[CH] first habanero experience
Steve Ross (snross@mtu.edu)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 10:52:26 -0500
I recently took a weekend ski trip with my fraternity. On Saturday I was
snowboarding and having just a great day despite my hang-over. I was
innocently standing in the lift line when two younger teens engaged in a
ski pole war. Not cool. I was standing right behind them. I think you
know what's comming... One of the kids grabbed his buddys pole and tried to
rip it out of his hand, well the sharp end of the pole hit me directly in
the eye. I got it patched up in the first aid station on the hill and
stumbled my way back to the condo. Being that I had been skiing all day I
was pretty hungry so I grabbed a bowl of chili. No one mentioned the fact
there were habaneros in the chili. In my injured state I had very little
visual capability, both eyes were watering profusely. I took a spoonfull
of the chili and bit into something soft. "Wow this is a great tasting
pepper. What is it?" Those were the last coherent words I was able to
utter after eating the habanero for a good fifteen minutes. The heat hit
me like a slowly moving freight train that was building up speed. Finally
at the height of this religeous experience I was hooting howling like a dog
in a tigers den. It was great! I loved every burning minute of it.
Finally I can say I have eaten the hottest pepper in the world. I love it.
Steve
By the way, my eye is almost healed completely.