Posted on 01/01/2013 4:20:09 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Spicy Soup Burns Hole Straight Through Man's Stomach
Doctors in China were dumbfounded after seeing the case of a 26-year-old man whose spicy food burned a hole in the wall of his stomach.
For some more adventurous eaters, spicy foods are often an exciting dish to try. After all, though urban legends had proclaimed that eating spicy foods could give you an ulcer, the credit for that belongs to the Helicobacter pylori. That is why doctors in the Hubei province of China were dumbfounded after seeing the case of a 26-year-old man whose spicy food, they say, burned a hole in the wall of his stomach.
The young man, whose name has not been reported, had consumed a mala soup. According to Japanese news site Rocket News 24, the dish's name - málà - literally translates to "numbing hot". The dish is an extremely popular type of Chinese hot pots, which are like fondue pots.
Mala soup can typically be ordered with differing degrees of spiciness and this unfortunate young man decided to be brave and have the hottest one. The gamble did not pay off. Shortly after polishing off the plate, the man began to feel sharp pains in his stomach. Soon afterwards, he vomited blood. He was immediately rushed to a local hospital in Wuhan.
At the hospital, doctors discovered a hole in the wall of the young man's stomach. Because he had no previous medical history of gastrointestinal illnesses or ulcers, doctors determined that the mala soup had burned right through the lining of his stomach and through the wall.
It may seem that the doctors were reaching for a diagnosis with this case, but at this hospital, a full 15 percent of stomach illnesses that enter the doors are from hot pot related problems. Doctors have even nicknamed the bunch "hot patients".
According to the Herald Sun, the dish is traditionally prepared with Sichuan pepper, local spices, and chili pepper, the combination of which serves to provide a numbing sensation. However, many Chinese restaurants are reportedly switching out the expensive natural ingredients for cheaper, synthetic ones - which, some speculate, may be behind such issues.
Oh, forgot, but - the operative word here - those things will burn a hole somewhere else.
He should have practiced kung fu for at least a year or two first. Spicy food is good medicine—dilates blood vessels around the digestive system for better healing. Some of the northern Chinese food is best. It’s best, though, for people who do plenty of physical exercise.
I mostly stayed at the Wuhan Institute of Physical Education ,who was our host at the time. I met a lot of student-athletes who were training to be Olympic hopefuls, but I didn’t see all that much of the city.
I meant no offense towards Wuhan or the people there, btw. My hosts were wonderful and they took very good care of us. I was just surprised by the comparably rough conditions there after what I had seen in Shanghai, Beijing and even Xian.
I agree, btw, that it probably wasn’t the peppers that made this guy sick.
A recipe:(I’m not going near this ;))
Ingredients
· 1/4 cup fermented black beans
· 1/3 cup Shaoxing rice wine or medium-dry sherry
· 1 chunk fresh ginger, about 3 inches long
· 1/4 cup dried Sichuanese chilies, or regular red chilies
· 1/2 cup peanut or vegetable oil
· 2/3 cup beef drippings or lard
· 1/2 cup Sichuanese chile bean paste (la doban jiang)
· 3 quarts good beef stock
· 1 tablespoon rock sugar
· 1/2 cup Sichuanese fermented glutinous rice wine (optional)
· Salt to taste
· 1 teaspoon whole Sichuan peppercorns
http://www.tinyurbankitchen.com/2009/12/mala-spicy-and-numbing-broth-for.html
A recipe:(I’m not going near this ;))
Ingredients
· 1/4 cup fermented black beans
· 1/3 cup Shaoxing rice wine or medium-dry sherry
· 1 chunk fresh ginger, about 3 inches long
· 1/4 cup dried Sichuanese chilies, or regular red chilies
· 1/2 cup peanut or vegetable oil
· 2/3 cup beef drippings or lard
· 1/2 cup Sichuanese chile bean paste (la doban jiang)
· 3 quarts good beef stock
· 1 tablespoon rock sugar
· 1/2 cup Sichuanese fermented glutinous rice wine (optional)
· Salt to taste
· 1 teaspoon whole Sichuan peppercorns
http://www.tinyurbankitchen.com/2009/12/mala-spicy-and-numbing-broth-for.html
That was my thought. Capsaicin, the active ingredient in hot peppers, wouldn't cause that sort of injury.
There was a case not that long ago of someone drinking a cocktail that had been prepared with liquid nitrogen, I think it was in the UK. It burned a hole in her stomach.
Or froze it, depending on how you look at it, so cold it burns.
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“Now thassa spicya meataball” (Old alka Seltzer commercial)
Guy was diagnosed with aids and the Dr recommended he buy a jar of super red hot peppers and eat them separately, chewing well etc.
“eat the whole jar”.
“Will that cure my AIDS”?
“No but it will give you an idea what your arsehole is for”.
“Now thassa spicya meataball” (Old alka Seltzer commercial)
Guy was diagnosed with aids and the Dr recommended he buy a jar of super red hot peppers and eat them separately, chewing well etc.
“eat the whole jar”.
“Will that cure my AIDS”?
“No but it will give you an idea what your arsehole is for”.
I love spicy foods and have had them all my life (I’m 72). I once asked my doctor about this and he said emphatically that spicy foods cannot damage your stomach; they can cause stomach upset but that’s all.
When I go to a Thai restaurant I ask them to load it on, I can take it. And they do, and I take it. And love it.
I say we send Mayor Bloomberg to China to protect these people. His dictatorial skills will come in handy and we will be rid if him.
Attention “Man Versus Food.”
My wife canned some hot sauce last year with the Jolo Kia peppers I grew. We found its eating through the jar lids.
Makes great chili.
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