Food Theory: Spicy Food Can ACTUALLY Kill You!

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Have you heard about the Carolina Reaper, Loyal Theorist? It’s been known as the HOTTEST pepper in the world for the past ten years! But a new competitor has just entered the arena, and it puts the Reaper to SHAME! With these spicy peppers on my mind, I had to wonder if any hot pepper could actually kill you? Answer: it may shock you!
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[@adnanchowdhury4050]

Matpat's motivation to get on Hot Ones is unbeatable.

[@Munchkinthedragon1]

Lol

[@50percentpotato29]

When fictional character Puss in Boots got onto Hot Ones and Matthew still hasn't

[@thewhitewolf58]

Hes a food based channel with 4 million subs. Why does he have to beg for an inv.

[@0Lucaas]

@@thewhitewolf58 Cuz he needs an invitation.

[@thewhitewolf58]

@@0Lucaas no im saying hes got a lot of subs and runs a food based channel so wouldnt that count?

[@demonicbunny3po]

One thing MatPat did not mention: The Scouville rating of pure capsicum. 16mil. The hottest hot sauce is over half way there already. We are already approaching the point where you cannot get hotter. Yes, there is danger to spicy food, but we can only get so hot.

[@oscarbean4254]

Resiniferatoxin is 16 bil scovils. There is potentially a whole lot more room

[@demonicbunny3po]

@@oscarbean4254 but not with capsaicin. Could you artificially make something spicier using other chemicals? Yes, but it would not be capsaicin that is causing the burn.

[@NatureXwars]

Yet as NileRedShort demonstrated, you wouldn't feel close to that level of spicyness with just pure capsicum as it's hydrophobic.

[@thunderfyrekinggaming2243]

Till it’s improved

[@AshdorCrush9000]

Who's even WANTS to taste pure capsaicin?

[@JadeLwoj]

It's worth mentioning that, at this point, an animated, Spanish-speaking, rapier-wielding cat has been on Hot Ones while MatPat still hasn't.

[@headinthe._.clouds]

I’m assuming that was pry a Vtuber?

[@mhwguide8221]

​@@headinthe._.clouds it was puss in boots

[@headinthe._.clouds]

@@mhwguide8221 I’m dumb. 💀✌️

[@proroblox7872]

​@@headinthe._.clouds I think he's talking about puss in boots

[@valatrix711]

Puss in boots?

[@TomMcMorrow]

My girlfriend is a respiratory therapist (think ventilators and COVID) and has talked about this very topic quite a bit. I'll be sure to show her this video, I'm positive she'll be delighted to see someone else talking about the potential lethality of aerosolized capsaicin. Her other pet peeve is the videos of people SMOKING these peppers through a water pipe. That can cause flash pulmonary edema and lead to death. It's a professional concern of hers with the rise of all the TikTok challenge videos out there.

[@johnhostetler2167]

What is wrong with the world nowadays? Why do people do stupid or dangerous things to get attention is everyone really so vein? It's just like eating tide pods all over again

[@sylvy16]

omg she would not enjoy being an internet user over the past decade with all the stupid and sometimes lethal food challenges. Thankfully it doesn’t seem to be a terribly common trend, but it still is so stupid that people make these challenge videos that young impressionable children sometimes watch and have no clue about the consequences. Thankfully TV shows sometimes have ‘don’t try this at home’ warnings.

[@vo1dz_]

@@johnhostetler2167true :/

[@fizzletea6743]

@@johnhostetler2167 Unfortunately, people having been doing equally stupid stuff for all of human history. Idk why, but it’s a very human phenomenon.

[@azurithdetwilight]

As someone who is allergic to regular peppers, but not spicy ones, I'm far far more worried about the average green pepper lol

[@waytospergtherebro]

It's god's way of getting rid of you.

[@allay4690]

@@waytospergtherebro ?

[@Karter55]

go eat a green pepper for all i care

[@arianewinter4266]

@@Karter55 whats wrong with you?!

[@arianewinter4266]

@@waytospergtherebro darwin really was not right about the survival of the fittest . . .

[@emeraldcityelicitor2281]

When you mentioned aerosolized capsaicin you should have mentioned the problems with the Sriracha production factory in California. They have the ventilation quadruple layered and the stuff still gets out to the neighborhood next door, causing mass complaints of migraines and other minor health issues. It's a serious problem that they constantly deal with

[@arianewinter4266]

cooking with very hot peppers can act like a biological weapon . . . my father made our kitchen unusable for several hours despite open windows and door to the garden for it was that bad irritating eyes and lungs so badly it makes breathing practicly impossible

[@erihitsuki]

@@arianewinter4266 I always had trouble breathing in the kitchen after my family made hot sauce

[@Archaneleo]

@@arianewinter4266 spanish people powering their lungs with spices LOL

[@JohnDoe-zw8vx]

And yet it only became an issue when it a affected a member of the California Legislature's kid. Curious...

[@twistedlittlepuppy]

@@arianewinter4266 I turned the whole kitchen into a hazard zone making jerk chicken once. Made the mistake of adding the sauce to the cooking chicken (was supposed to marinate it instead). Grateful that this happened a week before I got my kitten and not after! Oh wait, I remembered what I did wrong. I was just getting over having Covid and still didn't have my sense of taste fully back so was over-seasoning everything!

