Vsauce and Sean Evans Test Spicy Food Remedies | Sean in the Wild

okay yeah now I'll be the first to admit that the shampoo might have been overkill hey first we feast Shawn here coming at you from Los Angeles where I'm joined by Michael Stevens that's right Michael has invited us to Vsauce HQ and as I'm sure you know already Vsauce it's one of the biggest best channels on YouTube breaking down the scientific mysteries of the universe hey Vsauce Michael here eating your own boogers is gross but it might be smart and today we're turning that microscope on to me because I am about a hundred hot ones interviews in and I need to figure out a hotsauce antidote and figure one out now before my insides spontaneously combust on YouTube of all places we've gathered up some of the hottest meals in Los Angeles we're gonna pair them with common remedies and then to bring it full circle Michael has made us a very special cocktail of his own a sundae to fight the capsaicin the capsaicin the capsaicin what is it it's a molecule it's the active ingredient in Chili Peppers that makes them harm us mammals not birds birds don't even notice it because for evolutionary reasons these peppers probably didn't really care for its ate them because birds would swallow their seeds whole poop them out cover the nutrients and then they grow but mammals have grinding teeth we destroy those seeds and they can't grow so you better build a protection against us hence the pain the spice if I eat a wing doused with debt sauce with liquid rage what's going on in my body exactly capsaicin is gonna bind to a receptor on your tongue in your mouth and it's a vanilla receptor that also responds to heat abrasion pain when this molecule binds with it it signals the brain hey I'm being activated I'm dumb though I'm just this neuron receptor I don't really know what it means but the brain goes whenever you send me a signal it's bad it's paying its heat and so you actually feel those thing even though there is no damage or heat occurring it's an endless topic of fascination with our commenters I'm always seeing things about why do you have water on the table everybody has all these remedies for me personally maybe it's just psychological but there's something about that ice water that when I take it it gives me this temporary relief it's an alkaline oil capsaicin is ways to combat it generally involve attacking it those two properties you want to find a way to make a oil actually become a solution with something it won't do that with water you also want to attack the alkaline nature so add in an acid water can make it worse why because it is polar and so it's not gonna create a solution with oils like capsaicin so instead it just pushes it around and it pushes those molecules that are causing you pain to other parts of your mouth resulting in more pain cold water I get why that would help that cooling that coldness probably does register as a pleasant sensation but I think there are things that will work better well let's put those things to the test up first we have cochinita tacos linguist ah dose it's gonna be a shredded pork thing with some habanero chili and then to fight it we have olive oil yeah scientifically what does olive oil do for you the mechanism by which it's supposed to help with the spice is that it is an oil it's a fat so it should be able to create a solution with the oil that is the capsaicin so what I think we should do is you know take a bite once we feel ready to combat that spice take a little bit of a sip and then use it just like mouthwash really get it all the way around your mouth even gargle it if you want get it between your teeth and then spit it out mmm so really good oh that's a slow build that's why gentleman and slowly I think the more attention you pay to it the worse it is that is totally true yeah that's totally true and you zero in on it it exaggerated sit so let's shock the sit here Cheers [Music] man that was gross okay but it worked pretty well what do you think yeah I am actually surprised at how it has taken that sensation away not sure though if it's a net positive because I do now in my mouth that feels like an old attic I guess I shouldn't be surprised it's what the chemistry says should happen but there's a reason restaurants don't give you a cup of olive oil to help yourself with spicy foods it's disgusting alright so up next we have the El Diablo burger from hot daddy and here we have serrano chiles we have habanero we have totally Mayo it's a whole grab bag here and then to combat it we have some 90-proof from yeah what is it about alcohol that saves you when you're on fire alcohol can dissolve capsaicin unlike water it's not a polar solvent we've got a lot of alcohol in here but like half of its water however it might be enough [Music] hmm right away major heat but I can feel the endorphins pumping out that's the thing you just start to come alive a little bit you really start to feel it you settle in get a little buzz going and then yeah before you even had any rum you feel that life because you feel like you're close to death Cheers okay I feel worse I feel a lot worse like just on a heat level I actually feel like it's exaggerated yeah the heat and my mouth more it's like a cut and then you put alcohol on it and it stings my work feels worse now and the good flavors of the burger have been replaced with Rama and it's just like I don't want this I mean the rum should have helped in some way but again half of it is water it might not be a strong enough proof ah I'm looking I'm looking for agate what water man's gonna clean out my insides later it's up next we have the ghost chili lamb vindaloo from Bad mosh you have serrano chiles you have red chilies then of course the ghost pepper and then to counteract it we have lemons well lemons contain a lot of water so we have to be a little bit careful it's not gonna help dissolve the oil but water can move molecules around even if it can't dissolve them but these lemons have a liquid in sight that's also very acidic and because capsaicin is alkaline they might be able to neutralize each other so I'm thinking literally suck on a lemon like just wrap your lips and around get all that juice out you have to swallow it mmm I'm still affected by that burger the rum was like oh yeah you think this burgers bad we'll try it everywhere what do you think you know when the heat hits you and it's very scratchy in your throat that's what I have right now I have some sweat on my forehead I'm reacting to this physically more than I have any other dish so did you take a bite of the pepper just took a bite out of the tip that wasn't a good idea all right you go for that I'm gonna go for one of these whole halves here respect it I love it [Music] so whoa I think it did a pretty good job you know I'm feeling pretty good and I also feel like fresh like I just had you know I was like lemonade really my nose is starting to run a little bit got a little eyebrow sweat but I'm not sure if that's you know the vindaloo the lemon are just the cumulative effects of everything that we've done today we've been swallowing this food so it's still affecting us on the inside and we've been breathing and that's putting it on all or other mucous membranes and our nose so yeah I mean we still are sweating and snotty but our mouths are ready to keep fighting [Music] so this is the last dab it's the tenth wing sauce on half once so we're gonna need to pull out all the stops for this one and as I understand it you have a little secret weapon or your own I'm ready I'm ready it's gonna be an experiment though I haven't tried this before but I'm gonna combine everything we know about capsaicin and try to combat it from every angle we'll each have a dish and in this dish we're gonna start with vanilla bean gelato a nice mild gelato but that's got a lot of fat in it a lot of dairy fat we know can help dissolve the capsaicin because it's the right kind of solvent but then the dairy contains casein which also acts in our favor as a detergent it'll help the capsaicin actually dissolve in water I'm gonna add some honey honey has sugar in it but honey's also actually quite acidic and that acid like the lemons should help neutralize the alkaline oil of the capsaicin next up saltine crackers I think what its gonna do is act as a mop it's going to absorb a lot of liquid once we've dissolved the capsaicin oil in our mouths we want something to soak them up finally I talked about the casein in the dairy being a detergent that helps water and oil mix let's just use a real detergent baby shampoo it seemed like the most edible of the shampoos on the market I recommend not actually swallowing I don't think it'll kill you but it might have a bit of a diarrhea inducing effect we've got the detergents to get water and oil to mix we've got the saltines to soak up what we create we've got the casein as a detergent we've got the fat in the ice cream and the coldness of the ice cream actually gelato I think all that'll be very very soothing all right so let's see who are up against what I'm gonna do here Michael is I'm gonna put a DAB on the wing just like we would on the show I'm also gonna put a little puddle on the side just because I think that it's important that we get the sauce get the real flavor thank you there you go you ready let's do here's Cheers I don't I think you've invented something great here I think it shouldn't really be edible before we take a bite mm-hmm I want to sit with this spice for a little bit I just want to meditate on it I just want to concentrate on the mouthing it's an existential experience it's not pleasant dude like I wouldn't hang out with friends and eat this around them because I don't want to engage with people [Music] hmm okay I almost puked I'll say this I feel like I just took a shower and it is very much that shampoo that is the secret ingredient that is probably dominating the best eye I think you know my lips are still on fire I'm gonna I'm gonna put a little on my lips yeah put some on your lips mmm you know what that's not bad I'll tell you what this shampoo I thought it would be a lot grosser than it is No like just on a taste level it's manageable it's much better than the rum right now I feel like it's uh it's a heavyweight bout in my mouth it's a battle because the roof of my mouth is still burning it definitely cured the tongue I think I could keep using this and get better let me actually just try this man it is not bad okay yeah now I'll be the first to admit that the shampoo might have been overkill here's what I want to say to bring it all full circle I want to give you a big first we feast pat on the back because this really is a cocktail that can bring you back to life and then even to you know the shampoo maybe it was overkill but maybe not because I feel so fresh spicy heat is is quite psychological if you tell someone dude baby shampoo cures it totally that can go a long way to making it work even better if they truly believe that there's science behind that which they're kind of is it's a detergent I think it makes them feel better like it's under control part of the panic with spicy foods like this is that you feel like it's only going to get worse and I already can barely breathe I'm in trouble so there you have it don't act like we never did anything for you and if you're interested in the video you're interested in science or interested in learning new things Michael gets the Curiosity box videos they only go so far sometimes you need to go to the real thing make sure you check out vsauce minefield season 2 coming out soon you already know thanks Sean I went through it's been an honor thank you appreciate it man [Music] you [Music]

