Problems with Worthy

[Marathoner]

17 minutes ago, Justin Adams said:

I use it to clean old coins. Works well. Lord knows what it does to your innards.

Here's something I discovered that works even better: distilled vinegar. Cleans metal to a high shine. 

[David1701]

19 minutes ago, Justin Adams said:

I use it to clean old coins. Works well. Lord knows what it does to your innards.

An autopsy will probably show shiny-clean gullet and intestines!

[David1701]

3 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

Yep. It doesn't register as spicy to me. Mostly salt and vinegar, great with hard boiled eggs.  

It doesn't register as spicy ... allows that to sink in.  I think you must have terminated the spice receptors on your tongue!

[David1701]

5 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

Here's something I discovered that works even better: distilled vinegar. Cleans metal to a high shine. 

You don't drink that as well, do you?

[Marathoner]

Also baby oil, a trick I picked up in Army Basic Training. Someone in my training platoon used to be in the Navy and as experience demonstrates, no one knows how to clean things quite like a sailor. They would know all the tricks, seeing as how sailors had to clean every square centimeter of sea-going vessels. It makes cleaning the barracks look like child's play. 

Thanks to this former swabbie, our platoon won the First Sergeant's award every week. Our guidon was festooned with those awards. We used baby oil to clean the steel walls in the platoon shower and latrine area (the metal was mirror-like); we used melted floor wax and a buffer with a toilet seat cover to make the floors look like mirrors... the First Sergeant sang our praises in a comical fashion. 

  

[missmuffet]

26 minutes ago, David1701 said:

I've had slight palpitations, after three cups of coffee, so I can sympathise.

It's strange how some things have one effect on one person and the opposite effect on someone else.  It goes to show that everyone's body chemistry is slightly different.

Coffee can cause problems with the stomach as well. It has a lot of acid in it. Caffeine is a drug and is addictive. Just as alcohol and nicotine are drugs and are addictive. 

[Marathoner]

22 minutes ago, David1701 said:

You don't drink that as well, do you?

Apple cider vinegar, not distilled vinegar. Vinegar helps to disintegrate any uric acid crystals which might accumulate in the renal system. Fresh cherries also have that effect.

Edited April 28, 2021 by Marathoner

[missmuffet]

How did "Problems with Worthy" turn into a health thread? 

[Marathoner]

26 minutes ago, David1701 said:

It doesn't register as spicy ... allows that to sink in.  I think you must have terminated the spice receptors on your tongue!

Nope. Tolerance of capsaicin is genetic in origin. Most Northern Europeans lack this tolerance. My mother thought a japaleno was too hot whereas my father loved them. My father loved hot chiles and I clearly inherited this tolerance from him. Not surprising considering that my father's mother was of African, native American, and European ancestry. 

I surpassed his tolerance threshold. Habaneros were as far as my father could go but to me, habaneros were the starting point of spicy. Ghost peppers are pretty hot but I can tolerate it. Carolina reapers are scorching but I can hang in there. It's all about tolerance. The hotter the chile, the better it tastes: capsaicin has the side-effect of enhancing the sensitivity of taste receptors. 

By the way, hot chiles do not damage your body when ingested. The "burn" is not caused by heat so no damage is done to body tissues. As for the ingredient in Tabasco sauce which cleans coins, that would be the vinegar and not capsaicin. 

[Marathoner]

24 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

Coffee can cause problems with the stomach as well. It has a lot of acid in it. Caffeine is a drug and is addictive. Just as alcohol and nicotine are drugs and are addictive. 

Many teas contain caffeine. The exception would be most of the herbal teas. Chocolate contains caffeine. Approximately 60 plant species contain caffeine in varying amounts.