Don't mess with me Dog, I'll light you up!
Posted on 10/18/2016 9:32:42 AM PDT by nickcarraway
While I took up a few fun food challenges, both in school and in my fresh produce career, I can say that none of those foods ended in someone having to call 9-1-1.
Not the case for a class full of Ohio junior high schoolers.
Last Friday, Sept. 2nd, about 40 kids ranging from age 11 to 14 were treated by medics after ingesting “suspected ghost peppers” at school, according to a Dayton Daily News report, five of which had to go to the hospital.
The culprit? A food challenge to ingest one of the hottest peppers in the world.
“Kids will be kids, and sometimes they do challenges and dare each other to do things,” Pam Bucaro, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Dayton Children’s Hospital’s ER, said. The hospital’s greatest concern, Bucaro commented, is exposure to hot peppers if the child has a history of asthma or if oils from the pepper reach the skin or eyes. “These are not games and there can be serious effects when ingesting things.”
That is what seems to have happened at the school, where symptoms reportedly ranged from blotchy skin, hives, and eyes tearing, to sweating and general discomfort.
The student who instigated the event and brought the peppers has since been identified, according to school officials, but whether or not they will be disciplined was not made clear.
“It was definitely a disruption, and school disruptions are in our school code of conduct,” Superintendent Brad Ritchey of Milton-Union Exempted Village Schools said. He also commented, “The response of emergency services was amazing; deputies and help from surrounding paramedics… we really had a lot of help here this afternoon. This was serious but sometimes situations at schools become far more serious than this.”
The actual incident happened during the school’s lunch period, and local police and emergency responders were called at 12:06 p.m. The district sent a one-call to all parents around 2 p.m.
Ghost peppers, or Bhut Jolokia peppers, score a hefty one million units on the Scoville heat scale, continuing to rise in popularity and availability as sauces and flavors. And kids aren’t the only ones learning to respect the capsaicin. We reported recently that a New York building was evacuated when an unsuspecting consumer microwaved an unidentified hot pepper.
AndNowUKnow will continue report on this fiery trend, though hopefully they keep out of reach of children.
Eating these can be a painful experience. But it’s even worse a few hours later. They can really make your Bhut go all Jolokia.
At least the kid didn’t bring a box of pop tarts to school.
The remedy is simple. Milk fat from sour cream, buttermilk, or heavy whipping cream.
Even a few granules of ground ghost pepper will light you up, but very tasty if you like hot food.
Don't mess with me Dog, I'll light you up!
Listening to school administrators talk about rules enforcement is like listening to Nazis guards justify the gas chambers.
1) He tore his throat from vigorous vomiting.
2) They sewed it back together.
Back in my Catholic junior high school, a few teachers bet a few of us “tough guys” $2 each we could not eat a pepper like this.
So we did it. But we never got the money.
As we were finishing and gasping for breath, our school Principal, a nun, came along and said - “Thank you boys! I am sure the St. Vincent de Paul Society will be very appreciative of your donation”
He did not burn a hole from the pepper, he violently vomited and ruptured a hole in his esophagus.
I’ve done that- it hurts like hell and can be fatal.
40 kids ranging from age 11 to 14 were treated by medics after ingesting “suspected ghost peppers”
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What? Is this a thing for kids and idiot adults to do now?
Are you insane? None of those are allowed on school property!
Saved by a nice cold glass of milk. The horror !
Correct. The capsicum in the pepper is soluble in oil but not in water. Drinking icewater does nothing for you to decrease the pain of eating hot peppers. IN fact, drinking warm water is more effective than drinking cold water in this case.
Maybe chase it with a little Drain-O (It would clean out the gene pool nicely).
Schwartz: That's 'cause you know it'll stick!
Flick: You're full of it!
Schwartz: Oh yeah?
Flick: Yeah!
Schwartz: Well I double-DOG-dare ya!
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] NOW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare you"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare.
Schwartz: I TRIPLE-dog-dare ya!
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!
Schwartz: That's 'cause you know it'll stick!
Flick: You're full of it!
Schwartz: Oh yeah?
Flick: Yeah!
Schwartz: Well I double-DOG-dare ya!
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] NOW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare you"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare.
Schwartz: I TRIPLE-dog-dare ya!
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!
Oops, sorry for the double post...
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