Has anyone DIED from eating chillies 🌶 _ How To Cook That Ann Reardon
**Exploring the World of Chili Hot Chocolate: A Journey Through Flavors and Science**
Welcome to "How To Cook That," where today we embark on an exciting culinary adventure into the world of chili hot chocolate. Host Ann Reardon is here to guide us through a range of spicy cocoa experiences, from mild to what claims to be the hottest in the world. Join her as she investigates what makes chili hot chocolate so intriguing and whether there are ways to alleviate its heat.
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### The Mild Start: Lindt Chilli Dark Chocolate
Ann begins her journey with the Lindt chilli dark chocolate. The packaging describes it as an "intriguing combination of spicy chili and the finest dark chocolate for an exhilarating taste experience." Picking it up, she remarks, "It's a little bit chili 🌶 chocolate. I wouldn't have even known that I was eating chili if you didn't tell me."
Taking her first bite, Ann finds it surprisingly mild. She notes, "I can feel it a little bit now so maybe a one. It's very very very mild not very spicy." Despite her initial hesitation, she admits it’s barely detectable, making it a gentle introduction to the world of chili-infused chocolate.
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### Deciding Between Two Spicy Options
Next, Ann faces a dilemma: should she try the dark chocolate with sweet orange and a "hit" of chili or the Yarra Valley Chocolatierie's smooth milk chocolate with a "measured hint" of chili? The packaging of the latter reads, "smooth milk curvature chocolate balanced with a measured hint of chili." Intrigued by the promise of a mild flavor, she opts for the "hint."
However, her expectations are quickly shattered. Taking a bite, she exclaims, "A measured hint that doesn't sound very chili-y at all. It's a lot more spicy i can feel it already and i haven't even chewed it all up." This chocolate proves to be significantly hotter than its predecessor, leaving Ann questioning whether she wants to proceed further.
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### The Science of Spice: Capsaicin and Sensory Neurons
As Ann continues her tasting journey, she delves into the science behind why chili causes that burning sensation in our mouths. She explains, "Spicy hot food has a chemical in it called capsaicin and when that hits your tongue it triggers two types of sensory neurons... the thermoreceptors is the first one and that sends a message to your brain saying it's warm and the nociceptors they're the ones that detect pain and in this case they incorrectly tell the brain that this is burning hot. 🔥"
Ann clarifies that chili itself isn't actually hot or burning—it’s our brain's reaction to capsaicin that creates the illusion of heat. This fascinating interplay between chemistry and perception makes chili chocolate an intriguing experience, blending flavors with a unique sensory challenge.
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### A Tale of Tolerance: Why Some Handle Spice Better
Reflecting on her own dislike for spicy food, Ann shares her reluctance to continue tasting hotter chocolates. Yet, she pushes forward, determined to explore the full range of chili hot chocolate. Her journey highlights the varying tolerances people have when it comes to spice.
She references a remarkable story: "This lady who can't feel pain ate a Carolina Reaper on This Morning's show and describe the sensation as:" (The video transcription here pauses, leaving us curious about her experience.)
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### Conclusion: The Intrigue of Chili Hot Chocolate
Ann's adventure through chili hot chocolate reveals a world where flavor meets fire, challenging our perceptions of taste and tolerance. From the mild Lindt chocolate to the fiery Yarra Valley option, each bite tells a story of culinary innovation and sensory exploration.
As she concludes her tasting journey, Ann leaves us with a deeper understanding of why some people find chili chocolate exhilarating while others avoid it. The blend of science, personal experience, and cultural curiosity makes chili hot chocolate more than just a treat—it’s an experience that transcends the ordinary.
