Man Dies After Eating Homemade Hot Sauce On a Dare

Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend's brother to an eating contest to see who could eat the spiciest homemade chili sauce. After eating his tomato-based chili sauce, Andrew suffered intense discomfort and itching. The next morning he was found dead by his girlfriend. An inquest was told that Andrew was in perfect health and had just passed a medical examination at work. Toxicology tests are being conducted to try to establish if he suffered a reaction to the food.

Botulism?

[smchris]

Said it was a tomato-based home-made sauce. Tomatoes sitting in oil is something cooks warn people about.

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[ShaunC]

The same risk is present with peppers, so it's not an unreasonable guess. I wonder how long he waited between preparing and eating the sauce, and whether or not it was refrigerated.

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[Nefarious Wheel]

More likely the tomatoes themselves. Tomatoes are from the same Nightshade family as Belladona. The combination of irritants in strong spices plus the acidity and potential latent toxicity of our old friend Lycopersicon could have turned ordinary foodstuffs into something out of nightmare.

To quote Nelson Muntz...

[elrous0]

Ha ha!