Would You Try The World's Hottest Curry?

[naomi24]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/worlds-hottest-curry-ian-rothwell_n_2425002.html

[AlwaysConfused]

Yes I would, but I don't know if I'd live to tell the tale!

[ummmm]

No way....

Food is suppose to pleasurable, not painful.

[douglas9401]

That's for kiddies. :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-15183070

[Baldric]

No way!

[sara3]

exactly.. I want to enjoy it. I don't want to eat something for the challenge!

[naomi24]

I wouldn't. My husband is a good cook and loves hot curry - but he made a Thai Green curry once - and eating just a little of it hurt my head!!

[snags]

Some people do find the intensity 'pleasurable' (something to do with chemicals released from the chillies or the body's reaction to the heat I think). Personally I would not.

[jomifl]

I wouldn't even go into the same room as I'm extremely sensitive to chili and find some kormas too hot.

[AlwaysConfused]

A true story from the news last night:



seems to have turned the poor man yellow

[naomi24]

I think there's a lot of 'bravado' about people who say they like their curry the hotter the better.

[ummmm]

Very hot curries don't taste of much, they just burn.

[naomi24]

Ummmm, I agree. They could contain anything - you'd never know.

[BlueToffee]

I wouldn't even eat a mild curry, I loathe it.

Give me a good rare steak any time.

[tiggerblue10]

I worked with a lady who couldn't eat food unless it was covered extra hot chilli sauce. I found some Dorest Nagas and bought them for her. She cooked with them and told me that they still weren't hot enough for her!

Even when I use mild chillies, the fumes affect my nose, eyes and back of my throat when chopping. And I never chop chillies without my disposable gloves.

[tonyav]

No, in fact I wouldn't try any curry.

[naomi24]

I can't cook fresh chillies. I end up coughing uncontrollably, and my eyes stream.

[DTCwordfan]

Hottest I have had was Mexican food made with a Red Savina....

This was the display of chillis in our "local" Waitrose equivalent, Central Market.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PepperswithscovilleCentralMarketHoustonTX.JPG

[DTCwordfan]

My bro-in-law took on a Steak with a pepper sauce made from Habanero and he was "watering".....and he's used to chillis.....

[seadogg]

We have a jar of really hot, dried, "birds eye" chillies. Enough to destroy a battleship, but we use them sparingly so that the cumin, haldi, garam marsala and other spices may blend. Hotness alone is no big deal.