so i am a firm believer that television turns the human brain into mush... and i don't mean all television. an occasional movie, a brilliant documentary, something that is so crazy you just have to take a look. no, i'm talking about the television that is watched every day. all evening. all night. THAT is what turns the brain into mush. television also is an unfortunately great sedative and time sucker... no wonder so many people never accomplish the things they want to do in life! i haven't had cable since... well, i don't think i have had cable since i have been out on my own. which is about 17 years. but, now i'm staying with my folks for a few weeks and there is cable. anyway, long story short, (or short story long)... i have been watching an occasional show... there are some terrible shows out and there and there are some pretty freakin' funny shows out there (and i won't even get into the crazy freakin' shows) but the one that i really enjoy is "Man Vs Food" and, yes, a-lot of it grosses me out since i'm a vegetarian and he eats A-LOT of meat but a-lot of it is pretty cool (there are a few places i want to check out in florida and arizona) my silly little story just keeps getting longer... anyway, they had an episode in portland. voodoo donuts was one of the places... which of course we had already eaten at in eugene... little c was even remarkably able to finish the DONUT THE SIZE OF HER HEAD!
but they had a restaurant on there that served habanero fritters. and j and i love our smokin' hot food! we try all hot foods everywhere we go. so, in the show it says they use 10 lbs of habaneros to make the five fritters and sauce challenge. the challenge is you have to eat all five fritters and the sauce in 5 minutes. well, when j and i went that wasn't our goal but we did think that between the 2 of us we could finish 5... yeah right! i barely made it through 1 (but i did eat a whole one) it was the hottest most painful thing i have ever eaten. my eyes turned red and started crying (my eyes cried -- not me lol)... i couldn't close my mouth... i had to get up and run to the ladies because i couldn't help drooling a little bit... it lasted about 15 minutes. j was able to eat 2 but he looked way worse than i did! i was red... he was white. Whoa! fire! we brought 5 fritters home and tortured ourselves again the next day. j's tummy ache was so bad he had to take a nap afterwards. my dad took one bite... instantaneously started sweating.... gave me this truly pitiful look and simply asked "am i going to die"
moral of my story... You should try them!
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