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SaintCrazy wrote:Everyone knows the real cure to spicy food is orange creamsicles.

sugar, salt, and citrus are all good cures for certain types of spice, plus there's some theories that even cold temperatures can limit the effect and help with washing away the capsaicin.

So yeah, I think orange creamsicles would be excellent at that.

Kamak wrote:

SaintCrazy wrote:Everyone knows the real cure to spicy food is orange creamsicles.

sugar, salt, and citrus are all good cures for certain types of spice, plus there's some theories that even cold temperatures can limit the effect and help with washing away the capsaicin.

So yeah, I think orange creamsicles would be excellent at that.

That Boston place that serves the Pasta From Hell in October every year has this thing where they'll give you an orange creamsicle if the heat is too much for you, but you have to openly declare yourself a wuss to get one

Can I just go in say I am a wuss and get a free creamsicle?

Kira wrote:Can I just go in say I am a wuss and get a free creamsicle?

I think you'd be better off going here.

I'll have you know I stubbed my toe on a rock this morning and only cried for 20 minutes.

Oh, sorry. I was pointing at the wrong place.

Kira wrote:Can I just go in say I am a wuss and get a free creamsicle?

Obviously not, you have to be a paying customer, and they only do this three nights a year

So begins my annual four-day excursion into hell. If I don't make it back, remember that I loved you all dearly.

Except you. You know who you are.

Aww... :C

Hello as your resident hot sauce fan I'm here to correct some statements on this page.

Jalapeños are hot: false.

You're right, Kamak, about the higher fat content making other dairy products more effective than milk, but milk is actually still pretty good at diffusing the heat. The issue is that if you drink it too late, some capsaicin will already have activated. At this point your only option is to wait it out, but the fact that you've washed away the loose capsaicin with milk means it'll go away a lot faster than otherwise. Richer dairy products might make it last even shorter, but milk is still a lot better than most other options.

Finally, it's actually not a theory that cold temperature helps with the heat. Capsaicin is a very weak neurotoxin (your stomach would rupture long before you could ingest a lethal dose* from even the hottest peppers in the world) that acts on nerves which register heat, making them more sensitive. That's why spicy food served hot hurts a lot more than when served at even room temperature. The upside here is that if you keep temperatures cold enough, it still won't register the heat as too hot. I've gotten capsaicin on my hand and had to use ice packs before.

This has been a PSA. Aquabat, you're weak.

*technically speaking (of course, there's always a risk of triggering asthma or otherwise causing suffocation)

Oh my god I fucking LOVE hot sauces.

I'm one of those weirdos that's gonna have a whole shelf of them when I get my own place.

My sister and I used to go to this little shop near my grandparents' place that sold homemade goods, and we'd just go in and try out the hot sauces.

Sweet delicious pain.

I want to get a bunch of peppers and snack on them at work. Just 'cuz I'm nuts. Which nuts? These nuts.

Also if it doesn't burn twice, then it better burn ALL THE WAY THROUGH. Because... uh... reasons! Legitimate reasons!

I have so many hot sauces that it's a storage problem. Whole bunch of them are too weak to do anything for me but too hot for anyone else I know to want them, so they just stay in a box under my bed.

I use my annual trips to Arizona to stock up. My favorite at the moment is a homemade bottle from a bartender's son down where my dad lives. It's made with chiltepin and has so little vinegar it needs to be refrigerated.

I'm too gringo for hot sauce, working on it tho.

YCobb wrote:Hello as your resident hot sauce fan I'm here to correct some statements on this page.

Jalapeños are hot: false.

Aquabat, you're weak.

I enjoy a very spicy condiment often and will look down on someone who does not partake of spicy foods as often as I do for reacting differently to capsaicin

I mean obviously you won't think very much of spicy foods if you're drinking hot sauce for breakfast