Channel: First We Feast

Views: 2,931,131

Rating: 4.9612026 out of 5

Keywords: First we feast, fwf, firstwefeast, food, food porn, cook, cooking, chef, kitchen, recipe, cocktail, bartender, craft beer, complex, complex media, Cook (Profession), vsauce, v sauce, sean evans, sean in the wild, how to cure hot sauce, hot sauce remedy, hot sauce, hot sauce cure, the last dab, capsaicin, sitw, how to make spicy food less spicy, michael stevens, hot food, spicy food, baby shampoo, shampoo to cure hot sauce, peppers

Id: BvogZ88qRTk

Length: 14min 14sec (854 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 26 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/not_a_toaster]

I'm surprised they didn't test just milk or ice cream alone, those are the two most popular remedies I hear about. They even give guests milk on Hot Ones.

It was briefly included at the end, but you can't say for sure if the dairy is what helps.

[u/Bonzo_Parke]

Sometimes embracing the heat will really trip you out.

[u/[deleted]]

Needs more spit facts.

[u/Quzga]

He needs idubbbz on next

[u/azur08]

I loved this video so much.

Seans Evans was charismatic as usual. Michael Stevens was funny.

[u/[deleted]]

With the rum, I think the sugar is what screwed them. Adding sugar to heat amplifies it.

[u/Ihavetheinternets]

Is Micheal wearing his shirt inside out?

[u/Stu_Pididiot]

They call him Bubbles.

[u/tof63]

lost it when he blew that shampoo mouth bubble