How hot is too hot?

tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
As some of you may know, I quite like spicy food. A certain amount of heat is needed in most things I eat, its just what I like. I'm sure many of you will also be aware of Dave's Insanity Sauce, a rather warm little number that can clean your driveway. Yesterday I was rather suprised to see in asda a bottle of Dave's Ghost Pepper Sauce, reduced as well cos they don't seem to be selling. It was still £3.50 for a chilli sauce, but what the hell.

So last night, we tried it. 4 of us placed some on our finger, and proceeded to lick them clean. All I can say is WOW! Never had an endorphin rush off food before, but this really hit the spot. Arms and scalp were tingling, rather like coming up on a well known dance drug, and we all felt a strange happiness descend upon us. Apart from the guy who did too much, his nose started to stream and breathing hurt him. Then we read the label, apparently you should never consume it neat.

So we had another hit half an hour later :D
 
db

db

#chaplife
tek-monkey said:
So last night, we tried it. 4 of us placed some on our finger, and proceeded to lick them clean. All I can say is WOW! Never had an endorphin rush off food before, but this really hit the spot. Arms and scalp were tingling, rather like coming up on a well known dance drug, and we all felt a strange happiness descend upon us.
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you should read the instructions, you never know it might actually have something interesting in it lol..

a few years ago a mate of mine had started buying diet pills, and he swore they had effects similar to pills when he took a couple over the recommended dose.. turns out when we read the bottle they had piperazines in, which at the time were unknown, but nowadays they are quite well known as some of these "legal highs" that you've probably all heard about.. so these diet pills were basically completely legal chemical analogues of speed and ecstasy! lol
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Very basic ingredients in this one:

Ghost pepper/Naga Jolokia peppers, hot pepper extract, salt, vegetable oil, roasted garlic pulp, acetic acid.
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Did wonder when the tingles set in though, was bizarre!
 
Trumpet

Trumpet

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On the Indian scale, in the midlands I find Madras quite hot enough thank you very much. But find on my travels that I sometimes have to have a vindaloo to get the required 'hit'. I remember working in Plymouth some years ago having tried every curry house in town and found that even the hottest vindaloo they could rustle up was still very mild compared to up here and once met a couple from Bradford in a local curry house that found their 'usual' vindaloo absolutely off the scale and uneatable down here.
If you like it proper hot I would check out the Indian shop on (Marston Road?) I believe they stock Shans curry mixes, the Nihari is a killer.
 
John Marwood

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Indian food in India tends to be spicy not hot

Most 'Indian' dishes were invented in Glasgow

Crushed curry leaves are quite mild and can be picked from the bush


Kerala has some of the best Indian cooking in India

Most 'Indian' restaurants in the UK are run by Bangladeshi

Curry for breakfast is not unusual in hotels with good chefs in India

It is rare to find any meat in a true Indian curry
 
basil

basil

don't mention the blinds
John Marwood said:
Indian food in India tends to be spicy not hot

Most 'Indian' dishes were invented in Glasgow

Crushed curry leaves are quite mild and can be picked from the bush


Kerala has some of the best Indian cooking in India

Most 'Indian' restaurants in the UK are run by Bangladeshi

Curry for breakfast is not unusual in hotels with good chefs in India

It is rare to find any meat in a true Indian curry
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I deplore the lack of numbering all the above, at the very least there should be bullet points........
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Trumpet said:
On the Indian scale, in the midlands I find Madras quite hot enough thank you very much. But find on my travels that I sometimes have to have a vindaloo to get the required 'hit'. I remember working in Plymouth some years ago having tried every curry house in town and found that even the hottest vindaloo they could rustle up was still very mild compared to up here
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Southern shandy drinkin pooftas!

Trumpet said:
and once met a couple from Bradford in a local curry house that found their 'usual' vindaloo absolutely off the scale and uneatable down here.
If you like it proper hot I would check out the Indian shop on (Marston Road?) I believe they stock Shans curry mixes, the Nihari is a killer.
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Err, northern monkeys! Where is this indian shop you speak of, I feel I must investigate.
 
Trumpet

Trumpet

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Not Marston Road, Gaol Road between the garage and Lloyd Street. There's a small Indian shop and a European foods shop.
 
Trumpet

Trumpet

Well-Known Forumite
John Marwood said:
Indian food in India tends to be spicy not hot
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True, chillies, pepper etc should not completely kill off the more subtle flavours. Hence don't do vindaloos, phals etc.
 
John Marwood

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Fresh coconut is most useful in a successful ' curry', mango too, in fact fresh ingredients are the key i believe
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
basil said:
Gramaisc said:
John Marwood said:
Most 'Indian' restaurants in the UK are run by Bangladeshi
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It was all called 'India' when it was coloured pink..
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East Pakistan in my old school atlas......
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Are you not pre-'48?.

india-districts-map.jpg
 
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aalan

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The Vindaloo in India is actually not a hot dish. It is highly spiced but not blowing your head off chilli hot. It actually was introduced by the Portuguese believe it or not. Don't care what anybody says about this. Along with other cooking traditions that stuck with the Indian from the Portuguese.
 
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