The answer is no. Dr. Scott Kramer p019233b@pb.seflin.org On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Greg Jensen wrote: > Fellow CHs, > I was just sitting here pondering a question that I felt would be an > interesting one for the list. Some office mates and myself just finished > eating the first Jalapeno to arrive from our "office garden" and one of my > office mates experienced a great deal of discomfort after the experience. It > got me wondering if people can actually experience severe medical problems > (shock, etc.) from eating a pepper that was "too hot" if you will. I know > some elementary school kids down in Castle Rock CO got sick after consuming > some of Dave's Insanity but after hearing that the sickest girl allegedly > consumed 2 cap-fulls of it, an awful lot of adults would get sick off of > that amount. Just curious. > > GJ >