I’ll go first. Did a one-chip challenge to amuse my kids. I thought I pulled it off with some swagger. Paid dearly about three hours later and ended up moaning with indignity on the bathroom floor. (At least they were in bed by then.)
@werehatrack when my daughter was little, about 4ish, she was a typical blond haired (toe head) light eyed white girl.
we went into a Chinese restaurant. the hottest thing on the menu were Szechuan won tons, basically won tons steamed in hot pepper oil broth.
the waiter, who spoke broken English said when we ordered them for her that they were “hot, very hot, veery very very hot”. we said we know, she loves them,
it was about 2 in the afternoon, we were one of only maybe 2 parties in the place. Every single waiter came out to watch her eat them. They were amazed.
She can’t eat that hot anymore. But for awhile, every time she came home in college, that was where she went.
@Cerridwyn@werehatrack this vaguely reminds me of being a similarly hot-tongued child and my dad was fussing over how spicy some Mexican something was.
Him: “either I’m a sissy or this is REALLY hot”
Tiny me, taking a bite: “oh wow! you’re right.”
Him: “so hot??”
Tiny me: “no, that you’re a sissy!”
Get reckt dad, I hope you still think about this sometimes!
@Cerridwyn@jouest@werehatrack reminds me of one night being out w a good friend. He was hammeredd (it was his bday) and someone purchased some super hot wings. He normally cannot eat anything remotely as hot as those wings. Before he took a bite I tried to talk him out of it, but he didnt listen.
He ate one wing and decided it was DELICIOUS. Ate a few more and was walking around trying to get others to join him, but no one would. I tried to stop him multiple more times. He ate the whole basket.
Next morning I called to check on him. He was more or less ok, but wanted to know what he ate last night b/c his stomach and butt were tore up! Said he was in pain. Well…
Some stupid hot peppers in Mexico. They were little dried things. Looked kind of like a peppercorn, but rest assured they were not peppercorns!!!
Haggis at a business dinner in Scotland. It was delicious, but I couldn’t get over thinking about exactly what I was eating
And Octopus tentacles in Mexico. Not a fan of seafood in general but after several shots of tequila I agreed to try it. Just no, it was not good, it was super chewy and I could feel the little sucker on his tenticle in my mouth
@tinamarie1974 I’ve had slices of octopus tentacle on sushi - I think it tastes good, but it’s awfully chewy. I kind of got a kick out of the suction-cup effect!
I ate some grasshoppers and worms at our science center’s edible bugs exhibit. Our kids were little back then and dared me, shocked that anyone would eat bugs. They refused to try it.
Later that night, regret kicked in and they wished they’d tried it, so my wife put some black pepper on a plate and told them it was ants. They loved the taste of ants.
I ate a century egg. I had a whole one; the others in the group were only trying halves. I think I was the only one to make it all the way through.
Years later I find out that the proper way to eat them is with vinegar (we were just a bunch of white kids, so we had no idea). I don’t know how much more palatable that makes them, but it certainly can’t make them any worse.
I should maybe point out that we weren’t eating them like an exotic new delicacy. It was entirely the “on a dare” sort of stunt. See who’s manliest or whatever.
@xobzoo they serve these at my gas station. the package says “deviled eggs” but they’ve definitely been aging in the back of that cooler for quite some time.
I can jump in on this. Back in college I was bet $20 that I couldn’t eat 8 packages of Peeps in 20 minutes. That was back when you had the three rows of chicks/bunnies instead of the two rows now.
I won the bet, but haven’t eaten a peep marshmallow since. Fucking awful.
Get green bunny peeps, use scissors to split the ears lengthwise, invert the bunny, and you have Cthulhu peeps. The ears become tentacles.
There are also people who derive amusement from microwaving fresh Peeps. Some consider this sacrilege. Others think “Hey, wow, Peep-based s’mores!” (I don’t do s’mores.)
I’ll go first. Did a one-chip challenge to amuse my kids. I thought I pulled it off with some swagger. Paid dearly about three hours later and ended up moaning with indignity on the bathroom floor. (At least they were in bed by then.)
Also: buying 100 packs of semi-expired ramen for $12 is not a food bet. That’s just retail, baby.
The first Chinese dish I had here in Houston was a Shanghai curry chicken. I wasn’t sure what the five tiny red checkmarks meant, and I didn’t ask.
Heads kept popping out of the kitchen door and looking in my direction as I finished the whole thing.
I have had hotter things since, but not often
@werehatrack It’s never a good sign when the kitchen staff wants to watch.
@werehatrack no adverse reactions?
