Some Like It HOT

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LONDON (AP) -- Super spicy chili sauce being cooked at a London Thai restaurant sparked road closures and evacuations after passers-by complained that the smell was burning their throats, police said Wednesday.

London Fire Brigade's chemical response team was called after reports that a strong smell was wafting from the restaurant in the heart of London's Soho district Monday afternoon, a Metropolitan police spokesman said, speaking anonymously in line with force policy.

Authorities sealed off several premises and closed roads. The Times of London described shoppers coughing and spluttering as firefighters wearing special breathing masks sought the source of the smell.

The paper said firefighters smashed down the door of the Thai Cottage restaurant and seized extra-hot bird's eye chilies which had been left dry-frying. It said they were being prepared as part of a batch of Nam Prik Pao, a spicy Thai dip.

''The smoke didn't go up into the sky because of the rain and the heavy air,'' The Times quoted Thai Cottage owner Sue Wasboonma as saying. ''It's the hottest thing we make.''

The police spokesman said no arrests were made in the case.

''As far as I'm aware it's not a criminal offense to cook very strong chili,'' he said.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Birds Eye fuckin' chilies!!!!!

Ha!

MG

[BruceH]

''As far as I'm aware it's not a criminal offense to cook very strong chili,'' he said.

But it should be a criminal offense to put mayonnaise on hamburgers.

[porcy62]

''As far as I'm aware it's not a criminal offense to cook very strong chili,'' he said.

But it should be a criminal offense to put mayonnaise on hamburgers.

It should be a criminal offense cooking hamburgers instead of true steaks.

[catesta]

''As far as I'm aware it's not a criminal offense to cook very strong chili,'' he said.

But it should be a criminal offense to put mayonnaise on hamburgers.

It should be a criminal offense cooking hamburgers instead of true steaks.

In the end it all comes down to the person doing the cooking. I've paid $50+ for a single steak and afterwards wished life in prison for the chef. On the other hand a true cook can work wonders with a $6.99 burger.

[porcy62]

''As far as I'm aware it's not a criminal offense to cook very strong chili,'' he said.

But it should be a criminal offense to put mayonnaise on hamburgers.

It should be a criminal offense cooking hamburgers instead of true steaks.

In the end it all comes down to the person doing the cooking. I've paid $50+ for a single steak and afterwards wished life in prison for the chef. On the other hand a true cook can work wonders with a $6.99 burger.

As they say at Steve Hoffman Forum "it's all in the mastering".

BTW RVG cooks great steak, better then S. Hoffman

Edited October 4, 2007 by porcy62

[Tim McG]

The English boil everything, fer crissakes.

What the hell do they know about hot, er [sorry!]....sauce?

Edited October 5, 2007 by GoodSpeak

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

The English boil everything, fer crissakes.

Er, I beg your pardon?

MG

[Jazzmoose]

''As far as I'm aware it's not a criminal offense to cook very strong chili,'' he said.

But it should be a criminal offense to put mayonnaise on hamburgers.

You know, I would have agreed with that a couple of years ago, but I'm a convert...