The first day at work (two or three weeks ago) I bring in a hot sauce for breakfast (on my eggs). A co-worker, Jay, started talking to me about hot sauce. He then knew that I am a chili-head and asked..."Have you had the Man Sauce?" He then went and got an extract sauce and I ate a spoon full. His eyes widened.
Since then I've been bringing in a sauce or two a day and having people try them. It's now getting out of hand. At 3:30 break, there is anywhere from 5-12 people at my desk (and that number is still growing) trying the latest sauce and/or watching people's reaction to the sauces.
We even had a pepper eating contest and another co-worker (Tom) got his first endorphin rush.
So far we've had a bunch of sauces, but what sticks out in everyone's mind is limited to a few. Defcon Condition 3, 2, and ZERO. We took the Zero and made small ponds on spoons and put those face first on our tongues (that was funny to watch the less heat tolerant people do it). We also did this with Z...Nothing Beyond from CaJohn (rated at 4 million SHU). They liked Defcon so much that they are going to order, I gave them John's brochures (thanks for those John!).
Tom (who is officially a noobie chili-head) came over to my place the other night and wanted something that was outrageously hot. So I went out and picked my last Caribbean Red Hot (Habanero) that was sitting ripe on the plant for about two weeks and was still fresh and I gave him that. He went through, what he describes as "Hell and Back", and suffered for about 20 minutes, occasionally shacking like a cold cat out in the rain and streams of tears were running down his face while he was muttering "What have I done".
After a while, the fire in his mouth calmed down and he just stared off into space, riding the endorphin rush. I got slightly worried that I broke him until he finally spoke the words, "I've never been so high in my life"... and then I knew I did right.
I'm still trying to think of new ways to hurt my co-workers and broaden their hot sauce taste buds, so hopefully more stories will come.
Since then I've been bringing in a sauce or two a day and having people try them. It's now getting out of hand. At 3:30 break, there is anywhere from 5-12 people at my desk (and that number is still growing) trying the latest sauce and/or watching people's reaction to the sauces.
We even had a pepper eating contest and another co-worker (Tom) got his first endorphin rush.
So far we've had a bunch of sauces, but what sticks out in everyone's mind is limited to a few. Defcon Condition 3, 2, and ZERO. We took the Zero and made small ponds on spoons and put those face first on our tongues (that was funny to watch the less heat tolerant people do it). We also did this with Z...Nothing Beyond from CaJohn (rated at 4 million SHU). They liked Defcon so much that they are going to order, I gave them John's brochures (thanks for those John!).
Tom (who is officially a noobie chili-head) came over to my place the other night and wanted something that was outrageously hot. So I went out and picked my last Caribbean Red Hot (Habanero) that was sitting ripe on the plant for about two weeks and was still fresh and I gave him that. He went through, what he describes as "Hell and Back", and suffered for about 20 minutes, occasionally shacking like a cold cat out in the rain and streams of tears were running down his face while he was muttering "What have I done".
After a while, the fire in his mouth calmed down and he just stared off into space, riding the endorphin rush. I got slightly worried that I broke him until he finally spoke the words, "I've never been so high in my life"... and then I knew I did right.
I'm still trying to think of new ways to hurt my co-workers and broaden their hot sauce taste buds, so hopefully more stories will come.
i didn't go crazy with it or anything, but i wound up using a number of jalapenos, habaneros, a small bottle of scotch bonnet sauce, red peppers, and some green peppers. everyone said it was pretty hot, but it wasn't too hot because they only left me with enough for one more bowl. 