I am a Year 7 student in the Uru Mānuka Cluster. This is a place where I will share my learning. Please note that some of it will not be complete, it will be my first drafts. Remember to be positive, thoughtful and helpful when you leave me a comment.
I want to find out the best way to cool down your toung to cool down your toung after eating hot chilli.
Research:
(SO FUNNY ps:its not -_-)
Method:
Equipment
Hot chilli sauce (Carolina Reaper sauce)
Popsicle Stick
Drinks - Soda, Water, Milk
Timer
Instructions
Get your Equipment ready
Scoop up a drop of sauce on your posicle stick
Lick the hot chilli sauce and swerle it around your mouth
Start the timer
After 2mins, drink your drink
After another 2mis rate how hot it was after ur drink
Repeat experiment with diffrent drinks.
Results:
(Btw I didn't do the experiment cause i'm allergic to chilli so I am basically mixing in other peoples opinions)
Rating of hot chilli with each drink
The first chilli I did was without water and I am scoring it a 10 for burning. (Dying from the chilli)
Second Chilli with water(After Drink)
Chilli was still lingering on tounge and basically made it worse. (Water tasted disgusting)`I still rate it 10 for burning.
Thrid chilli with coke.
The burn got better after drinking the coke 5/10 because the bubbles and coldness cooled down the tounge.
Milk /10
Fourth chilli was 4/10 Milk fat cooling down the hottness and helping feel better. Dairy keeps you feeling better.
Disscussion:
Why does chilli burn your mouth?
In spicy food there are certain compunds that activate the type of sensory neurons called Polymodal Nociceptors. You have these all over your body including your nose and mouth. They are the same receptors that are activated by extreme heat. So when you eat something like a chilli peper your mouth feels like its burning because it sends messages to ur brain which thinks your mouth is burning.
Why did the milk reduce the burn?
That's because milk contains casin which helps break down and disolve capsaicin in chilli. Casin is like a
What is Capsaicin
Capsaicin is a part of chili peppers which is a chemical that