Ghost Pepper Bet Tips !?!

[quote=React]I made a really stupid bet... So basically me and my friend are going to eat one ghost pepper each (for those who don't know, ghost peppers are the hottest peppers in the world). The basic rundown of the bet if whoever breaks down first pays up $50. Now I am sure as hell not gunna lose, so anyone here with experience got any tips for me. I am already going to drink a bunch of milk before I eat the pepper and have a piece of bread and more milk ready for when I actually eat it. I was wondering if eating sugar would ease the pain? or anything else?[/quote]

[quote=Nighthawk]Swallow, don't chew.[/quote]

[quote=Searz]Use dental anesthesia.[/quote]

[quote=DillButt64]drink lots of hot sauce the week before so yer used to it :D[/quote]

[quote=React]I got 2 days...[/quote]

[quote=Darcurse]Place your hand on a solid surface, take a normal hammer with a steel head aaaaaaaand whack it one good time directly after eating the pepper.[/quote]

[quote=Phil15]Use advil pills(or any other anti-inflammatory thingy) before doing it. It lessen the effects and swallow them dont chew (SWALLOW LIKE A MAN)[/quote]

[quote=React]how long will the advil affect last?[/quote]

[quote=lifebaka]Be [b]extremely[/b] careful. Have something nearby in case you, or your friend, need to throw up. Suggest to your friend that you both deseed and core the peppers before eating them, to cut down on the amount of capsaicin either of you consume (the seeds and the surrounding membranes contain most of the spice of the pepper). Have your local poison control phone number handy. These peppers can contain enough capsaicin to cause some fairly serious effects on your body. Please keep in mind that capsaicin is, in fact, a toxic chemical, and that this pepper has one of the highest naturally occurring concentrations of it in the world. Eat about an hour before you do this. Extremely spicy food on an empty stomach is very painful, and in my experience the stomach pains last for hours if they don't just force you to throw up. If you cut the peppers, use gloves to avoid getting any capsaicin on your fingers. These peppers are hot enough that they may actually irritate your hands and fingers, but even more importantly you need to make sure not to spread capsaicin to more sensitive areas, such as your face. Even extensive washing will not remove all the residue from your hands. Be absolutely sure to avoid getting any in your eyes, because it will hurt for hours and may cause permanent damage to your vision. (For reference, one time I got a little of a hot sauce with a Scoville rating of 250,000, about half of what your peppers are likely to have, in my eye. I had washed my hands twice, with soap, after handling the hot sauce, and it had been at least fifteen minutes since I had handled the hot sauce. Then I rubbed my eye. I couldn't open the eye for a half hour and it didn't stop tearing for another hour after that. It was extremely painful.) If you can, feel the peppers before you begin. Chili peppers are all selected generally the same way, so try not to take any peppers that only give slightly; try to take a pepper that either feels soft or hard. Generally, a good pepper should resist being squeezed, and it should feel like it will break if you squish it by more than about 1/10th of its width. Good peppers tend to be hotter, often much hotter, so try to avoid them if possible. Color, size, and shape are also important, but I don't know enough about this specific pepper to know what to look for (and therefore avoid).[/quote]

[quote=React]Well, we are eating dried peppers... so I guess that might help a bit. I'll eat prior to consuming the pepper and will have milk, yogurt, and bread in hands reach.[/quote]