Ordered my "late night gut-rumbler" snack in a Union 76 truckstop in El Paso, TX. Onion Rings and a bowl of chile. My waitress asked if I'd like the cook to stir in a little "salsa cruda" to the chili. I looked puzzled. She said, "wait, I'll bring a taste" Brought back about two teaspoons of uncooked salsa in a little paper cup on a side plate with 6-8 tortilla chips...

I dipped the corner of a tortilla chips in the salsa...and shook it off so only a bit was on the chip.

And when I put it in my mouth, I thought it had exploded!

I gasped out "No" to the waitress who turned and left.

Then cleared the plate of the remaining chips, gulped my drink and my companion's drink trying to put out the fire. No go. I ate the chile and onion rings when they came....and never tasted them, other than the burning sensation in my mouth.

We drove west from there...and I finally regained some ability to taste the food I ate...beyond Tuscon, AZ the next afternoon.