One spicy hot chili contest ;)
NotaSuv
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10/5
Emergency services were called to Kismot Restaurant's curry-eating challenge, on St Leonards Place, Edinburgh, after competitors started writhing on the floor in agony, vomiting and fainting during the contest.
One participant, Curie Kim was so ill after sampling the "Kismot Killer" that she had to be taken by ambulance to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary twice in a matter of hours.
Today, the Scottish Ambulance Service said it wanted the restaurant to review the way the event was managed.
Paramedics attended the event on Saturday - the busiest day of the week for the ambulance service - costing the service several hundred pounds.
Participants were required to sign a legal disclaimer prior to taking part in the competition, and two members of the British Red Cross were on hand, but they could not cope with the nature of the injuries sustained.
Curry house owner Abdul Ali admitted that he would have to "tone down" the contest, but said the challenge had raised hundreds of pounds for charity CHAS.
He added that half of the 20 people who took part in the challenge had dropped out after witnessing the first 10 diners vomiting, collapsing, sweating and panting.
Previously the restaurant's Kismot Killer dish has caused diners to suffer nose bleeds and one elderly man had to go to hospital.
Curie, 21, a Korean exchange student at Edinburgh University, came second in the competition, but she admitted the accolade "came with a price".
She said: "I've always enjoyed spicy foods and thought this was for a good cause. But it came with a price, I had to be taken to the ERI twice.
"I first went to hospital at around 4pm and the second time was at 9pm. It got really bad. I have never endured such pain in my life."
Mr Ali said he felt the competition had gone well, but that he had overestimated how much heat the competitors could take.
Beverly Jones, from Newington, was crowned curry queen after she managed to finish nine spoonfuls of the chilli-filled dish.
Mike Lavin, from Polwarth, came fifth, but he, too, had to be taken to the ERI.
Local councillor Gordon Mackenzie branded the event a "shambles" and said: "The owners owe a debt to the ambulance service, and I hope they'll find some way of making it up to them."
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "We would urge the organisers to review the way in which this event is managed in future in order to avoid another situation where emergency ambulances are required to treat their customers."
Emergency services were called to Kismot Restaurant's curry-eating challenge, on St Leonards Place, Edinburgh, after competitors started writhing on the floor in agony, vomiting and fainting during the contest.
One participant, Curie Kim was so ill after sampling the "Kismot Killer" that she had to be taken by ambulance to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary twice in a matter of hours.
Today, the Scottish Ambulance Service said it wanted the restaurant to review the way the event was managed.
Paramedics attended the event on Saturday - the busiest day of the week for the ambulance service - costing the service several hundred pounds.
Participants were required to sign a legal disclaimer prior to taking part in the competition, and two members of the British Red Cross were on hand, but they could not cope with the nature of the injuries sustained.
Curry house owner Abdul Ali admitted that he would have to "tone down" the contest, but said the challenge had raised hundreds of pounds for charity CHAS.
He added that half of the 20 people who took part in the challenge had dropped out after witnessing the first 10 diners vomiting, collapsing, sweating and panting.
Previously the restaurant's Kismot Killer dish has caused diners to suffer nose bleeds and one elderly man had to go to hospital.
Curie, 21, a Korean exchange student at Edinburgh University, came second in the competition, but she admitted the accolade "came with a price".
She said: "I've always enjoyed spicy foods and thought this was for a good cause. But it came with a price, I had to be taken to the ERI twice.
"I first went to hospital at around 4pm and the second time was at 9pm. It got really bad. I have never endured such pain in my life."
Mr Ali said he felt the competition had gone well, but that he had overestimated how much heat the competitors could take.
Beverly Jones, from Newington, was crowned curry queen after she managed to finish nine spoonfuls of the chilli-filled dish.
Mike Lavin, from Polwarth, came fifth, but he, too, had to be taken to the ERI.
Local councillor Gordon Mackenzie branded the event a "shambles" and said: "The owners owe a debt to the ambulance service, and I hope they'll find some way of making it up to them."
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "We would urge the organisers to review the way in which this event is managed in future in order to avoid another situation where emergency ambulances are required to treat their customers."
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I am sorry, There is just no need in the world to make chili or anything else that is eaten that hot.
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Hehehe.... I can only imagine how those contestants felt the next day when nature ran its course...... :evil:"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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I am sorry, There is just no need in the world to make chili or anything else that is eaten that hot.
Maybe you missed the word "challenge."If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
I recall years back my brother in law requesting for my chili recipe when my sister and him came by for a weekend visit. I made sure he had plenty of beer and chili, he realy enjoyed the night however, I also recall the next day he was walking like a cowboy! :biggrin::evil: However, while a killer chili no death or bad sickness were recorded.EndersShadow wrote: »Hehehe.... I can only imagine how those contestants felt the next day when nature ran its course...... :evil:
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Its a curry contest and its nothing like chilli as its a brown gravy made with spices invented to kill the salt taste in meat before we had refrigeration. One time I was sitting up late with a gf(smoking ) and her dad came in and said he had bought a curry from an indian restaurant and it was too hot to eat. Well me and the gf had the munchies big time so we sat and ate the whole thing and we had tears running down our faces it was that hot
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Bring it on! I want that crown, while I'm sorry some folks got ill, it was for charity and if you're asked to sign a waiver and see medical professionals standing by, you might want to rethink what you're about to do. Seriously.
There's only one thing I can't handle and that's 'Dave's Insanity Sauce', that stuff is HOT!! I use fresh thai chilli's in mine, for a quick Slap you Silly burn, quick fade, lot's of flavor. I won second place in the big cookoff in Terlingua, Texas in the mid 80's with my top-secret recipe
:evil:. I serve it with cold damp towels for my guests and they all love it.
BTW, real chilli don't have no beans!!Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's -
'Dave's Insanity Sauce' is the hottest I have had...Buddy of mine cheated on his girl friend, she wrote d#ck on hood of his car with Daves on a hot summer day. It blisstered the paint to the metal2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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bobman1235 wrote: »I'll order some goulash, then.
There, fixed it for ya :biggrin:Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's -
Real chili don't have no paprika!If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
