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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2011-06-16 02:52 am

There is

A wasabi version of an ice cream headache. On the plus side, it made my real headache go away.

[identity profile] scifantasy.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
So what happens for wasabi ice cream? Headsplosion?

[identity profile] jamiam.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I can certainly tell you that throwing large quantities of ice cream down one's gullet generally only compounds the problem, rather than mitigating it.

[identity profile] bwross.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
There is also wasabi ice cream.

[identity profile] jamiam.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I find that extremaly large quantities (V > 2 Tbsp) of wasabi have a slightly unpleasant neurochemical effect on 1-2 hour time scales. After which they tend to restrict their unpleasantness to digestive discomfort alone.

On the BRIGHT side, you will now have very accurate wasabi-based radiometric data on the precise layout of your small intenstinal tract, as well as good measurements of the total time it takes to complete each digestive stage.

[identity profile] sethb.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that real wasabi, or the usual stuff available in N. America?

[identity profile] thomasyan.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
My guess is the usual stuff. In my experience, the real stuff seems to be milder.

[identity profile] kip-w.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Is this the same as the feeling that the front of your head has been turned into a parabolic reflector that goes back about three inches?

[identity profile] kowh.livejournal.com 2011-06-17 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Haven't managed a wasabi headache, although I've managed a wasabi oh-god-my-sinuses.

[identity profile] glamazonwarrior.livejournal.com 2011-06-27 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
My mother, who is does not believe in moderation, advises that you have to work through the wasabi headache by consuming more wasabi.

Of course, she'll go through three dishes of the stuff, and believes it will lead to nirvana, so there's that.