"Super Hot" Chili Kills Amateur Chef

Sydney Morning Herald:

An aspiring chef died after eating a "super hot" chilli sauce in a competition with his girlfriend's brother, an inquest in England has heard.

Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend's brother to a contest on September 19 to see who could make and eat the hottest sauce, London's The Times reported.

The forklift driver from Edlington, West Yorkshire in England, made a tomato sauce with red chillies grown by his father, but after eating it suffered intense discomfort and itching.

Read the whole story: Sydney Morning Herald

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[newsandverse]

CAPSAICIN CRUNCH

NEWSWIRE--An amateur chef died the day after eating a "superhot" pepper in a bet over who could make the hottest dish.

To this handy rule of measurement I'll clue you;
It determines if you lose or if you win:
There are things of which a little dab will do you,
And of others which a dab will do you in.

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[wadenelson1]

Darwin strikes again. :(