chili crisis (version: the recipient)

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So. I've got this (at least apparently) physical predicament – spicy food (of which I love the taste) makes my scalp sweat profusely. It's really bad (we're talking decilitres here, I'm sure). Sometimes I even use it as a party trick: put some chili nuts in front of me and ask me to anticipate the taste – I'm bound to curse the establishment's lack of proper cloth napkins within minutes.

I've done tests with chili-drenched food on my own. Armpits: dry. Other traditionally sweaty areas: dry. It's just the scalp, but how! I'd be inclided to put it down to self-suggestive stuff, except my mother, brother and mother's brother have all got the same reaction.

I don't mind being the OMG centre of attention a night on the piss gone curry, but it's a bit bothersome when slight peppering of the rice during lunch hour makes me seem totally uncomfortable with the situation etc. So does anyone on here know anything about this? Is this actually an allergic reaction? Is it bad for me to eat this stuff? Should I stay away from it?

(Garlic poses no problems strangely, and luckily.)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 13 November 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

vinegar makes my lips sweaty.

i'd say your problem is kind of a blessing in some ways because chili sweats are supposed to mean you can beat a cold.

― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 13 November 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

...and if by chance the chili won't beat a cold this ought to help.

http://www.tonychor.com/archive/rum.jpg

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 13 November 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

My situation is precisely as yours. I view it as a nuisance. However, it becomes rather dicey going out to lunch with co-workers. Just remember to mop yourself frequently.

― Aimless (Aimless), Sunday, 13 November 2005 03:49 (twenty years ago)

It doesn't require reminding, the mopping. Hence the plea for proper cloth napkins. Blue paper napkins + not bothering to shave that morning = blue little fluffy clouds allovah face, argh.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 13 November 2005 03:58 (twenty years ago)

Yes. But if I am too embarassed to mop publically, I end up with trickles streaming down every side of my head and a soaked shirt collar.

Sadly, there is no discreet way way to mop the top of one's head. I do find it helps to warn quietly those sitting on each side of me of what is to come, before the spicy dishes arrive.

― Aimless (Aimless), Sunday, 13 November 2005 04:06 (twenty years ago)

"every side of my head" is wonderfully put, because my head has never as many sides as when ambushed by unexpected spice. Damn, it has many sides then.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 13 November 2005 04:19 (twenty years ago)

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