A MAN HAS UNDERGONE EMERGENCY SURGERY AFTER EATING A
GHOST PEPPER SO HOT IT CAUSED HIM TO HAVE A SYNDROME WHICH IS
A SPONTANEOUS ESOPHAGUS BURSTING.
IT WAS A 47-YEAR-OLD
AMERICAN MAN WHO WAS IN AN EATING CONTEST IN SAN FRANCISCO.
HE ATE THE GHOST PEPPER AS A PUR…E IN A BURGER.
THAT IS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS TIMES.
>> THIS IS WHERE MY NAIVETY COMES IN.
I DIDN'T GROW UP WITH MEXICAN FOOD IN THE UK.
I THINK I HAD TO WASH MY MOUTH OUT FROM CHIPOTLE.
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE CERTAIN LEVEL OF EXTENT THAT PEOPLE
WILL GO TO TO GET SPICE.
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I HAVE NOW MATURED A LITTLE BIT AND CAN HANDLE A BIT OF SPICE.
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT WILL REQUEST THE SPICIEST OF FOOD.
I DON'T THINK IT IS ENJOYABLE FOR ME.
>>THE GHOST PEPPER WAS THE HOTTEST CHILI IN THE WORLD UNTIL
2013, WHEN THE CAROLINA REAPER CAME AROUND.
THE PEPPER HAS A MEASURED HEAT OF 1 MILLION SCOVILLE UNITS.
IT IS 100 TIMES HOTTER THAN A JALAPENO.
>> I NEVER UNDERSTOOD PAINFUL FOOD, BUT A FRIEND OF MINE
DID EXPLAIN TO ME ABOUT IT.
MY PROBLEM HERE IS ñ
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE EATING CONTEST.
EATING IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPETITIVE SPORT.
IN ANY COMPETITIVE SPORT THERE ARE RISKS.
IF YOU SUDDENLY THINK YOU ARE A COMPETITIVE EATER, WELL,
NOW YOU CAN'T.
YOU CAN'T PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THEMSELVES.
WORK YOUR WAY UP.
>> IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE.
I DID THIS SHOW CALLED HOT PEPPER GANG BANG WHERE YOU
ATE AN ENTIRE HABANERO PEPPER RAW AND THEN YOU DO A
VIDEOGAME REVIEW.
I ACTUALLY DID OKAY, BUT THE GIRL BEFORE ME WAS SWEATING
AND CRYING.
SHE SPILLED MILK EVERYWHERE, SHE STARTED BARFING.
I GOT A LITTLE SHAKEN UP, BUT I DIDN'T BARF, OR SPIT, OR
CRY OR ANYTHING.
WE ALSO HAVE HOT ONES WHICH IS THE HOT WING INTERVIEW SHOW
WHERE IT GOES UP AND UP AND SCOVILLE UNITS.
THAT IS A FUN SHOW.
I GET WHY THEY DID THIS, IT'S A LITTLE CRAZY.
>> I DRAW THE LINE, WHEN IT STARTS TO BECOME AN
INTIMIDATING WORLD I AM NOT GOING TO PUT IT IN MY MOUTH.
THE GHOST PEPPER?
THE CAROLINA REAPER?
YOU FIND OUT HERE THAT PART OF THE STUDY STATES THAT INDIA
HAS ALSO FOUND ANOTHER USE FOR THE PEPPER IN QUESTION, IT
WAS USED AS AN INGREDIENT IN GRENADES.
NOT ONLY IS THIS PEPPER GOING TO BURN YOUR MOUTH, THEY USED
IT BECAUSE IT WAS THAT POWERFUL IT WOULD FORCE A TERRORIST
TO COME OUT OF HIS HIDEOUT.
I'M NOT PUTTING THAT IN MY MOUTH.
>> YEAH, YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO EAT AN INGREDIENT IN
A
GRENADE.