A Salutary Warning?

[BillB]

Thought this might be of interest. Speaking as one who doesn't consider food to be sufficiently hot unless it makes you cry before entering the mouth, it gave me pause for thought. Only a brief pause though, while I added a few more slices of jalapeno to the cauldron of chilli bubbling away downstairs as I type...

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/309...li-for-bet.html

 

Chef dies after eating 'superhot' chilli for bet

An amateur chef died the day after eating a "superhot" chilli in a bet with his friend over who could make the hottest dish, an inquest heard.

By Jessica Salter

Last Updated: 2:46PM BST 29 Sep 2008

 

Andrew Lee, 33, suffered heart failure the morning after he ate the chilli.

 

Toxicology tests are now being carried out to see if the fork lift truck driver suffered a fatal reaction to the dish or whether anything else contributed to his death.

 

Mr Lee, of Edlington, Doncaster was apparently in perfect health and had just passed a medical at work, the opening of the Doncaster hearing was told.

 

Cooking was one of his main interests and he went to his girlfriend Samantha Bailey's house to make a chilli.

 

His father John Lee told the inquest: "He had a bet with Samantha's brother who could make the hottest chilli then went back to her house to stay."

 

Mother-of-four Miss Bailey called the emergency services to her home nine days ago.

 

Police officers were called to the house after receiving reports of a man suffering a cardiac arrest and Mr Lee was found lying on the floor.

 

Paramedics failed to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

A full post-mortem examination is underway and further inquiries are being carried out.

 

Deputy Doncaster coroner Fred Curtis granted a burial order and adjourned the inquest for further evidence.

[Archie Pellagio]

My grandfather used to eat chilli (in Timor we make into a kind of paste) with everything, even on toast for breakfast and he's still going strong.

 

Apparently was good for "performance" in errr, mens issues too...

[Jussi Saari]

Apparently was good for "performance" in errr, mens issues too...

 

On the other hand cooking chili can cause excruciating pain in men's private parts if you're chopping the chilis, feel the need for relief, and don't take into consideration what you just did with your hands before...................... a mistake from which one usually learns not to repeat it after first, though.

[Juan Sosa]

On the other hand cooking chili can cause excruciating pain in men's private parts if you're chopping the chilis, feel the need for relief, and don't take into consideration what you just did with your hands before...................... a mistake from which one usually learns not to repeat it after first, though.

 

 

Thanks for bringing back a very painful memory Jussi. It had taken me 5 years to bury it and now I won't be able to use hot peppers in my cooking for a few weeks.

[John Dudek]

On the other hand cooking chili can cause excruciating pain in men's private parts if you're chopping the chilis, feel the need for relief, and don't take into consideration what you just did with your hands before...................... a mistake from which one usually learns not to repeat it after first, though.

 

If that ever happens again, smother that tender region with baking soda and then, jump into the shower to douche off.

[Geoff Winnington-Ball]

If that ever happens again, smother that tender region with baking soda and then, jump into the shower to douche off.

 

Sounds like fun regardless....