HotPepper.ca
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About the Hot Pepper
In 1994, dozens of men and women between the ages of 19 and 24 got together in Provo, Utah for a social. There was a BBQ with a lot of meat and a soccer game. There was also a jalapeño eating contest.
Someone brought a 100oz can of whole jalapeños. Eight of the men and women volunteered to be contestants. I was one of them. We all sat around a picnic table—four on each side—and were each given a plate of 12 jalapeños. The person who ate his/her twelve jalapeños the fastest would be declared the winner.
Once everyone was ready, the race was on. Half of the contestants dropped out before they were even finished half of their plates. It did not take long before the contest was nothing more than a race between me and Troy Gaspar—two Canadians. We had out-paced the remaining contestants and were going neck and neck to the finish. Finally, I pulled ahead and finished my plate with Troy just finishing the last half of his last jalapeño. I won the contest! I ate twelve jalapeños faster than anyone else did.
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