That way you no longer focus on the first hot pepper because all your attention is on the second hotter pepper.

You can keep doing this to infinity provided you can locate a hotter pepper on the Scoville Scale measuring the hotness of hot peppers.

See the Scoville Scale at link below, with pictures of various hot peppers and hot potency and country of source.

https://www.amazon.com/LILIIY-Capsicum-Knowledge-Botanical-8x12inch-No/dp/B0B9NWTC3Q/ref=asc_df_B0B9NWTC3Q/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=658807418535&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10582863547763142327&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9002597&hvtargid=pla-2065021635790&psc=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwvfmoBhAwEiwAG2tqzO7jOmzNLHzqoFWOS8wr5SiLR2ejd96MDrNz024Up6jWfiHjkfowcRoCBC8QAvD_BwE#immersive-view_1696554996790

yes INDEED

I ate a jalapeno in a restaurant, and I couldn't breathe.....it hurt so bad and I couldn't get a breath - an off-duty fireman was dining nearby and he came over, thumped my back to prompt a breath and got me some milk....NEVER AGAIN I said, NOPE

Mix in some grated cucumber and dill weed and you have my signature sneaky tzatziki. Throw in some cumin and grated carrot and you have all right it’s all raita.

Half 2nd Gen Greek-American here. 😄
But wait... no garlic?
Love it, though prefer without the dill.

Like raita, too. (Loooove Indian food)

Indian yogurt isn't strained the way Greek yogurt is, but it's interesting to make raita with Greek yogurt and tzatziki with Indian yogurt.

That's my choice

I can take a bit of jalepenos but I don't like the taste (vs the heat)

I can take a sprinkling of canyene which is a bit unusual bc it's so much stronger I like the taste.

And what ever the Chinese restaurant puts in for General Tai's chicken.

I just saw one on a Scoville chart (low heat) called "tangerine dream" how adorable. Small thinnish light orange color (natch)

I Don't. I enjoy every second of it!

My face flushes, I break out in a sweat,

and then The Endorphins Kick In!"


Pure pleasure

must be accompanied with a corn flour tortilla. A hold over from my trip to Mexico decades ago.

cuz that's how we roll here in the borderlands

or a good mouthful of rice.

We generally eat fire here in our house, I love hot food.
The Mexican food around here is not particularly spicy on its own, but the salsa that comes with the chips can be a bit on the wild side.

Jalapenos can vary widely in their heat levels.

Nice to see Rob make an appearance in the vote by the way

I find swear words are effective!

I don't know what it is, but there must be a reason.

mostly just suffer through it. we can carry on about chiles like some people discuss wine.