For all you NW Pepper Heads

[jirodriguez]

Well... it's that time of year again in Portland, OR. Water dripping off of your brow, clouds in the air.... oh wait that's sweat dripping off your brow and steam coming out of your ears!

For those that have never been there, there is a resteraunt in the west hills of Portland called Salvador Molly's. Awesome food from all over the world, and a spice level that goes from 1-20 - what most resteraunts would call "hot" registers about a 7 on Salvador Molly's scale.

Then once a year they have a charity eating contest to see who can eat the most Great Balls of Fire!

Now I grew up in NM, off and on for about 10 yrs., and I like spicy food, I even like habanero's.... but these things are a whole new world of hurt! For the first 30-60 seconds they are the best tasting fritter you have ever had! Then the habanero's start to go to work on your taste buds! If you can eat all 5 with the dipping sauce you get your picture put up on the wall. I ate 2 1/2 and an hour later it hurt to pee! I mean damn - I have never eaten anything so hot that it hurt to pee!

If anybody feels brave (or stupid) enough here is a link from our local paper that talks about it and gives the dates. If you do enter make sure you have somebody take a picture or two for the rest of us.

http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/in..._eating_c.html

 

[mballi3011]

Now growing up in the south and in north Florida we never had the hot eating contest we would just have a bunch of I bet you cann't and being young and dumb and full of it. I could and would eat all sorts of stuff from hot or the hottest of sauces they said. But now it's a little pink pill every morning and hope I don't get reflux and then the day will be livable. Now as far as your little eating thingy go for it cause they stay up nights making them little pink pills.

 

[jirodriguez]

Oh trust me I will NOT be taking part.. lol. I learned my lesson after eating 2 1/2 of those fritters.

 

[nwdave]

Pass. The smilie says it all

 

[jirodriguez]

I love to take my out of town friends there. The ones that brag about being able to eat super spicy food.... heh-heh.

Nothing puts a smile on your face more than watching the dawning realization on a co-workers face that even if he eats all 5 great balls of fire he is still the loser of the $10 dollar bet!

 

[nwbhoss]

I will try anything twice (just in case the first time was a fluke

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Sounds like a good time

 

[meateater]

Should have put rubber gloves on first.

 

[alx]

Being a pepper head for many years about only way i use the super hots is to put in cheese cloth cut up and let em steep a bit for flavor in the dish......I tried a ghost pepper years ago and that was enough for me...

Good luck though to anyone in that comp...