@werehatrack when my daughter was little, about 4ish, she was a typical blond haired (toe head) light eyed white girl.
we went into a Chinese restaurant. the hottest thing on the menu were Szechuan won tons, basically won tons steamed in hot pepper oil broth.
the waiter, who spoke broken English said when we ordered them for her that they were “hot, very hot, veery very very hot”. we said we know, she loves them,
it was about 2 in the afternoon, we were one of only maybe 2 parties in the place. Every single waiter came out to watch her eat them. They were amazed.
She can’t eat that hot anymore. But for awhile, every time she came home in college, that was where she went.
@Cerridwyn @werehatrack this vaguely reminds me of being a similarly hot-tongued child and my dad was fussing over how spicy some Mexican something was.
Him: “either I’m a sissy or this is REALLY hot”
Tiny me, taking a bite: “oh wow! you’re right.”
Him: “so hot??”
Tiny me: “no, that you’re a sissy!”
Get reckt dad, I hope you still think about this sometimes!
@tinamarie1974 Surprisingly, no. I will admit that I was sweating at the end, though.
@Cerridwyn @jouest @werehatrack reminds me of one night being out w a good friend. He was hammeredd (it was his bday) and someone purchased some super hot wings. He normally cannot eat anything remotely as hot as those wings. Before he took a bite I tried to talk him out of it, but he didnt listen.
He ate one wing and decided it was DELICIOUS. Ate a few more and was walking around trying to get others to join him, but no one would. I tried to stop him multiple more times. He ate the whole basket.
Next morning I called to check on him. He was more or less ok, but wanted to know what he ate last night b/c his stomach and butt were tore up! Said he was in pain. Well…
@tinamarie1974 @werehatrack my daughter wasn’t, lol, but i get it
had kung pou from a restaurant i’d never had it from before once, they used ground peppers not whole ones. hurt more coming out than going in
Nothing too memorable.
Some stupid hot peppers in Mexico. They were little dried things. Looked kind of like a peppercorn, but rest assured they were not peppercorns!!!
Haggis at a business dinner in Scotland. It was delicious, but I couldn’t get over thinking about exactly what I was eating
And Octopus tentacles in Mexico. Not a fan of seafood in general but after several shots of tequila I agreed to try it. Just no, it was not good, it was super chewy and I could feel the little sucker on his tenticle in my mouth
@tinamarie1974 I love the concept of combining iffy food adventures with tequila
@jouest it helps with the courage
@tinamarie1974 I’ve had slices of octopus tentacle on sushi - I think it tastes good, but it’s awfully chewy. I kind of got a kick out of the suction-cup effect!
@Kyeh nnnoooo I am just not that adventurous, but glad you liked it
I ate some grasshoppers and worms at our science center’s edible bugs exhibit. Our kids were little back then and dared me, shocked that anyone would eat bugs. They refused to try it.
Later that night, regret kicked in and they wished they’d tried it, so my wife put some black pepper on a plate and told them it was ants. They loved the taste of ants.
@mikey I feel like you could find free range ants if you needed to
I ate a century egg. I had a whole one; the others in the group were only trying halves. I think I was the only one to make it all the way through.
Years later I find out that the proper way to eat them is with vinegar (we were just a bunch of white kids, so we had no idea). I don’t know how much more palatable that makes them, but it certainly can’t make them any worse.
I should maybe point out that we weren’t eating them like an exotic new delicacy. It was entirely the “on a dare” sort of stunt. See who’s manliest or whatever.
@xobzoo they serve these at my gas station. the package says “deviled eggs” but they’ve definitely been aging in the back of that cooler for quite some time.
I can jump in on this. Back in college I was bet $20 that I couldn’t eat 8 packages of Peeps in 20 minutes. That was back when you had the three rows of chicks/bunnies instead of the two rows now.
I won the bet, but haven’t eaten a peep marshmallow since. Fucking awful.
@studerc to reignite your appreciation for peeps, try dry-aging them.
@jouest @studerc
Not all uses of Peeps involve eating them.
Get green bunny peeps, use scissors to split the ears lengthwise, invert the bunny, and you have Cthulhu peeps. The ears become tentacles.
There are also people who derive amusement from microwaving fresh Peeps. Some consider this sacrilege. Others think “Hey, wow, Peep-based s’mores!” (I don’t do s’mores.)
@studerc @werehatrack this is the way.
@jouest one of my teachers swears by this as well. Said to crack them open and just let them sit there for a couple days. I just cant do it.
@pakopako did that one raccoon have a European accent? I need to know how they all met. Also: relatable.