Like Kipper, I love extra hot Thai and Chinese dishes.

I had an interesting experience at a new Thai Restaurant in Cincy area.

I wasn't really hungry so I just ordered the marinated Thai beef salad, extra hot. Waiter said use 1-10 scale ..I told him 10

It came, delicious. Very hot but not overpowering. Even MrsM who doesn't like hot tasted it..very flavorful and although hot, not too hot for her.

As I was eating the salad, it kept getting hotter. I couldn't figure out what was going on. Hotter, then hotter, then really hotter!!!!

I was bright red, sweating like a pig. But I kept going.

I got to the very end and found out their secret. Hiding under that very last piece of lettuce were 5 tiny red hot Thai peppers!

Each time I would use my fork to get food I would squeeze the peppers and force the hot juice into the vinegar and sugar dressing. Lift the food to my mouth and the peppers would reload for their next push.