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Re: CHAT: Temperature /Food and Drink

From:Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Date:Sunday, August 4, 2002, 7:40
On 4 August, Roger Mills wrote:

> >Well, this is actually not a concultural, but a real tactic to fight
heat.
> It > >can be summed up as: When it's hot, eat hot! > > It's true!!
I agree! And it is hot here in Israel: I've been "enjoying", when the heat stress factors are taken into account, the equivalent of 47 C! And no, I don't have air-conditioning in my home! ( I do at work, though! I may work a lot of overtime in the coming month! ;-) )
> > I've seen Indonesians wolfing down hot peppers, sprinkled with lime juice > which they claim increases the heat. > It's possible that volatiles in Capsicum peppers do something. Or perhaps > the pain in the mouth makes one ignore the discomfort of ambient heat and > humidity.
While not negating the "torture" theory ( ;-) ), I wouldn't be suprised if part of the effect didn't also involve increasing the sweating, which should add to the cooling . Anyhow, the accepted wisdom in my household for dealing with "dragon-mouth" (= breathing flames ;-) ) is to eat bread. I can personally vouch for the effectiveness of this: for lunch, I often eat falafel, which I precede by eating hot peppers ("to get the juices flowing" ;-) ). Taking a bite of the pita-bread, IME, eliminates the need to call the fire department! :-) Dan Sulani ----------------------------------------------------------- likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a A word is an awesome thing.