Inspired by
this video in which a young lad ate a hot pepper and then proceeded to panic and seize to the point of rubbing habañero-tinged saliva all over his own face, my wife decided to photograph me eating a fresh, raw habañero pepper. This was way back in 2007, apparently during an era when it was impossible to photograph me at home with a shirt on.
This photo was the result:
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| I intelligently prepared a paper towel with which to rub habañero saliva into my eyes. |
She was actually quite disappointed with the results. At this point in time, I was by no means a super-powered capsaicin warrior, but I was clearly already habituated enough to eating hot, spicy foods to not have a full-on meltdown at the heat level of this pepper. The pepper was very hot, for sure. And I was clearly suffering. In the photo, my face is noticeably red and I'm sweaty and panting. But her desire to see me absolutely lose my shit was clearly thwarted. I didn't scream. I didn't roll around on the floor. I didn't run in circles with cartoon smoke coming out of my ears. I barely drooled.
She told me, "I needed you to shit blood out your eyes."
My verdict:
Habañero challenge passed!
Her verdict:
Habañero challenge failed!
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