faceless wrote:that's some going to be 100 times the strength of a jalapeno - and for the woman's mother to have spread a paste of it on her tongue as a child is mad! "Here you pet, this'll cure ya!"
It's common to do this in many Asian Indian communities & also for a parent to use chilli oil on their childrens tongues from a few months old in an attempt to raise their tollerance to chilli.
(The tastebuds on a child are not fully developed until they are in their 2 - 3 years old range).
Irish do the same to their children but use Guinness in an eye dropper. They want to ensure our tolerance is sorted so when in our mid teens and out drinking in graveyards and other hidden areas we can make it home
That's a lie of course but it sure sounded good!
Hmmmmm...... I think I recall reading that in a medical journal somewhere.... "The Guiness Eyedrop Method"
