On the topic of "pointless food",
May. 9th, 2005 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselking
Ultra-concentrated "16 Million Reserve" is the hottest hot sauce science can make.
The sauce is 30 times hotter than the spiciest pepper and 8,000 times more fiery than Tabasco. Diners must sign a disclaimer recommending "protective gloves and eye wear" - but even sweating testers in safety gear were blinded by tears for 30 minutes. Just 999 bottles of it are on sale at £105 each.
Medical experts fear it could kill asthmatics or hospitalise a user who touches a sensitive part of the body afterwards. It is made of pure capsaicin, the chemical that makes peppers "hot".
Creator Blair Lazar, 35, specialises in "extreme food" in New Jersey, US. After trying it, he said: "It's like having your tongue hit with a hammer. Man, it hurt."
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Man, I've always wanted to hit my tongue with a hammer, but until today, I just didn't know how. Thank you, Blair Lazar, thank you.
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Date: 2005-05-09 03:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-05-09 09:20 pm (UTC)