Eric’s Naga Pepper Incident

For those of you who have heard this story, it’s 1 part horrifying to 1 part hilarious. A co-worker of Eric’s decided to bring in some Bhut Jolokia chili pepper – Wikipedia also called the Naga or Ghost pepper into work he had grown in his garden. Eric is well known for liking obnoxiously hot things (see; wife – ha ha) and this seemed like quite the challenge. Did he cut off a tiny slice? No, he bit the entire pepper off in his mouth. What proceeded was about five minutes of blinding heat followed by half a day of stomach cramps that were so bad he thought at one time about heading to the hospital. Needless to say he survived the ordeal although you’d have to ask him if he’d ever eat a whole Naga pepper raw again.