I just read this article on ForbesTraveler.com about the 10 most spiciest foods in the world. I’ve heard about the Hot Suicide wings in Chicago where you must sign a disclaimer before you eat them. A friend and I were just talking about it actually. It brought back some memories of using Dave’s Insanity Sauce working at Ye Olde Temperance House. I was working late one night, closing the kitchen and keeping the bar patrons happy with our late night menu. I remember it was a busy night and I had a bunch of orders up and going, just me by myself and a dishwasher.
This smart guy comes into the bar and starts bragging that anywhere he goes, the wings are never hot enough. He and bartender get to talking and the wonderful barkeep says, Jeff can make you some seriously hot wings. The guy brags that he can eat anything I can cook up and orders a dozen wings as hot as I can possibly make them. Into the kitchen comes the barkeep with the order along with a few other items for his friends. He tells me about the guy and says to make them as hot as I possibly can. I said, “Are you sure about that? Are you really, really sure? I told him to go back and make sure the guy would agree not to sue us or get angry. He comes back and says “do it up!” Ok buddy, you asked for it!
So I base the hot sauce with pure Tabasco first – it had to have some flavor and some actual sauce to it – anyone who has used Dave’s Insanity knows that it’s nearly as thick as molasses. I fry up his wings in the meantime and cook the other orders. Out comes the Dave’s Insanity and into the sauce goes about 10 drops of the stuff. Enough to make me tear up cooking it!!!
To make a long story short, the guy, to his credit, ate about 5 or 6 of the 12 wings and then proceeded to run to the bathroom and I think he got sick from pounding beer to make the burning stop! Bad idea! Carbonated beverages only make it worse – milk is the best thing. I grabbed a gallon of milk out of the back and gave it to the bartender and told him to make the guy a smoothie or something. The guy did not get mad, did not sue the restaurant and complimented me on the hottest wings he had ever eaten, no comparison. He even left the bartender a nice tip!
Here is the link to the story:
The World’s Spiciest Foods
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