[@williamscott6209]

In Canada, we're not allowed to carry pepper spray for self-defense, but we are allowed to carry bear spray for bears. This actually causes huge problems because some people will use the more concentrated bear spray on other people, making it far more likely to incur health complications like Mat talked about.

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Government: no paper spray Citizens: ok I'll use bear spray Government: you weren't supposed to do that

[@onepuffman]

Guess a mugger better think twice in Canada then.

[@yuli2600]

​@@onepuffmannot how that works, ppl will just be more inclined to use more potent methods of obtaining their desires

[@onepuffman]

@@yuli2600 Like what?

[@taythemay4451]

So I'm actually allergic to capsaicin, and my throat closes. So yes, you can actually die from hot peppers 😂 I found out at a Mexican restaurant in San Diego. Best Mole sauce of my life. Almost the last meal I ever had lol.

[@sax7760]

My dad's friend got swatted because he was making a traditional Thai dish that involves frying dried chili. Apparently, his neighbor thought that it was tear gas and called the authority lmao. If you ever grew up in a Thai household, you would at least experience it once. It was the most painful thing ever lmao. You coughing your lungs out, teary red eyes and itchy nose.

[@meganrortiz]

This is an everyday experience in an Indian household 🤣 We say the tadka is good when the whole house starts coughing 😂😂😂

[@ClockworkBlade]

My roommates aren’t allowed in the house when I cook the Thai food my ma and grandma taught me just for safety…. I love spicy food but just the very presence of my cooking can bring them to coughing and wheezing at best…

[@GrayC_2478]

yeah same well not the swat part but my mom & I are always coughing when my Meixcan dad is roasting peppers for salsa🤣

[@paradoxthaifandub7852]

You know the thai food would be good if it can made someone cough😂

[@user-qq1xj5zk9n]

The food’s good when you’re coughing your lungs out

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

So uh, my roommate once accidentally pretty much pepper sprayed us. I’m fuzzy on the details now but I believe it involved homemade hot pepper and chilli oil that when it hit the smoke point was burning our eyes and making it impossible to breath. We all had to evacuate until it cleared out of the house😂😂 I miss living with them tbh, we’re still friends😆

[@Miss_Trillium]

I once did something similar to my roommates, I was dedicated to making some BBQ sauce and accidentally gassed us all out of the house lmao

[@totallynotbluebur]

Sad

[@kai3522]

oh gosh😭

[@kai3522]

well it's now a funny but also concerning story🤣

[@LineOfThy]

Making chemical weapons in my kitchen!

[@mikellanas1207]

As someone who has nearly died to a habanero pepper/sauce this really hits home. I worked at a Buffalo Wild Wings and a cook was cleaning some of the sauce tubs and got to ones with habanero and aerosolized it. I breathed it in and became all most instantly became anaphylactic. I can no longer be anywhere near habanero peppers. So far it's only habanero...and I don't feel like testing out other peppers other than the ones I know are safe for me. Yay for carrying an EpiPen at all times.

[@kith6118]

I once read an article that a man who loves eating spicy things kept getting spicier and spicier sauces one day just lost his sense of taste. His doctor told him that he has been putting his tongue too much of stress from all that spicy food that the taste receptor just die off and could not be recovered. And so he became severely depressed from losing his love of spicy food.

[@melodyjohnson3244]

Food theory idea: does the time or place in which you eat your food actually change how you view or taste it?

[@NomaticAt2423]

well if you are in a dirty restaurant, you feel like the food is gonna be dirty or not prepared well, if you're in a clean restaurant, you feel like its gonna be prepared well and taste good!!

[@NomaticAt2423]

@@mother3434 why did you replace "to" with "2"? it doesn't look right (aswell as "u" but that's normal.)

[@hiplsnols4394]

im pretty sure it does but it wouldnt hurt to get some sources with or against me, great idea

[@melodyjohnson3244]

@@mother3434 thanks

[@melodyjohnson3244]

@@NomaticAt2423 makes sense

[@timwoods2852]

There's also the Dragon's Breath pepper. Unofficially tested at 2.48 million Scoville! Remember, all peppers are members of the Nightshade family, so breeding a deadly one is probably more possible than you'd think.

[@kluevo]

Funnily enough, Peppers aren't even the only commonly consumed nightshade, as Eggplants, Tomatoes and Potatoes are all part of the nightshade family as well.

[@timwoods2852]

@@kluevo Yeppers! The Conquistadors were baffled when they saw the Mezo-Americans eating tomatoes and were like, "Those are poisonous! What are you doing!?" It's true that the parts of the plant that aren't eaten from each type aren't _because_ they *are* highly deadly. Potato plants and berries are deadly, tomatoe vines and roots are deadly, and so on. They can also graft at least a few of them together even. There can be plants with potatoes in the ground and tomatoes above it.

[@nunyabiznes33]

Move aside deadly nightshade, here comes deadly capsicum.

[@Deuzen_FIN]

@@timwoods2852 Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when they first realized it wasn't the fruit that was toxic, but their commonly used tin containers and plates causing lead poisoning when subjected to the acidity of the tomato.

[@culturebreath369]

@@kluevo why are SOOO many plants, nightshade?

[@chemystrypassionfyre729]

anyone back after hearing about that kid that died after the one chip challenge??

[@mythking541]

I am. The one theory we'd hope would be wrong.

