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Originally Posted by DoubleF
That is fricken idiotic.
In unstable levels, some peppers are around 2 million Scoville. I believe Ghost peppers are around 1 million and some of the new highest stable varieties are around 1.6 million scoville. Pepper spray ranges at around 2 million to 5 million.
Any idiot who is putting pure capsaicin at 16 million into food is going to kill someone if they get their ratios wrong. Pure capsaicin IMO is akin to bringing out a 180 proof alcohol like Everclear or Spirytus to a drinking contest. Bad idea. Someone can really screw up if they don't know what they are putting in their body.
On a side note, milk isn't very effective IMO. I have read sugar is one of the few things that works (ie: use a sugar packet as a last ditch attempt to address pain). I've tried it and it seems more effective than milk personally. If I personally were to join a spicy eating contest, my soothing option would be something akin to a bottle of Aunt Jemima's syrup + a glass of milk to diffuse the crazy sweetness in my mouth.
Cooking a spicy food with dairy or sugars seems to lessen the heat. Thai for instance likes putting sugars into the spicy. Indian foods seem to like adding dairy (ie: Yogurt). I've also seen Coconut milk put in. I am not sure if somehow the fats or the sugars in it help.
I love spicy foods, but doing these eating challenges just feel like a 1st class ticket towards wrecking something I love.
On an off topic but somewhat related note, I've really wanted to eat a raw Habanero recently. Yeah it hurt like crazy because I had no idea what to use to sooth my mouth last time I did it, but that initial fruity sweetness was very nice. Almost like pineapple.
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I've found the best thing to treat the heat is a spoon of olive oil. The capsaicin is oil based, so it's the fat in the milk that is supposed to help. Why not just use pure oil?