Hey Guys,
I went to East Coast Wings for lunch today and ordered 10 wings with the Magma sauce. These were pretty tasty and had a good flavor and a good amount of heat to them. The waitress came back and asked if I wanted to try an Insanity Wing, so I said why not? It wasnt long before I was presented a waiver to sign and a pair of rubber gloves to use when I picked the wing up! I was also asked if I wanted some toast or a glass of milk, but being the tough guy I am I quickly declined. I thought to myself, how much hotter could this thing be? Im already comfortably munching down on wings that are only 2 steps away from the top, so I can handle it!
Now I dont normally do things like this but for some reason I decided today was a good day to die! The manager brought the wing, thats right, 1 wing, out and I immediately got a whiff of something truly wicked! It had a smell that was far from pleasing to me, but I was in this far, so on with the show. I asked the manager if I should finish the 10 I had already (I was 5 deep at that point), and he said it depended on how I could handle the heat. Having a new found confidence I jumped into the Insanity wing with both feet!
The taste was horrible! It wasnt that the heat was unbearable, but it had so many different kinds of pepper (proprietary blend the manager said), it simply didnt taste good at all. I made mention of that fact about midway through, and the manager told me I better hurry up because I only had about 30 seconds before the burn set in. OK, I finish the nasty thing, take a sip of water, which obviously served as some type of conduit (think detonation cord), and I was LIT UP! The burn in my mouth and lips was only tempered by the boiling in my stomach! Everyone I was with was watching, seemingly waiting for my head to pop off my shoulders! I suffered through for a bit (manager said the burn lasts for 7 minutes), and as I was hating life he precedes to let us all know that a habanero pepper has around 150,000 Scoville Heat Units and the concoction I had just ingested hit the scale at 3,000,000+! I asked for some milk, and it offered relief after a couple of sips. The manager said to sip or I risked vomiting (SAY WHAT!), which did cross my mind several times! I left the table and went to the restroom to collect myself, and found I was sweating profusely on my forehead, face, even BEHIND MY EARS! After a few splashes of water from the sink, things were starting to sort out.
Im typing this approximately 4 hours after the experience, and I can still smell the nasty sauce and have burped a few times, which could easily kill a farm animal! Take my advice if you feel the need to take the Insanity Wing Challenge DONT!
I went to East Coast Wings for lunch today and ordered 10 wings with the Magma sauce. These were pretty tasty and had a good flavor and a good amount of heat to them. The waitress came back and asked if I wanted to try an Insanity Wing, so I said why not? It wasnt long before I was presented a waiver to sign and a pair of rubber gloves to use when I picked the wing up! I was also asked if I wanted some toast or a glass of milk, but being the tough guy I am I quickly declined. I thought to myself, how much hotter could this thing be? Im already comfortably munching down on wings that are only 2 steps away from the top, so I can handle it!
Now I dont normally do things like this but for some reason I decided today was a good day to die! The manager brought the wing, thats right, 1 wing, out and I immediately got a whiff of something truly wicked! It had a smell that was far from pleasing to me, but I was in this far, so on with the show. I asked the manager if I should finish the 10 I had already (I was 5 deep at that point), and he said it depended on how I could handle the heat. Having a new found confidence I jumped into the Insanity wing with both feet!
The taste was horrible! It wasnt that the heat was unbearable, but it had so many different kinds of pepper (proprietary blend the manager said), it simply didnt taste good at all. I made mention of that fact about midway through, and the manager told me I better hurry up because I only had about 30 seconds before the burn set in. OK, I finish the nasty thing, take a sip of water, which obviously served as some type of conduit (think detonation cord), and I was LIT UP! The burn in my mouth and lips was only tempered by the boiling in my stomach! Everyone I was with was watching, seemingly waiting for my head to pop off my shoulders! I suffered through for a bit (manager said the burn lasts for 7 minutes), and as I was hating life he precedes to let us all know that a habanero pepper has around 150,000 Scoville Heat Units and the concoction I had just ingested hit the scale at 3,000,000+! I asked for some milk, and it offered relief after a couple of sips. The manager said to sip or I risked vomiting (SAY WHAT!), which did cross my mind several times! I left the table and went to the restroom to collect myself, and found I was sweating profusely on my forehead, face, even BEHIND MY EARS! After a few splashes of water from the sink, things were starting to sort out.
Im typing this approximately 4 hours after the experience, and I can still smell the nasty sauce and have burped a few times, which could easily kill a farm animal! Take my advice if you feel the need to take the Insanity Wing Challenge DONT!