[@rondorock2563]

Yep the capsaicin in the one chip challenge has claimed a life... So sad he only wanted to try to have fun with a challenge my condolences to his family especially his mom and dad...😢

[@slightlycaffeinated1]

yeah... I wish the kid had watched this video first...

[@theknighshadows3076]

@@rondorock2563 I had the chip The same day the kid died

[@heddevanheerde]

My only interaction with pepperspray was walking through an area that had protests a day earlier (or maybe it was that morning?) Either way, you could still feel it in your eyes walking through there. Scary stuff.

[@diamondman307_]

I've actually had the Mad Dog Plutonium 357, it was absolutely insane. If it even touches your skin it burns for quite a while. We had about as much as the head of a toothpick and it was pure agony for 25-30 minutes, and then there were aftereffects with mainly our stomachs.

[@joeycampbell940]

Im convinced they just threw a random rating on the bottle. Trying it side by side with Apollo sauce there's no noticeable spice difference.

[@diamondman307_]

@@joeycampbell940 nah bruh I've had Apollo, the difference is very noticeable

[@joeycampbell940]

@@diamondman307_ ill go try them again.

[@EnBelli]

@@joeycampbell940 They are very different also specially since Apollo is a hot sauce and Plutonium is an extract so is meant to be used to make sauces.

[@justarandomchannel1319]

Me who cant eat a single Taki without makingmy mouth feel like it's on fire:

[@MidnightsDeath]

As someone allergic to capsaicin, the thought of getting pepper sprayed is terrifying to me. There was one that went off in a haunted house I was working in and we had to shut down the entire house and I had to be pulled out a side door and removed from the building just to be sure I could be safe. I have to be very careful with the food I eat.

[@walnutsandbeastiality866]

Check this: in Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie had capsaicin injected(!) under the skin of their forearm, it's a safe (but horrible) way of administering pain, and they were in a lot of pain for sure 😄

[@jujuoof174]

I wish to you the best :]

[@lils8005]

sorry about that hopefully one day they can find a cure for all allergies

[@Am_Cookie2436]

​@Walnuts and Beastiality they aren't allergic to it, allergic reactions are way more serious than you think

[@Demonboy238]

@@walnutsandbeastiality866 Do you know the episode because this sounds very interesting.

[@Dodgin_Dips]

I worked at a prison a few years ago. Had one offender that attacked and the pepper spray didn't cause a reaction. Never was so freaked out in my life!

[@johnhostetler2167]

Yea sometimes when you're so hoped up on adrenaline or if you have a kinda tolerance for it you can blow right through pepper spray

[@grn1]

When I lived in Cleveland (Ohio) somebody got high on wet (PCP created by dipping cigarettes in embalming fluid and lighting up). He hit several cars before getting out of his car, running down the street, stripping naked, then putting his fist through some poor ladies windshield (she ended up blocked by the police who were trying to catch him). The police had to tase him 3 times.

[@gimrongaming8496]

Terrified of eating anything beyond a jalapeño. Even when I get normal hiccups it feels like I'm going to crack a rib. The last time I got "hot" hiccups, I couldn't leave the floor for an hour.

[@grn1]

Glad I don't have that issue. I do have issues with my lungs and occasional cramping and I'm certainly familiar with hot hiccups but I've never had both at the same time.

[@jaynestrange]

I have another spice related question that might be interesting to look into: Is there an upper limit to the amount of spice the tongue can taste? Like, is there a point at which the receptors are saturated or something so adding more capsaicin doesn't actually increase the amount of spice you taste?

[@rollinsolo1157]

I actually had the same question when I started watching the video LOL

[@LKLM138]

I don't think so. And if there is a way to measure it, it waries SO much. There are people who can hear from your living room hometheathre system, if the wires are laying on the ground or are they hanging from the roof. They can hear if you use gold wires or copper. there are people who mix vines to make champange. Those people can pretty much taste what color of socks was the farmer wearing when looking at the seeds online. There are people who can take pepperspray straight to their face and not feel or react in the slightest. Individuality is so big factor when measuring minimums and maximums of human body, that NO is my answer. but ofc measurements and results can be normalised and that odd fraction of a percent can be ignored.

[@louismuriuki1907]

I think yes; it works like how you start to build tolerance with stuff you do & consume.

[@monhi64]

Yeah there is, obviously pure capsaicin is the literal limit I think it’s like 16 million scoville. But once you reach like 1 million you’re pretty much maxed out. Scoville is far from perfect in measuring spiciness, it’s exact definition is just how much you have to dilute the sample until you can’t taste any spiciness so it works well on the lower end of the spectrum but is increasingly meaningless the higher the rating gets. Doesn’t taste spicier just takes way more water to dilute it

[@derpyzchen4550]

If you do ever try finding new spice chasers, maybe try a cherry limeade, it checks off sweetness, acidity, and the additional cherry flavor might distract you more from the heat. And let’s not forget it is pretty cold so definitely something you should try!

[@minecraftgirl8733]

@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.6 ok

[@addisynsamples1549]

Yes

[@boxcart4533]

Problem is wayyy too diluted

[@vinnvii]

@@boxcart4533 Boil it and make it a concentrate? Idk what a cherry limeade is but boiling it down might work as the thickness factor

[@myguymonolo101]

Sprite's been helpful for me the one time I had the worlds hottest Jelly Bean

[@Octroline]

4:08 just for people wondering Josh didn't make maddog 357 he just made a sauce using it. maddog is a pepper extract made by the Ashley Food Company, Inc.

