What HOT tastes like

When we first were married, Robert's palette told him ketchup was spicy. Since then, through my influence and the Great State of Texas, we've begun teasing Robert that he's burned all his taste buds off. Nothing seems spicy enough to him. As luck would have it, there is a Hot Sauce Festival here every year. We had to go to see how far we could push Robert. He was completely game. We tried everything from marinades to salsas to all varieties of hot sauces. I really didn't feel any heat from anything other than a ghost chile salsa, but Robert didn't flinch all day.

This is a straight up habenero wing sauce. Swish that around your mouth...

And laugh??? Most people wouldn't have endured that with a sense of humor.


He got pretty full of himself and tempted fate.

As fate would have it, we found a straight up capsaicin hot sauce, called Stupid Hot, that wiped the smile right off his face. At first he didn't seem too effected by the sauce, but as the seconds ticked by you could see the heat set in. We got it on tape and in the short clip he flashed from good natured, willing participant to I think I've made a bad choice and someone help me NOW! We had a complete stranger come up to us and ask us if he was okay. He assured Robert that he'd start to feel better in 20 minutes. He promptly started to chug Coke Zero, which he was unable to taste. He actually could not taste much even after we went home. So we found Robert's breaking point in spiciness, it just happens to be the concentrated essence of the fiery underworld.