Chili Grower Defends World

胡楊

A chili grower defended the worlds hottest pepper called the “Carolina Reaper” following a report about a man who was sent to hospital after eating the extremely spicy pepper at a contest.

一名辣椒種植者為世界上最辣的辣椒——被稱為“卡羅萊納死神”的辣椒進(jìn)行了辯護(hù)。此前有報(bào)道稱，一名男子在一場(chǎng)比賽中吃了極其辛辣的辣椒后被送進(jìn)了醫(yī)院。

Salvatore Genovese grows the worlds hottest chili on his British farm. He said the pepper needs to be “correctly” cooked and eaten to prevent health problems.

塞爾瓦托·基諾維斯在他的英國(guó)農(nóng)場(chǎng)種植了這種世界上最辣的辣椒。他說(shuō)，辣椒需要“正確”烹調(diào)和食用，以預(yù)防健康出問(wèn)題。

“We have sold， in the past couple of years or so， over half a million Carolina Reapers and I have never had any knowledge of anyone having to be in hospital，” Genovese told Sky News. “Its not really designed to...just put it in your mouth and eat it...I would never do that and I wouldnt recommend4 it.”

基諾維斯在接受天空新聞臺(tái)采訪時(shí)表示：“大約在過(guò)去的幾年里，我們已經(jīng)售出了超過(guò)50萬(wàn)的“卡羅萊納死神”辣椒，而我從來(lái)沒(méi)有聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)有人要住院。”他說(shuō)：“直接把它放進(jìn)嘴里吃下去……這樣設(shè)計(jì)的比賽方式是不對(duì)的……我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)那樣做，我也不會(huì)推薦比賽用這樣的方式進(jìn)行?！?/p>

“Just cook with it， make a curry5， take it out if you want to afterwards， and get the rich flavors from that super-hot chili，” he added.

他補(bǔ)充道：“用它來(lái)烹飪，（比如）做咖喱菜，如果你愿意，之后把它拿出來(lái)，然后從那個(gè)超級(jí)辣的辣椒里得到濃郁的味道?！?/p>

A report released last week by British Medical Journal detailed6 a 34-year-old mans mistake of biting into the so-called “Carolina Reaper”—which made him sent to hospital. The man ate the pepper at a 2016 chili eating contest in upstate7 New York.

《英國(guó)醫(yī)學(xué)雜志》上周公布的一份報(bào)告詳細(xì)描述了一名34歲男子誤咬所謂的“卡羅萊納死神”辣椒——這導(dǎo)致他被送進(jìn)醫(yī)院。這名男子在2016年紐約北部的一次辣椒飲食比賽中吃了這種辣椒。

Genovese said the pepper should be used and eaten accordingly to prevent health issues.

基諾維斯說(shuō)辣椒應(yīng)該被正確使用和食用，這樣才能達(dá)到預(yù)防健康問(wèn)題的效果。

“The way I always put it， is treat it like salt. Youre not going to take a handful of salt and put it in your food. Just use small amounts， use accordingly，” he said.

他說(shuō)：“我總是把它當(dāng)作鹽來(lái)用，你不會(huì)拿一把鹽放進(jìn)你的食物里，只是少量使用，使用合適的分量就可以了?！?/p>

The medical report also stated this was the first time a person was sent to hospital for eating a chili.

該醫(yī)學(xué)報(bào)告還指出，這是第一次有人因吃辣椒而住院。

Shahina Waseem， called Britains “Chili Queen”， also defended eating the Carolina Reaper and said the pain usually doesnt last for a prolonged8 period—though she did admit eating the pepper makes her feel like shes “dying” for a bit.

莎希娜·瓦西姆，被稱為英國(guó)的“辣椒女皇”，在吃了“卡羅萊納死神”辣椒后也為它辯護(hù)說(shuō)，疼痛通常不會(huì)持續(xù)很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間——盡管她承認(rèn)吃了辣椒會(huì)讓她覺(jué)得“快要死了”。

“You start from light to the hottest chilies， you go through 13 or 14 rounds， and then you end up with the Carolina Reaper，” she said. “For me the pain would last an hour or two hours. I have heard of people suffering afterwards—for me its not so bad afterwards， but during the competition I feel like Im dy-ing.”

她說(shuō)：“從微辣到最辣的食用辣椒比賽，你會(huì)經(jīng)歷13到14輪的比賽，最后你就會(huì)遇到最辣的‘卡羅萊納死神辣椒?！薄皩?duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，吃完它產(chǎn)生的痛感會(huì)持續(xù)一兩個(gè)小時(shí)。我聽(tīng)說(shuō)有人在比賽后感到痛苦——對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，賽后并不是那么糟糕，但在比賽中我感覺(jué)自己快要死了?！?h3>Notes：

1. chili n. 紅辣椒

2. defend vt. & vi. 保衛(wèi)；辯護(hù)；進(jìn)行辯護(hù)

3. pepper n. 胡椒；辣椒

4. recommend vt. 推薦，介紹

5. curry n. 咖哩粉，咖喱

6. detail vt. 詳述

7. upstate adj. 在州的北部地區(qū)

8. prolonged adj. 延長(zhǎng)的；拖延的；持續(xù)很久的