Join Ann Reardon as she continues to uncover the secrets of spicy cuisine, proving that even those who claim to dislike chili can find unexpected enjoyment in the heat of the moment.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enWelcome to How To Cook That I'm Ann Reardon and today we are doing chilli hot chocolate ranging from mild all the way through to what claims to be the world's hottest chocolate 🔥 and i'm going to look at what makes a chilli hot? Is there any way you can relieve that heat? Why can some people cope with it better than others and have i ever told you i don't really like chilli spicy food so i'm gonna rope the rest of the family in but i am going to try them myself too 🥺 First up we have the Lindt chilli dark chocolate ... on the back it says discover the intriguing combination of spicy chilli and the finest dark chocolate for an exhilarating taste experience. All right here we go...It's a little bit chilli 🌶 chocolate. I wouldn't have even have known that i was chilli if you didn't tell me. I can feel it a little bit now so maybe a one.It's very very very mild not very spicy. That's all i'm letting you try sorry.😞 Next i'm not sure whether to go with this one that says it's dark chocolate with sweet orange and a hit of chilli or this one from the Yarra Valley Chocolatierie, it's so smooth chilli milk chocolate. On the back this one says that it's smooth milk curvature chocolate balanced with a measured hint of chilli. A hint sounds less than a hit so let's go for the hint next. A measured hint that doesn't sound very chilli-y at all.It's a lot more spicy i can feel it already and i haven't even chewed it all up.That's got a bite to it that's definitely considerably hotter than the Lindt. Oh if that's number two i don't think i want to go to three. That was noticeably chilli.I can feel it when i breathe but it's not insanely spicy pretty goodIt's borderline relief required but i'll tough it out. Spicy hot food has a chemical in it called capsaicin and when that hits your tongue it triggers two types of sensory neurons ... the thermoreceptors is the first one and that sends a message to your brain saying it's warm and the nociceptors they're the ones that detect pain and in this case they incorrectly tell the brain that this is burning hot. 🔥 The chilli is actually not hot and it's not burning the tongue at all but your brain perceives it that way. This lady who can't feel pain ate a Carolina Reaper on This Morning's show and describe the sensation as: \"It's warm i have a nice warm a nice glowing warm feeling in my mouth\". That shows us her thermoreceptors were still triggered but she has no nociceptors or pain receptors so she didn't get that burning sensation. Now most of us do feel pain ... it feels like burning on my tongue which i know it's not actually burning but that doesn't help. But why do some of us feel the heat from chilli more than others? If you eat hot chilli often the specific nociceptors that are affected by capsaicin decrease in functionality over time so they send less signals to your brain. Moving on to this one now that said it had the 'hit of chilli' ... this was a hint this is a hit wow let's go!There was no chilli in that one. That one wasn't spicy at all.They definitely taste orangey it doesn't taste spicy.I put that right back at one, a hit is less than a hint apparently. In 1912 Wilbur Scoville came up with a method to measure how hot different chillies were in comparison to each other, with pure capsaicin up the top at 16 million scovilles, a jalapeno comes in at around 6 000, habanero about 200 000, ghost peppers well they're around nine hundred thousand and carolina reaper roughly two million scovilles. The scale tells you the number of times an extract from the dried chilli was diluted in sweetened water before a panel of people could no longer detect any heat. Today the American spice trade association pungency test is used and that measures the actual amount of capsaicin in the food. It can be multiplied by 16 to get a rough equivalent number of scovilles. Next we have Hellraiser Milk Chilli chocolate milk chocolate with ghost chilli cinnamon essential oil of sweet orange and clove specialist chili products heat that comes for you 💀 That's a oh come on okay yeah no that's there!Oh i was gonna i was gonna say it wasn't it wasn't much at all but yeah it kind of came in late... it was like a little the guy comes late to the party it was yeah it was a good moment. It's getting to the back of my throat getting into the sinuses here yeah it's okay it's more than a hit it's more than a hint it's kind of getting up to a solid whack in the face!Mm-hmmAt first it was just cinnamon wow 😳it was just a cinnamon but now that 😱heat is kicking in at the back of my throat 🥵let's give me a second ...You can definitely taste the cinnamon.In the back of the throat kind of just every time you breathe it's breathing fire like a dragon 🐉I mean there's some spice. I think i might take the water on this one it is a bit bit spicy in the back of my throat. Capsaicin doesn't dissolve in water so that will not help you. Did the water help at all? Nope not at all.Try blocking your nose. One study found that blocking your nose decreased the perception of capsaicin in the mouth but you might need to block your nose before you ingest it and not after. Does it make any difference to the heat?Does looking like an idiot make you make any difference? Uh not noticeable, is it meant to? I've never heard that one. Does that help at all? No not really.Okay try the milk. The protein in milk casein binds to capsaicin surrounding it. Swirling it around your mouth like a mouthwash gives it a chance to bind more of the capsaicin so it should help more than just swallowing.Did that help?Um better than the water but i think the water just made it worse. Certainly while the milk was in my mouth it relieved it a little bit i'm just waiting to see now swallowed it...yeah i think it did make a difference on the front of my tongue where i was kind of swirling the milk around but the back of my throat where it only just passes over once it didn't really make much difference.Next up we have black widow dark chilli chocolate dark chocolate with ghost chilli and essential oils of geranium and lemon heat that comes for you same as before so i'm expecting this one to be very similar.Nope didn't turn up to the party.Not hot? Not hot.That one's not spicy at all. It's just normal chocolate.It's a little bit spicy but there's no burn. That one was nice but not chilli.Now for White Lightning ... this one was really expensive but they donate money to charity which i think is a great idea. It says warning stupid spicy infused with 12 of the world's hottest peppers you must be insane to consume this pain. Just before i get into this sweet little nightmare uh let me talk to you about today's sponsor Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community and i've been getting stuck into this over the last month or so ... learning from great authors like Lisa Ko and Benjamin Percy about how to build character arcs and worlds and suspense and it's been fantastic! I've actually watched Benjamin's course twice in the last week because i'm trying to get everything out of his head into mine about reversals and character and something called triangulation ... don't do it triangulate instead! 