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If you've ever heard of the spicy ramen challenge you know what it's about. ( If not check out Emmy's video below the cut. )
After a couple trips over a few months I found the correct hot spicy ramen noodles brand (The same ones Emmy ate below the cut without the cardboard bowl). I just wanted to see what they were like, not to take the challenge. So I ate them chugging milk between bites. I thought they were very tasty, but excessively hot. I think the heat was entirely from white or black pepper. because the only places I felt the heat were on my tongue and lips. Nothing elsewhere in my mouth or throat which you'd get from chillies. After about half of the noodles, I didn't feel heat any more. My tongue just hurt. After finishing I had more problems from having chugged a lot of cold milk than from the noodles. My tongue stopped hurting fairly quickly. I didn't feel great for about an hour, but again it didn't have to do with the noodles. I definitely wouldn't buy them again. But I'd be happy with a milder version of the same sauce.
Risqué National Geographic:
I got my copy of National Geographic magazine, as usual, late last month. The cover is a picture of a bunch of shirtless folks with their backs turned and arms raised as if reveling in the scenery beyond: a mountain lake bordered by a barren, towering cliff face somewhere in Glacier National Park. I didn't take too much notice of it. A bunch of guys mostly in ball caps. Who cares. This afternoon I was using the magazine under a sheet of paper I was writing on. I glanced at the picture again. 'Hm, I wonder if any of the guys are women?' First person I look closely at, yep, low wide hips, high waist... it's a woman. Then I look at each of the 'guys' more closely, yep, they are all women. Nothing showing from the front side, but they are all holding their tops high in the air with those upraised arms. Just goes to show how lacking in observation I am in my old age!
After a couple trips over a few months I found the correct hot spicy ramen noodles brand (The same ones Emmy ate below the cut without the cardboard bowl). I just wanted to see what they were like, not to take the challenge. So I ate them chugging milk between bites. I thought they were very tasty, but excessively hot. I think the heat was entirely from white or black pepper. because the only places I felt the heat were on my tongue and lips. Nothing elsewhere in my mouth or throat which you'd get from chillies. After about half of the noodles, I didn't feel heat any more. My tongue just hurt. After finishing I had more problems from having chugged a lot of cold milk than from the noodles. My tongue stopped hurting fairly quickly. I didn't feel great for about an hour, but again it didn't have to do with the noodles. I definitely wouldn't buy them again. But I'd be happy with a milder version of the same sauce.
Risqué National Geographic:
I got my copy of National Geographic magazine, as usual, late last month. The cover is a picture of a bunch of shirtless folks with their backs turned and arms raised as if reveling in the scenery beyond: a mountain lake bordered by a barren, towering cliff face somewhere in Glacier National Park. I didn't take too much notice of it. A bunch of guys mostly in ball caps. Who cares. This afternoon I was using the magazine under a sheet of paper I was writing on. I glanced at the picture again. 'Hm, I wonder if any of the guys are women?' First person I look closely at, yep, low wide hips, high waist... it's a woman. Then I look at each of the 'guys' more closely, yep, they are all women. Nothing showing from the front side, but they are all holding their tops high in the air with those upraised arms. Just goes to show how lacking in observation I am in my old age!