Re: [CH] Re: Banana, was Hot Stuff Trivia
Calvin Donaghey (gdonaghey@bitstreet.com)
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:31:40 -0500
Deb, et al,
I agree with the use of banana. It is the best I have found except for the
mineral sylvite ( chemical composition KCl ), which also slows it down.
Potassium seems definitely a factor in that case, because sodium chloride
has little effect for me. Potassium Chloride is the common ingredient in
most of the "salt substitutes". My partner, also a chile head, gets no
effect at all from potassium, though, so it may also be related to body
chemistry.
On a tangent note- talking about hot sauce and glasses.... anyone besides me
go into a Mexican Food place and respond to "What would you like to drink?"
with "A glass of Salsa, please." ??
Calvin
Deb deForest wrote:
> Tangent thought: I just got an image of folks sitting 'round a table
> swirling wine tasting glasses filled with various hot sauces, tasting,
> slurping, spitting in little sterling buckets and then taking a bite of
> banana to cleanse their palates before trying the next glass. Sounds
> like sure fun for a Hot Luck to me -- except we can leave out the
> spittoons there.
>
> Bananas have also saved a few folks who bit off more than they could
> chew a time or two at my house. Deb in Houston
>
> Jim Campbell wrote:
>
> > One of my firefighters swears by this as well. We can even make it
> > sound plausible (snip)