Peppers cant burn a hole, cause it is not actually burning you, your brain tricks your tongue into thinking it is burning though, but it actually isn't.
I'm not a spicy food person, i once ate a small bag of chips i got by mistake from a vending machine--jalapeño flavor Krunchers(?)They were SO bad (to me anyway) I couldn't eat them😝 If I eat somthing spicy, and i get the bitter aftertaste in my throat, that's it. Can't eat no more. My late brother in law had a story something like this: He claimed to be asked by a couple Mexican guys to try a slice of bread with some spread on it made from peppers. He said they slathered it on thick and just gobbling it down. He said he took a tiny bit on his finger and touched it on his tongue, and it burnt a hole in his tongue. LOL
So not worth it. I love heat but at what cost. Burning a hole in my anus is NOT an option thank you very much. I mean really add to that if its beyond hot your ability to taste anything while under the "sun" is just impossible. At that point your just trying to be that dush at the gym lifting WAAAAAY to much weight and breaking something trying to show off. Yea im so impressed.
I grew the Carolina Reaper this year. Today I made my favorite beans and cheddar cheese dip. I used HALF of a SMALL Carolina Reaper, crushed in a steel garlic press and added to the dip, which also has cumin, paprika, chopped onion, and chopped sweet peppers. It was as hot as the same batch made with a whole or more regular orange habanero. The pepper itself can only be described as weapons grade hot. I simply cannot imagine eating one by itself whole. That way lies madness, and great physical pain. Which should not be the point of hot peppers in your food. This whole business of eating contests trying to kill yourself? Stupid.
It’s not so much going in that I have a problem with, I love spicy. It’s the coming out part that is the most painful and longest lasting. Your mouth will only burn for like 30-40 min, but your intestines are going to be yelling at you for the next several hours.
I admit there have been times I have been seriously fucked up in my life, but I have never been so fucked up that I ended up having a serious conversation with my own hand.