Chilli test of courage too hot

AP, The West Australian January 21, 2010, 11:38 am
Teens hospitalised after a test of courage in which they drank chilli sauce more than 200 times hotter than normal.

SUPPLIED / UNKNOWN © Teens hospitalised after a test of courage in which they drank chilli sauce more than 200 times hotter than normal.

Eight German teenagers have been hospitalised after a test of courage in which they drank chilli sauce more than 200 times hotter than normal, officials say.

The Red Cross in the southern city of Augsburg says the 10 boys, aged 13 and 14 years, drank the sauce in school.

The German news agency DAPD quoted the Red Cross as saying the boys complained of feeling sick, and eight were taken to a hospital. They were to be kept overnight for observation.

The Red Cross said that on the Scoville scale, which measures the hotness of sauce, the sauce measured 535,000 - compared to 2,500 for normal Tabasco sauce.


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