white lining the inside walls of hot peppers contain a material called capsaicin, which causes a distinct burning sensation when in contact with nerve endings in mucous membranes.

Oddly enough, the heat isn’t real - it just seems that way, so much so that your brain can’t override it. You just can’t talk a pepper burn down.

Other than riding it out (at most it usually lasts only a few minutes), the surest way to get relief is by drinking milk.

Casein, a substance found in dairy products, disrupts the reaction.

In other words, that old joke about chasing hot peppers with ice cream to soothe the after-effect is, well, not a joke!

Click here to read the rest of the source article


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4 Fiery Comments »

There’s no need to turn to mind-altering drugs - just eat a hot peppe

Bwahahahahaha!!!! Like an endorphin rush is anywhere near compareable to a mind altering substance. As fun as it is (and boy is it fun), it doesn’t get anywhere near psychedelics.

Comment fired by Jonathan PassowJuly 29, 2007- 1:42 am


LOL!

Comment fired by LarsJuly 29, 2007- 2:43 pm


There’s no need to turn to mind-altering drugs - just eat a hot peppe

HUH?….lol

Comment fired by PARKER394 — July 30, 2007- 12:44 pm


Yeah right. Apples and kumquats, not the same thing. Jon you have something coming in the mail.

Comment fired by Sam — July 31, 2007- 1:30 am


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