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You can get hold of The Deep Enders and then i got to write the new one which is kind of hard so i'm going to procrastinate right now by eating some very spicy chocolate let's get ready for some insane pain!Mm-hmm!I hope this doesn't build because it's already hot. Straight away i can taste it's a lot hotter!Oh my goodness wow that one whoa!That cup has milk with extra milk protein added.Did milk help? Not reallyI'm gonna get this one as well.This is concentrated sugar water ... capsaicin bonds well to most sugars so sucking on something sweet should help. Help? I think so wow but it's still very spicy.Oh oh dang oh!Yeah yeah yeah it's there yep reaching for the milk 🥛Yeah that one's spicy.The other one was like in the back of the throat this one's like all on the front of my tongue oh 🥵I'm sweating.That one's a good very no oh 🌶Yeah that's bad. Oh!Yeah i have this one as well. Capsaicin dissolves in oil not water so rinsing your mouth with vegetable oil has been shown to decrease the heat, i've added half chocolate into this to make it taste better. Any relief? Um i think so but not much.Oh that's giving me a bit of a eye water and a mouth water and a nose run, I hope you're enjoying this (yes YOU, reading the captions 👨👩👧👦)Give me some milk.I would like some water just to wash it out of my mouth because that's keeping on going.Can i have my milk? yeah. It's ... it's taken up residence at the back of my ears. It's not it's not getting unbearable but it's still hot. I think the milk definitely helps while it's in my mouth ...like it's no spice while it's in my mouth but then it just like comes back every time that i swallow it, ah! Feels like a tingling um like a sharp tingling like almost pins and needles like but more rapid. I'm gonna try the chocolate oil see if i can get it off my tongue because ...😝It's like an Australian summer too hot.It's still really hot...but i think the chocolate oil really helped.i'm gonna try the sugar water.You could definitely taste the actual chilies in that one like it wasn't just spicy you could taste the different peppers the different all sorts that were in it um which was nice but it's definitelyvery spicy localized the back of my tongue and maybe the front rows of my mouth but mainly the back of my tongue.Wow that made a big difference i'd hate to think how long that would last if i didn't have those like that that chocolate oil really helped it's still spicy like it's more spicy than it was down here but it's not overwhelming before it was at that point of ah make it stop but now i feel like it's manageable.Sweating on my forehead and then nose and eyes running and now it's still very spicy in my mouth every time that i like breathe oh.I feel like i want a new job! 😂And now on to the world's hottest chocolate bar which says it has nine million scoville chilli extract in it 💥 On the back it says this 12 piece chocolate bar is extremely spicy and is not to be consumed by those sensitive to spicy foods ... this product contains a high amount of pure chilli extract and is to be handled with extreme caution. Consume at your own risk you can extract the capsaicinoids from lots of chilies and then concentrate that down until you have a paste. The Nile Red channel explains that process in detail so you can watch that there but essentially you end up with a ridiculously hot concentrate of capsaicin which even the tiniest bit on the end of a toothpick can cause pain. It doesn't say how much of this is in the bar i feel like once you're using capsaicin extract it needs to have stricter labelling regulations so people know exactly how much is in it. Two British journalists tried an extreme burger which had lots of capsaicin extract in the source they only had one bite each and both of them ended up in hospital one of them lost feeling in his hands his legs were shaking and his eyes rolled back the other said he was in so much pain in his stomach that he felt like he was dying and while in most cases these side effects are temporary and they will pass with time there are some rare cases that have been reported that have been more serious. A healthy 15 year old who ate a carolina reaper got a severe disabling headache and hospital tests showed that it was caused by a sudden constriction of the blood vessels that supply oxygen to the brain. A 47 year old guy ate ghost peppers and went to hospital with severe abdominal pain and struggling to breathe and tests showed he had a collapsed lung and he'd ruptured his oesophagus which can be deadly! He survived as well but he stayed in hospital for 23 days before he could be discharged. So know your limits with spicy foods and it's always okay to say no.Would you like to try the next one? Sure. Are you sure? I mean i guess so it can't be too much worse than that one. I'm very hesitant it the last one actually proved to me that that um chocolate can actually be very hot. Okay so i'm just gonna have to go for it wow! 🌶You didn't even have a piece did you? It was like a grain of sand.You don't have to. Okay if i do this ... i'm just going to do this because i i pay a price for your entertainment, so if i do this every one of you got to comment and like and share and just go nuts and ballistic on this because uh i'm going i'm gonna this is actually, here we go you ... we have a contract (drops it!)Oh it's so hot oh phew i'm sweating.There's no way i'm no way i'm going for that one I, i'm still i'm still hot from this one...It's not spicy at all ... 😱It's on my tongue ... there's nothingI got this ... it's quite it's quite unpleasant. Oh wow and it just hit 💥It's starting to come on now it's definitely spicy but i'm gonna have to wait.Ah wow oh that is hot! 🤯It's getting spicier it's definitely catching my throat.Ah that is so hot that hurts.It's really really really hot.In terms of the actual heat it's not that much hotter than the last one.It's actually what you expect when ... oh my ears are on fire 🔥It is making my nose run.Ah it's so painful.It's starting to pass now that one was different because it was very spicy in my throat and it made my nose run a lot more than the other ones but in terms of the heat it was similar to the last one the white chocolate one.Now i can't even taste the chocolate it's just like i just the chilli bomb just went off in my mouth.I think it's getting better ...maybe.I'm just gonna be drinking milk ah i think i lit my lips before and now my lips are really spicy as well.If you like this channel let the algorithm know by liking, sharing commenting subscribing or watching more episodes. 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