Re: [CH] wildpepper
Jim DeLillo (jimdel@bellatlantic.net)
Mon, 09 Aug 1999 20:08:21 -0400
I believe "jalaproctitis" [sic] is a coined term, not found in the dictionary,
medical or otherwise. But it is in the vocabulary of chile-heads.
Another reaction is gustatory rhinitis. It's a runny nose from the digestive
irritation. In addition to the initial reaction, it too may be felt a day or
so later, depending on the speed of your digestive tract. You may not feel the
burning until it actually gets out but on hte way you'll have the sniffles.
<< Jim >>
danceswithcarp wrote:
> > --- "Scott W. Schreiber" <scottws@stratos.net> wrote:
> > Let's just say it burns twice.
> >
> > Any way to avoid this??
>
> Remove the seeds. Although they only have about 4-5% of the heat in a
> chile pepper whole seeds are not digestible in any real sense of the wird,
> so therefore they, um, pass. And since those little suckers are hard and
> by the time you've finished masticating them you've given them a few
> sharp, broken edges, well, they are *scratching* the skin as they pass by;
> which is sort of like INJECTING the capsacian subcutaneously in a place
> that has a lot of nerve endings.
>
> Also, for some reason, peppers in olive oil or vegetable oil seem to have
> this residual effect.
>
> After a while though, you kind of develop a higher threshhold for all of
> this. I can remember when I first discovered massive doses jalapenos
> could be had with beer at a real mexican food place. Some mornings after
> being there half the night, I couldn't tell if my butt was sweating or
> crying.
>
> The medical term is "jaloproctitis."
>
> No lie.
>
> carp