[@thomassutphin9457]

I myself am a survivor of the Pauqi one chip challenge! I did not drink any milk until the burn subsided 15 minutes later. Afterwards, I did chug the the milk, but only to help coat my stomach, and help midigate the stomach ache that would follow. And that turned out to be the right choice.

[@specialopsdave]

The pepperspray problem is why many of them use gels now, so as to make it very difficult to inhale unless you spray it directly down their throat

[@specialopsdave]

@@applepie1911e I'd rather they drop to the ground, screaming "IT BURNS" and clutching their face

[@ar-yj8lb]

@@applepie1911e the thing is what if an attacker uses the pepper spray?,

[@eastonjanecek9802]

@@ar-yj8lb an UNO Reverse if you will

[@flyboy6392]

@@1991USsoldier agreed, better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6

[@FuanV]

My will to live is not that good but I do like seeing people suffer so pepper spray it is

[@KamikaziiKidd]

I had a Carolina Reaper once. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It still felt like someone punched me and knocked the wind out of me but I expected to freak out like everyone else seems to do. I just kind of sat there as I was trying to see if I could go 10 minutes without any sort of relief. (Ex. Water, ice cream, milk, whatever) I only made it 8 minutes before I gave up lol

[@SleepyKatAlt]

MAD RESPECT

[@foxfireinferno197]

You are far stronger than I am. Taco Bell Fire Sauce pushes my limits.

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

"Welcome to the Salty Spittoon, how tough are you?"

[@Stampyboyz]

@@nevaehhamilton3493they have access to the Saltier Spittoon

[@KamikaziiKidd]

@@foxfireinferno197 Was it strength or pure stupidity? Who knows... Just because I made it look easy, doesn't mean I would recommend anyone else do it lol

[@miraculoustalesofobliviousness]

I find the science behind spicy foods and capsaicin really interesting! Have you ever done a theory on which beverage is the best beverage to combat spiciness?

[@madalynturgoose679]

I can hardly handle mild salsa 😂 these pepper pursuers amaze me

[@bobevans9996]

chillipepper - sichuan yunnan mexican indonesian ... hot/heat food makes u blind n can't move - don't eat them

[@Drakonaut]

This is important to know, since my sister way back accidentally "pepper sprayed" her family with food. She was making Rattlesnake Pasta [which uses fresh jalapeños] in her InstaPot, and when she released the pressure, it atomized all the capsaicin with the steam and gassed the entire dining room.amd kitchen. Luckily it didn't hurt anybody, was just mildly painful for the immediate release.

[@hykalia7650]

You should do an episode about the miracle berry that supposedly overrides your taste buds so you can only taste sweetness. Edit: I’m famous 😂

[@evvls111]

Cat meme

[@LizLewRose]

Honestly would make for a great episode

[@xavierbrosseau501]

@@LizLewRosetru dat

[@garyeggins9878]

should be a youtube short

[@boarbot7829]

Would not work for spicy but it’s amazing with sour food.

[@VCRRnCo.]

The greatest spice chaser for me personally is the Spindrift Lemon flavour. I think its the cold and the carbonation, mixed with the lemon.

[@Shortsonic37]

That ending last dab line was so good! Good job food theory

[@dannyphantomfanatic]

As a person who lives with emetophobia, thank you so much for putting the trigger warning for the vomiting sounds at the beginning of the video. It's such a small detail to include, but makes me, and I'm sure others who have this phobia, feel seen. It helped me be able to watch the full video and avoid being triggered into an anxiety attack. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤️

[@thelonelywoodstock674]

I have emetophobia as well, not many people think about retching noises and vomit as potential triggers, so it always warms me when people take the care to do so.

[@thecrimsonbandit4252]

shut up

[@KeitieKalopsia]

I expected the deadliness of peppers to come from suffocation or something similar, so this was a surprise to me! That means that people with higher spice tolerances might be in more danger than people with low tolerance because they’ll have a harder time realizing when they’ve gone over their body’s limit. Also, I once pepper sprayed myself by accident trying to figure out how to use mace lmao #MatPatTheHotOne

[@anubion42]

@complete video here absolutely this is still a bot.

[@Yeetuz.Deletuz]

@@anubion42 ah yes bot is now making fun of their friend💀

[@anubion42]

@@Yeetuz.Deletuz yes, that’s how phishing scams work. Never click random links

[@instantchaos2385]

@@Yeetuz.Deletuz why would there be a bot like that?

[@Mephitinae]

I don't understand why people brag how their mouth is so numb that they can't feel chemical burns? Because that's what "spice" is.

[@gerardocontreras618]

This is great information. Thank you so much. I have a presentation to do in a few hours, this is very, very helpful. 😊

[@tylerwilliams6330]

MatPat, you need to do video over the onions from holes. I would love to see what you can figure out. What made them so good? Was it where they were planted? Or did zeros grandmother have something to do with it? I need to know. I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this before but I haven't found a video from you or anyone else on the subject.

[@idkwhattonamemyself6357]

Can we just talk about how metal the thumbnail is? The editing team nailed it!

[@DGCR0]

Thats their work sooo...

