Blake’s Lotaburger chili burn!

Driving though Carlsbad I saw a Blake’s Lotaburger, which is a New Mexico chain famous for their green chili burgers. I convinced Val that she had to try one, and we each got a lotaburger meal with cheese and green chili. Now I consider myself a hot food wussy, and while the Blake’s Lotaburger is spicy, and it definitely clears my sinuses,  it’s not what I would consider terribly hot on the spicy foods scale. Val has lived in Texas for four years, and raves about the Tex/Mex food there. She also regularly eats spicy Ethiopian food that has me reaching for the milk and bread, so I was not expecting her to have any problems with a little old fast-food Lotaburger.

Turns out that New Mexico chili verde has magical heat-building powers.  About a quarter of the way through the burger Val commented that it was really spicy. About half-way through she commented that she wasn’t sure if she could finish it (but she did). About five minutes after eating it steam was still coming out of her ears. She ended up eating several of my antacids before going to bed, and has resolved to be very careful of New Mexico chili in the future.