[CH] Habanero Hand-warmer

George Nelson (70431.3065@compuserve.com)
Thu, 7 Dec 2000 21:32:53 -0500

My cousin sends me postings from Ice-Bike at times.  This is a list for
people who like to ride bicycles on ice and in snow.  The following is one
he forwarded to me which should strike a sympathetic chord.

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>Sometimes your hands or feet get cold while you are riding.

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>  Sometimes (like yesterday for me), it may be colder than you
>  expected.   My $0.79CDN gloves from  Wall-Mart just didn't
>  make it (do you believe that 0.79 cents!  Thats ten cents a finger,
>  and the thumbs are free!)

> Anyway, You may not be in the mood to waste time stopping
> to warm you hands.  You might think, "I just want to get home."
> BUT.  When you get there, your fingers are in pain from the
> cold.

> Well, yesterday, I theorized that hot pepper sauce would increase
> circulation, so I ate a lot....  Until the pain on my tongue was
> almost unbearable.  Know what?  The pain in my fingers disappeared!

> Now, just because something works once, is not too good of a test,
> so in the interest of science, I rode home tonight with a pair of
> thin hole-filled gloves, and tried the hot sauce again.

> It worked.

> Now, you've got to use a good hot sauce.  Jalapeno isn't hot enough.
> Habanero must be the number 1 ingredient.  Something like "Raw Heat",
> or something from the "Pain is Good" family work.  I don't know if it
> is the peppers that do it, or the endorphins that they cause to be
> released, however, it does eliminate the pain of cold fingers.