[@zoe_24]

@@DGCR0 It's a compliment to the people who worked hard to help produce this, we know its their job

[@alalalala57]

@@DGCR0 ???

[@idkwhattonamemyself6357]

@@DGCR0 so? They still did an amazing job

[@l0sts0ul89]

@@DGCR0 you blind?

[@elabanimates9376]

I love the when mat pat said it's mat pating time and mat pated all over the place

[@shototodorokisdaughter2237]

Same

[@bandigustin1038]

I cried when he said "I am the Food Theory"

[@shal8795]

“It’s foodie time”

[@ItsRaven69]

I could literally feel the mat patting inside of me

[@trashytoizer]

@@ItsRaven69 out of context.... That sounds... Weird...

[@signedoutsorry]

The determination to get on the Hot Ones coming from this man is undeniable.

[@PhDMario]

I understand that comparing with Jalapeño leaves a bigger impression, but in Mexico they're not considered as the spicier peppers. We have the Habanero, which google tells me it's between 100 000 and 350 000 in the scale. To learn that even that one was eclipsed by the Carolina one, and by that margin, that impressed me.

[@pXnTilde]

The biggest problem with Jalapeños is that they can range from not spicy at all to as spicy as a mild habanero. Habaneros have superior flavor, though

[@theeroticsponge1256]

@@pXnTilde sometimes i wish i had milder habaneros so i can use more bc theyre so good

[@PhDMario]

@@pXnTilde Yeah, there's a reason why the standard tomato sauce for many dishes at the South East of Mexico need to be cooked with an habanero floating on it. It's just not the same without the flavour, regardless of it the pepper exploded and the sauce became spicy or not.

[@Vlad2319]

I can't eat jalapenos but I'm fine with habenaros. Like jalapeno is spicy AF to my brain but habenaros are meh.

[@emmanuelmunchies]

I've been dealing with acid reflux for the past 5 years and I always wish I can eat stuff as spicy as you mentioned. I'm Mexican so eating spicy food has always been normal. Spicy food is very delicious!

[@XaadeTheBlade]

As a Cajun, I feel you. I'm like the only one that's like "milder please" with a sad face.

[@stephenborders2883]

I've had acid reflux for at least 5 years and I can still eat spicy food without a problem.

[@zeruty]

I had really horrible acid reflux and when I went to a new chiropractor he found a spot in my back that needed to be worked at and cracked. Afterwards my acid reflux went away. Now any time I have heartburn or other signs of acid reflux, I just have to use a foam roll to crack that spot in my back. My dad had to take lots of Zantac for the last 25 years of his life. I think he had the same problem as me but never figured it out.

[@jhoughjr1]

try prilosec. its been oTC for a long time and it cured my refuls after about 6 months.

[@mysahhomaira]

Hi MatPat!! I’ve sent this on the last spicy food video last year, here’s my ideas. :D I think I’ve somewhat cracked the code with my love of desserts. Lemon juice coated ice cubes, or better yet a very lemony simple syrup plus condensed milk, with ice cubes that have lemon juice in them. The sugar would keep it from curdling, and a commenter said frozen chocolate would help, because it’s very cold like ice and once melted it’s viscous enough to evenly coat the tongue, like condensed milk, so combining that idea with lemon seems like it’d work. Or, lemon posset, a lemon dessert based on cream, sugar and lemon. 3 key things, and this dessert is also very viscous. So lemon-condensed-milk-syrup, and maybe turned into a slushy, with ice-cubes that are spiked with lemon juice inside and a viscous, rich, lemony, dairy and heavily sweetened creamy dessert that can coat the mouth seems like a perfect combo, right? Or, if you’d like a savoury route, try experimenting with ranch, and those kind of emulsified, rich sauces that can be refrigerated. Although considering how much of this you’d be having, I think the first option is safer.

[@face3408]

I bought the original last dab sauce as a Christmas present a few years back. It's absolutely delicious but I do no recommend eating it 2 days in a row. Even a small amount will ruin your stomach, but boy howdy it is very delicious 😋

[@pressplayulysses]

There was a spicy noodle (a Korean brand) eating contest back in my workplace years ago. Our team's representative wasn't able to finish the entire plate, so I decided to chomp down the remaining noodles after the contest. Needless to say, I have to immediately buy and chug down three bottles of cold chocolate drink to alleviate the spice.

[@marzipanmango]

Samyang fire noodles? The 2x spicy ones are too much for me lol but the regular ones are awesome! I dilute the spice by adding a little milk or cream to the sauce, and then some cooked corn and fried eggs 😋

[@pressplayulysses]

@@marzipanmango forgot the name, but it sure sounds like Samyang.

[@mrskeltal931]

Probably Samyang 2x spicy noodles. I've had em a few times and they are very tasty. But they're also the spiciest instant noodles I've ever had, by far. I can only eat them if I've got nothing planned for the next 24 hours because I'll be spending a looooot of time in the restroom.

[@eiansoto4266]

Hi

[@procow2274]

My mom once made a hybrid pepper by accident. It was crazy hot and the first time she opened one up her hands were burning for 2 weeks straight. I wish we still had one to send in for scov testing

[@Piggy_Edits_99]

That sounds crazy

[@lolanola1783]

does she know how she did it? Maybe y'all can re-create it

[@RiDeZonic]

@@lolanola1783 Thanks for informing me, IsShouldn't have jumped to conclusions I'll add some extra info that I've learned :) (Capsaicin doesn't actually damage your skin like a heat or chemical burn. It just triggers your body's pain receptors.)

