That's not a tomato!
I was at a beer festival a few years ago with a bunch of mates. I was well known amongst the guys as a lover of spicy food so when one of the flock shouted me over to try the organisers special "hot" pickled onions, I wasn't too concerned. After eating a whole one without any obvious reaction, he suggested I try one of his spicy tomatoes – indicating something that looked like a very wrinkly, bright red tomato. So imagine my surprise when the damn thing turned out to be something called a "Scotch Bonnet", one of the worlds hottest chillies ... Not to appear wimpy, I ate the whole thing. I found out afterwards that even the maddest of people don’t eat the seeds. And here is why;

Within 10-minutes I was feeling quite rough; I couldn’t feel my mouth and lips at all and had escaped to buy milk. Four pints of milk later and I started to get stomach cramps, with the inevitable vomiting soon to follow. I was drinking pints of water and then throwing them up all night. I eventually fell asleep about 3am, but was woken with a violent fever and more vomiting which gently alternated into fountains of liquid shit. By 8am, after nearly 12-hours of vomiting, shitting, fever and headaches, I finally started to feel better, although I still couldn’t eat.
It took about 2-months to get over.

Laugh? Oh, yeah. Dead fucking funny.
( Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 15:48, 5 replies)

You got off lightly
A mate of mine knows this guy.

Unfortunately I can't link to individual posts (or so it seems) - but have a look at the post entitled "14th April - The Worst Day of my Chile Life! ".

Serious capsaicin abuse.
(_(_(_(_(_(_(_(_(_ =o.o=, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 19:06, closed)

It's called "Toxic Shock"
I suffered the same symptoms after eating about 32 "hot" chillies off of mine and a couple of workmates donner kebabs one lunch time.

It went some thing like:-

"Aw, don't throw them away - they're lovely..."

"Well you eat them then!" (x6)

I ended up nearly passing out 20 minutes later suffering from agonising stomach pains and going as white as a sheet. Ended up going to the hospital, as the first aider thought I was having a heart attack...

Apparently your system starts to shut down & draws the blood from your extremities (arms, legs & face - hence cold sweats & going pale) as your body thinks you've been poisoned!

Didn't help much when the office manager stepped over me without a word as I sprawled outside the main entrance to the building with not a word spoken...
( the bonzo dog , down on Jollity Farm on, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 21:44, closed)

Office Manager Twunt
He probably just thought you had mixed lager with wine.
(muzzvsworld, Fri 19 Sep 2008, 1:33, closed)

chillis are lovely
although i tend to stick to jalapeno or habanero
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 19 Sep 2008, 16:31, closed)

mmm chillis
Myself and my best friend have recently experienced the Dorset Naga. Now without wishing to come across as an internet badass, they are not all that fearsome. We used two packs of chopped nagas to make chilli con carne to our special recipe, and while it was certainly very potent, it was by no means hard work. They taste beautiful, but are massively over-hyped.

Usually we will use scotch bonnets, in the region of 6-7 peppers. The first time I ate it, I thought I was going to die, but if you keep doing it you soon harden up! I love the flavour of them and can't get enough!
(keyboardman, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 13:51, closed)