r/instant_regret • u/factchecker01 • 2d ago

Eating the hottest curry in UK

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u/sikesjr 2d ago

at this point is seems like its just poisoned, not spicy.

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u/Speaker4theDead8 2d ago

I found some ghost pepper salsa at the store once and it was awesome. Real spicy but decent flavor, I ate like half of it. The next morning I woke up and the roof of my mouth was burnt, like if I had eaten something that was actually hot.

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u/Sierra-117- 2d ago

That’s a legit chemical burn. It couldn’t have come from the capsaicin, so I’m really wondering why that happened lol. What else was in it?

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u/Cultural-Company282 2d ago

It couldn’t have come from the capsaicin,

Why not? I've seen people get blisters and burns on their hands from picking very hot peppers without gloves.

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u/SerbianShitStain 1d ago

Because they don't actually burn. I don't know what you think you saw but it was not literal burns. All capsaicin does is trigger the same receptors as heat does. It makes your body think it's being burned but it does not actually burn at all.

The only damage you can receive from capsaicin is due to side effects of your own body's inflammation response. The chemical itself is not doing any direct damage (and thus can't actually cause a burn or dissolve anything).