[@pvanukoff]

Riiiight.

[@zeggyzag]

@@RiDeZonic He mentions the effects of capsaicin on the skin ( 7:16 - 8:10 ) and how it can act as a topical painkiller by distracting and blocking your nerves from sending pain signals back to your brain. It creates a warming sensation as it's absorbed into the skin, but much duller than in the mouth. If too much is applied or it's overused, it can cause rashes, scarring, numbness, blistering, etc... And if applied to damaged skin, symptoms can be worse. This would all come from overuse, moderation is important of course.

[@ChronisOfTheTwilight]

ALso, just pointing out Josh Weismann did not create Mad Dog 357 with plutonium number 9. He just used it in his own hot sauce creation.

[@noonespecial311]

I've watched these theories for so 5 years now that Mat has influenced my way of thinking. Now whenever I watch something, I keep questioning anything I watch and play. This is an interesting theory

[@LunesLunacy]

Have you ever done a Food Theory about how to fool your senses (maybe sense of taste)? There's a fruit that causes limes and lemons to taste sweet. I think it's called the Synsepalum Dulcificum. I would be great to find ways to help eat foods that people don't generally like by changing how they taste. Like the water and smell thing at the end of the video.

[@Poetawesomendo]

I’ve eaten that fruit, it works really well.

[@nerdyninjatemptress]

They did the episode about how what color the candy is influences what flavor you think it is.

[@TheRealShinobi]

There's also a lolly type tablet called MBerry does the same thing

[@technewseveryweek8332]

Its called the miracle fruit

[@nicolasmiranda1598]

@@TheRealShinobi that is made from the fruit they're talking about

[@oohreo]

15:32 only if it had a diet coke pod -Matpat

[@jellyandsquishy3257]

food theory idea which cereal mascot is the strongest? i love your videos by the way!

[@aarynbrown4405]

Had my KZbin on x1.5 for revision videos and didn't even realise it was still on because of how much energy MatPat always has, like just seemed normal lmao

[@jujuoof174]

Haha yes

[@9c4nine69]

As I’ve said multiple times before for many people around me, “Too much of something, will almost always be bad, especially if it comes from nature”

[@joseguadalupemartineztorre9702]

I'm surprised the CIA didn't have a plan to make a pepper so spicy that it would've killed Castro

[@blondbraid7986]

Exactly, people have died from drinking too much water faster than the body can evacuate it, and all humans literally need water every day to live.

[@PakuZero]

Why especially if it comes from nature?

[@stellasternchen]

The dose makes the poison. You can die of consuming too much water.

[@Soup-Boy]

I had the Apollo the last dab hot sauce and dude I loved it!

[@mrudulasrivatsa]

literally just watched the other two and noticed there's one for last year too. These are fun

[@honeybvnie]

oh my god matpat and other editors, i can not thank you enough for putting that vomit sounds warning!! i have horrible emetophobia so stuff like that leaves me shaking. hardly any youtuber puts that kind of warning before it occurs in their video so it means so much to me that you did!

[@TheColourfulSidetwitch]

Thissss

[@jujuoof174]

I am glad it helped you pals! ^^ Trigger warnings, especially with time stamps, are always welcomed and praised. People should normalise this :)

[@generallowres4636]

I didn't even notice it had 1

[@mohammedfaizan3013]

Time stamp?

[@Kaithe_therianandfurry]

Dont know what emetophobia is. Is it similar to misaphonia? I have misaphonia so I kinda just wanted to know. If you are uncomfortable telling me you don't have to.

[@gabr.7878]

For me, buffalo sauce is my go to for pizza. I worked at a pizza hut for ages, and I didn't like the regular pizza sauce, but the buffalo sauce is amazing. Got me hooked using buffalo sauce to replace other sauces

[@nathanramstorf1033]

"Frank's Red Hot, I eat that SH*T on everything..."

[@fearless3073]

I will never understand why my location got rude of Buffalo sauce for the pizzas

[@henryjayw3625]

I love how Matpat puts the video sponsor at the end of every video. It doesn’t interrupt the flow of the story the video’s conveying, yet for some reason I end up watching through all the way to the end even though I’d typically skip through the sponsorship portion of any other youtuber’s video. It’s for sure an intentional move, probably backed by some solid stats that prove it’s effectiveness, but it’s never specifically addressed. Just a funny little observation

[@mayv2344]

Thanks to giving this heads-up to the internet.

[@eristhedumbo]

14:55 Vaping but healthy

[@pearl_25.]

😂 that’s what I thought

[@that_guyPANTAGON]

The bottles can cost 65$

[@spizee]

I can’t watch this, without some Carolina reapers

[@Qwerty-uy5ur]

@Taxi i think the bot broke

[@Roeclean]

Danggg

[@Campbloxxer]

spicy spicy spicy

[@H0peKnight]

Yes u can

[@juliannecastillo2257]

My bro spizee i like ur vids but mat pat said sipcy can k1ll you

[@An_Average_Idiot]

Back in elementary school, i had a friend who ate a LOT of spices all the time. As in, they ground up peppers and stuff like that and ate it. They would also regularly drink hot sauce. Their entire family ate like this but they were all adults. My friend was gone for about a month (or so it felt at the time) and when he came back, he said he wasnt allowed to eat spicy food anymore because he had to have surgery to keep him alive. Showed the marks and everything. Teachers even mentioned it in passing.

