Winning is easy, just eat the most... If you think the heat will be a problem or your belly will protest, you can try the following; Take a teaspoon full of Jims favourite 'Savina' powder put it on a small piece of bread and chew until you can't stand it any more, spit it out, take cup full of good olive oil and slowly drink this down, this all you do 10-15 minutes before you enter the contest. The heat of savina will paralyze all your tastebuds for more than an hour so you can stand the heat when eating the jalapeņos easily!, the cup of olive oil will make sure you get quickly rid of the jalapeno's after the contest... without much 'after burn' I'm sure it work, good luck! Hot regards Rob NL ----- Original Message ----- From: <gdmurf@attbi.com> To: <Chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:16 PM Subject: [CH] Pepper contest > I'll be attempting my first competative Jalepeno eating contest this week. Any > recommendations on how to win? > > Thanks, > Glenn