Monday, July 16, 2007

Glutton For Punishment

That is the name of some show Jeff made me watch....because the man went to the Hatch Chile Festival in New Mexico. Some things I learned:
1. There are "sissy" habaneros.
2. On a scale of 1-500,000 hot meter....chocolate brown habaneros are the hottest....about 500,000. (That's according to the chili dept. at the university. Seriously!)
3. One method of downing as many hatch chilies in a competition is to coat your mouth first with olive oil, eat a HOT habanero, and then slam the hatch one downs as fast you can. The host said tequila DID NOT work.
By the way, in the competition a man from Texas won...he did it by shoveling them in with both hands.
4. And they reiterated what Jaden already knows..."Spicy, drink milk!" (Or eat yogurt)

So, anyone interested in meeting up there and having a go at it?!

4 comments:

Lana and the Fam said...

Ummm let me think...no thank you.

Matthews said...

Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll even pitch in a LARGE roll of TP! Ha!

Pam said...

What would that do to my intestinal system? Whatever is left that is.

Anonymous said...

I'll pass that info on to my spicy eating husband!