Chef dies after eating 'superhot' chilli for bet

HAHA! Im not laughing at your trauma its just we think we can take something like that and win.

I know my limits and when it starts getting so hot I can't breath...get a glass and fill it 1/2 milk and the other 1/2 beer. Whatever it takes to stop the pain!

Feeling hot,hot,hot!

I smell a Darwin Award here!

Damn that's one sad story. A few years back I mistakenly ate a Scotch Bonnet with some chicken at a BBQ in Clapton, North London - my tolerance is so low i started hallucinating. I too thought i was going to die!

i suppose he just couldn't handle the heat

I LOVE hot peppers. But not enough to eat one that could kill me!

I'd very much like to know what kind of peppers were used. Habanero is the hottest from what I understand.

Ya, i think habenero's are the hottest. Too bad they are so darn cute, i thought they were mini bell peppers. It felt like a black hole was sucking the enamel off my teeth.

Nope, Naga Jolokia is the hottest. Red Savina Habanero is second, and regular habanero comes in third, among others.

Look for a hot sauce called "Da Bomb" That was the hottest stuff I ever had on my tongue!

Guess he won the bet.

Hottest peppers I've ever heard of were grown in the jungle primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum.

The more I read about this, the more I want to see if I can locate the recipe. I want to try it. I will bet all of you I can eat it and not die.

This goes down in stupid deaths, one notch below bungee jumping, and one above drag racing death.

Its kind of odd that he died the following morning....youd think he wouldved realized something was up and gone to ER before that happened.

On the subject of spicy tho....theres an amazing sushi place in Capitola CA called Paradise Sushi and they have a roll called the Satan Roll that is so spicy you have to sign a waiver in case of injury. Ive eaten it 3 times and depending on the chef it has varied in intensity....however the most powerful time caused me to hallucinate from lack of oxygen heh.

The only cure, green tea ice cream! The sugar and the milk work wonders to cool the burn.

i need to see the autopsy results...death from spicy food seems unrealistic

A lot of people have died after saying 'I bet.....'

What . . . Now I have to question my intake of awesome spicy goodness, thanks aalot ruin the food for everyone.

back to my bowl of Chile Verde

Wow never really thought it could happen, dieing from eating spice food.
Though I thought that if some one did die like that their intestines would melt or their stomach would explode. Cardiac arrest seems a bit anti climatic.

Im with you Biohazard... I do like the spice!

What a way to go. Note to self: no super hot chilli

I'm just so intrigued with a dish that MIGHT kill you. I just want to eat a spoonful and then go from there. Is it good enough to go ahead and eat a full bowl or should I stop with the spoon?

What was the recipe?

Im not sure but I would love to know how to make it.