[@breanamiles8108]

Capsaicin is actually really good for you! I don't know about these extreme hybrids- but in a reasonable amount in can help with many ailments!

[@unvergebeneid]

13:03 WTF. "You did it to yourself, hon." I'm afraid to look up that story and learn that this person is _still_ a cop.

[@Mari-gq2jp]

12:06 I bet any attackers or kidnappers out there are revising their life choices after hearing this 👀

[@ericrobinson2114]

He kills me when his voice gets hyped when he say FOOD THEORY. Makes me laugh everytime :)

[@ciennelson1514]

3:43 dropping a hint to the 4th channel 🤣 no wonder why that glitch was there to call out to the pun to be important

[@matthewscorner2990]

Since we have confirmation the third installment of trying spice chasers is coming, you should try cake icing. It's thick and overpoweringly sweet, if you get something like lemon flavor the acidity might help, though definitely not on its own. And heck, if you refrigerate it, you'll make it even thicker and give it some cold to help you.

[@ellykate2136]

Something actually happened at my school with pepper spray. Some boys were spraying it for fun, when they started to feel lightheaded. Another student went to get a teacher, and when they can back, one of them passed out and the teacher became very lightheaded. The whole school had to evacuate and the kid was hospitalized. It was pretty scary, and I couldn’t believe that could happen from pepper spray, but I guess it’s confirmed now lol.

[@hollygarfield123]

honestly things i’ve learned from food theory come up in conversation so often i was telling someone about the mammoth meatball yesterday and now im telling everyone this

[@LORDGARMADON441]

This guy so simular to game theory! Keep it up man

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I have had a Carolina Reaper. It was unpleasant but bearable. I once had a chicken wing from a place called Uncle Mike's. I have no idea what the sauce was but, after about 30sec, I was shaking so badly I had a difficult time even standing up. It took me about 30min to recover.

[@HowlingMonki]

If Hot Ones won't have you, go for Mythical Kitchen's Last Meal; better questions and lots of yummy food. 😋 I'm sure you could request spicy food if that's what you want; along with your milkshakes! Josh would talk about the food science with you and also probably try to see who could eat more of the spice because he's Josh.

[@SAABguyMD]

Cool vid. I didn't think the Apollo sauce was very hot, I can't wait to try the pepper. I've tried a Peppere X sauce and that was pretty awesome. I even took some 357 plutonium straight, that made me go to a very bad place lol. PS don't worry about getting on hot ones, that show has totally jumped the shark now

[@elegantlechonk]

I'm glad I can control my sense of smell and taste to combine it

[@ashleyjordan9554]

I honestly appreciate you using your platform to let fans know that you see what’s happening in the world and you feel a certain way.

[@Cabin_of_Dionysus]

As a Mexican with a low spice tolerance I die instantly Edit: 182 likes, 3 comments of questionable individuals and 2 who pass the vibe check

[@circeldev]

thats gotta be considered treason

[@monkingfrick7405]

TRAITOR

[@danny_1413]

@@circeldev It is

[@Cman04092]

Nothing wrong with not being dumb enough to purposefully burn your face off and causing yourself pain, at least in my book. I prefer the 100 scolville range of food myself, because I don't like my foods to hurt me.

[@arianewinter4266]

@@monkingfrick7405 that implies a choice

[@montyturner6511]

Great video man.

[@doodleboardgames2802]

Have you considered a video finding the diferences between seirra mist and starry? Or perhaps a theory on why the change was made to begin with?

[@sabrinaellen0549]

Awesome video, as always! @thefoodtheorists it would be great if you could do a sponsored video from air-up when they start shipping to the southern hemisphere. You make it sound great, and I would like to try it discounted before I spend a fortune on shipping prices.

[@TimerdonDWI]

I remember as a little kid, my dad made this very spicy pork curry. Because I had a high spice tolerance, I didn't even think it was as spicy as my family did. Even though I felt I was completely fine, I had to see our family doctor. I think I almost got a stomach ulcer from it, I don't fully recall (I know spice can worsen stomach acid issues though I don't remember how & I might be misremembering this part), but I remember my doctor saying that my spice tolerance was much higher than my body's

[@kathleenking47]

Could milk and other dairy neutralize it

[@TimerdonDWI]

@@kathleenking47 Probably, but I really hated milk for some reason (I wasn't allergic or lactose-intolerant. I guess I just didn't like the taste of plain milk)

[@meckplayz]

Bros face when he touched his face with the pepper had me dying thank you editors I’ll die a happy man

[@bamboo5008]

This reminds me of something I read about Bawon Samdi (Voodoo deity) about a spicy rum (raw kleren) he drinks that no other spirits can handle. Can you please make a theory about it? How spicy would it be?

[@Koridonfan]

Pepper: I have a Defense mechanism that makes me slightly uncomfortable to eat! Human: we have bred your offspring so it is physically agonising to eat!

[@TAGfrost]

Once again the best thing to drink with hot sauce is pineapple juice because it will neutralize both the acid and base of the spice as well as the sugar content will help numb the pain.

