Spicy Food around the World

Spicy Food around the World, Taste Test

We used the FLIR thermal camera

to see if spicy foods affect body temperature

Doro wot, Ethiopia

- It smells absolutely delicious.

- It just looks like a leg on a pancake.

- It's kind of smacking the back of my tongue.

- It's burning my lips, I'm not gonna lie.

- It's got a little kick to it.

- You feel it? - Mm-hm.

- It's kind of like a spicy barbecue.

- My hands are very hot.

- I could eat a whole plate of this.

- On a scale of one to five, I'd give it a four.

Let's see how they look in the thermal camera

Before

After

The back of their tongues got hotter

Currywurst, Germany

- Oh! - Currywurst!

- So good.

- No, it's actually really spicy hot, too.

- No it's not!

- It has a kick like a really good

third grade soccer player.

- Since it's such a thick sauce,

it coats your mouth and just sits there.

- I think the more you eat of that,

the more you will be numb,

completely numb on your tongue.

- Four out of five.

Thermal cam

Before

After

Her face and tongue got hotter

Papa a la huancaina, Peru

- This looks gross!

- (howls)

- What is this?

- It's like spicy, gross egg salad.

- It smells like nacho cheese.

- This looks like something a bad babysitter

would feed their kids.

- Oh, it is nacho cheese!

- Oh, is that a potato in the egg?

- This is a purple Peruvian potato.

- This is delicious.

- It's like Velveeta on eggs and potatoes.

- Yeah, it's a little spicy.

- It's like a two.

Thermal cam

Before

After

His tongue got hotter

Pad prik khing, Thailand

- Oh, Thai food!

- I'm a fan of rice mixed with spice,

because it always seems to taste better.

- Rice and spice sounds like a 90s R&B group.

- It doesn't look very menacing.

- Girl, it's all rice, you're not even touching the spice!

- I know. - (laughs)

- Kind of tastes like laundry.

- It's very tolerable.

- There's a sweetness to it.

- Yeah, there's a lemon,

I'm tasting lemons,

I don't really get any heat.

- I've had cereal spicier than this.

- One point five out of five.

Thermal cam

Before

After

Their foreheads and tongues got hotter

Buffalo wings, United States

- Alright, buffalo wings, ready?

- This is some good old American spice.

- Who doesn't want their mouth on fire

on a Sunday afternoon?

- While you're watching football games.

- Oh! - A little bit at the end.

- It's kind of getting to you.

- The joy of chicken wings is

you get to lick your fingers afterwards.

- Yeah, it makes my nose run,

it makes my lips quiver,

it makes me sweat,

but I love it!

- It's not that spicy.

They're just spicy enough to keep you going.

- Two and I'm done.

- Two? - I can't.

- Maybe two!

Thermal cam

Before

After

Her tongue, neck, and eyes got warmer

Chicken vindaloo, India

- Chicken vindaloo,

oh this looks spicy!

- I'm a little worried about this one.

- It's singeing my nostrils.

- This looks like a ghost pepper's diarrhea.

- No, we don't know what we're getting ourselves into.

- It smells great.

- Let's do it.

- (coughs)

- Oh, my whole mouth is spicy!

- It's like little tiny fires all down my throat.

Oh, and it's going lower.

- Yeah, I'm feeling this in my ears.

- Yeah, I have tears streaming down my face.

- We took too much!

- You have a horror movie in your mouth?

I have a party in my mouth. - He has a dance party.

- ♫ Chicken vindaloo, chicken vindaloo ♫

- This isn't even five, this is like a 12.

Thermal cam

Before

After

Look at his eyes and her tongue!

- ♫ Do you like spicy food more than anything?

♫ Then get yourself a wedding ring

♫ To spicy foods, what, what,

♫ To spicy foods.

♫ Spicy, yeah! ♫

- Yeah!