Well Cyclist, everything's relative, and I hope you know I was just joshing. I have seen people on The Food Network who can blow me away as though I didn't even know spice. As I've put it in the past, I may be running in the Olympics final, but I ain't gonna be on the podium. We always see that guy in the 100 meters, who in real life has blazing speed, like close to the fastest in the NFL caliber, but finishes eighth, four or five steps behind the winners, as though he were standing still. Hey, he made it to the final, but we knew he didn't have a chance.
I've seen some sick, eye-popping stuff on The Food Network, perhaps the sickest was pulled off by some 55-60 year old, very nice and typically aunt/granny looking white Midwesterner.
The event was a tasting of something called The Source. Stop me if you've heard this before, because I told it here a couple times, maybe on other threads, maybe earlier on this one. The Source is 7.1 million Scovilles, or about 12 times hotter than my hottest sauce, which is Mad Dog 357 Collector's Edition, at 600,000 Scovilles. 600,000 Scovilles is sick, and I can't really put too much of that stuff on my sardines, hard boiled eggs, etc., truly just a couple small drops, and that's it for another month or so. I follow it all with bread and butter, but of course.
So, they're having this competition to taste The Source, and they're dipping the end of a pin into it, and getting just a drop to hang on the end of the pin. Then they stick the pin in their mouth, and suck this tiny drop of The Source into their mouth. Well, one judge was hey, it's really, really hot, but not a huge problem, a few were kind of in between him and the guy who nearly had to go to the hospital, and even the guy who was trying to act nonchalant, still had it creeping up on him and had to admit it was a real challenge.
Along comes Granny Goose and licks the drop of The Source off the pinhead, looks at the camera, says in a very unimpressed, almost bored sort of voice, "it's hot," shrugs her shoulders, half-snickers and walks away.
7.1 million Scovilles. Not me, baby. I think 600,000 is enough of a limit for me, and perhaps even too much, which is why I only have it like once or twice a month. Everything's relative. I don't know where HER relatives come from, but THAT lady's what I mean about Olympics Gold Medalist. :thumbsup:
Me? I'm still running. :cryinlaugh: