UK killer curry contest lands two women in hospital

LONDON: A fiery curry dish cooked with variants of the Indian 'Naga Jolokia' chilli - the hottest chilli in the world - landed two adventurous curry loving women in hospital, in Scottish capital Edinburgh, after they fainted but not before bleeding and vomiting. The 'Kismot' Restaurant organises an annual competition to consume its 'Kismot Curry' dish, but this year emergency services were called to the restaurant after two competitors became "very unwell" last week. The Scottish Ambulance Service has urged the restaurant owner to consider reducing the hotness of the curry for the contest that draws several chilli aficionados but few manage to complete the challenge. Participants sign a legal disclaimer before taking part in the competition, which raises money for the Scottish children's charity Chas. Half of the 20 people who took part dropped out after witnessing the first 10 diners vomiting, collapsing, sweating and panting. The contest was won by Beverly Jones, who managed to finish nine spoonfuls of the chilli-filled dish, while American student Curie Kim came second. Both ended up in hospital, local papers here said. Kim, 21, said: "This was for a good cause, but it came with a price. I have never endured such pain. It was very painful and felt like I was being chainsawed in the stomach with hot sauce on the chainsaw".


The Hottest Pepper in the World
In Mexico, and in Mexican restaurants throughout the world, challenging one another to a hottest pepper eating contest is a common show of manliness (some would say a common show of having had too much to drink). Who can eat the hottest pepper, who can eat the most, and who can not find themselves in the washroom for half the day the next day?
The neophytes who know no better challenge one another with Jalapeño peppers ... hot by some gringo's standard but rather wimpy on the Scoville scale of hottest pepper in the world hotness.

It looks rather innocent, cute even, but the naga jolokia pepper -- the hottest pepper in the world -- can eat your lips and tongue and laugh about it.Those more "in the know" about the hottest pepper in the world challenge one another with the legendary habenero peppers ... unless you are well-practiced and quite used to really hot foods, or you're into scarring your lips and innards with capsaicin burns, don't try the habeneros at home.However, despite a widespread belief that habeneros are the world's hottest pepper, turns out they don't even come close. In fact they don't even come in second.