[@Bisexualdragon4042]

That explains why Pineapple tastes so good on Taco al pastor 😲

[@phoenixace62107]

You are a saint sent from heaven now I can eat more spicy sauces

[@s.s.suzuki4548]

I keep on forgetting to mention, I heard someone say that cheesecake is a pie and I immediately thought matpat can answer that for us! Thought it would be interesting!

[@peaceandloveusa6656]

Cheesecake is a pie. It's made in a piecrust. It would be a pretty hard video to drag out, but there's your answer. lol

[@Regulator2000]

@@peaceandloveusa6656 The existence of crustless cheesecakes throws a wrench into that classification. You can't have a crustless pie, but you can have a crustless cheesecake.

[@peaceandloveusa6656]

@@Regulator2000 What unholy abomination is crustless cheesecake? It's not even cheesecake if it doesn't have crust. It's just a slab of sweet cheese. lol. But you are at least right that "crustless cheesecake" if that's even real, is not pie. I would consider that abomination cake or just sweet cheese.

[@stephenborders2883]

Go to the Mythical Kitchen channel and ask.

[@kittygirlrachel]

@@peaceandloveusa6656 I googled it and found New York style cheesecake? might be worth looking into.

[@virid4074]

As someone who is addicted to spice I see this as a challenge

[@TheInvisibleCanadia]

Can you do a study on which cookies absorb milk best when dipped? In other words, which is milk's real favorite cookie?

[@muffin1927]

11:24 I've pepper sprayed myself before. I was in the kitchen seeing what's in a bag of cat stuff and then I pulled out pepper spray. Thinking it was like Febreze, I sprayed it and smelled it.

[@HyperWolf]

Oh no… I’ve been downwind at a good distance from a pepper spray attack and it sucked, I can’t imagine being on the receiving end of the attack or spraying it near myself and smelling it. It must have been awful. Also… why was there pepper spray with the cat stuff!? That’s an odd place to store it.

[@LeFeefs]

The sound that came out of me when the “My heart burns for you…” framed pic popped up. 😩🤣

[@hearthatbird]

Cam you make a vid about the preservatives in fast food items. I heard McDonald's burgers never go bad compared to other fast food chains.

[@lanceholwitt6661]

Come on Sean Evans! Matpat would be amazing on hot ones! #MatPatTheHotOne

[@Thebeast-ym2zf]

#matpatthehotone

[@reallyhappysmiley]

@@Thebeast-ym2zf YES #MatPatTheHotOne

[@thaias9654]

#MatPatTheHotOne

[@SamFams.]

#MatPatTheHotOne

[@ed752]

#MatPatTheHotOne

[@masterofchaos7282]

I’ve wanted to know this ever since I learned that Adam richman was cheated out of a food challenge when the restaurant owner asked the chef to add a whole bottle of ghost pepper extract to the hot sauce when it was normally just a couple drops.

[@cauliflowerthecat]

thanks for putting the cw at the beginning, a lot of people don’t realize that can be a problem :)

[@nithia]

I generally wont go much past a habanero though will some times go for ghost pepper in small quantities. I like the heat but I also like to taste my food.

[@lexruptor]

Spiciness is invading fr though ngl. You go to walmart, you get a MILD Guac, and guess what's in it? Jalapeños. You get nachos? Jalapeños. You get chips, and guess what? Most of the flavors are some kind of spicy thing. I can't handle anything past a Bell Pepper, or maybe a Banana Pepper, so this makes it incredibly difficult to shop for things that just a few years ago wouldn't be difficult. Cheese dips, bean dips, burgers, nothing is safe!! I know people who don't even eat food without smothering any semblance of taste away with hot sauce!! Meanwhile I can't have spicy things for medical reasons, It's an invasion!!!!

[@brendanboomhour7606]

I'm not really a fan of anything much spicier than sweet chili heat Doritos

[@TychoKingdom]

Trends are a thing guess it's Jalapeno's turn.

[@lynndoesntexist]

I get you; I can’t even handle Hot Cheetos most times and it’s been hard to try new things without getting smacked upside the head with hot stuff.

[@Hana9916]

It's one thing you actually can blame globalisation for. No one wants to be the dork eating "plain, boring" (Northern climate) food.

[@CordeliaWagner]

Cook your food yourself. These highly processed trash causes all kinds of diseases.

[@Realjoselosorio856]

11:46 - and also to wash your hands before using the bathroom 🧍🏽

[@robertoliver7368]

Hey Matpat, what is the optimal time to cook chili? I've heard that the longer you cook it the better, but I wonder how true that actually is. BTW, I have my own New Mexico green chile'recipe if you ever do a Chili episode.

[@w_nder]

Im not sure youd be able to cover this but what about hairspray instead of pepperspray? Ive been hearing about people who cant carry pepper spray, mace, etc and using hairspray Is that any worse or better than pepperspray?

[@michelledickson122]

I once had a can of bear spray (the equivalent of concentrated pepper spray) explode inside my house, one of the worst experiences I can remember. 😬 The burning, coughing, and irritation were far beyond anything I had experienced to that point, and it haunted my family for years! No amount of scrubbing, vacuuming, or cleaning could 100% remove it all, and little pockets would catch you unawares.

[@Semystic]

I had one of those death chips or whatever, and I swear it nearly killed me. For a couple hours my stomach was in excruciating pain and my stomach contents were emptied, unwillingly, several times. Luckily it calmed down, because I was considering going to the hospital.