Chilli con barmy: Chef Heston Blumenthal's latest wacky experiment


	Chilli con barmy: Chef Heston Blumenthal's latest wacky experiment

michellezm

9-16-2007 2:04 AM

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recipes such as bacon-and-egg
ice cream and snail porridge.
But Heston Blumenthal's latest
idea took culinary experimentation
to an astonishing new level.
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The maverick chef decided he
wanted to find out which parts of
the brain were affected by spices
– so he injected a colleague with
an extremely powerful dose of
chilli oil and placed him in a scanner
to monitor the effects.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=481969&in_page_id=1770"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/FC0073E6-4960-40D5-96F8-3D8F38A2EA45" alt="Heston Blumethal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=481969&in_page_id=1770"><P>
The experiment took place at
Nottingham University, where
Blumenthal and his head chef
Ashley Palmer-Watts were given
use of a £5million MRI scanner,
which uses a powerful magnetic
field to produce detailed images of
living tissues.
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Blumenthal, 41, owner of The Fat
Duck in Bray, Berkshire – named
the best restaurant in the UK last
week by the Good Food Guide – and
holder of three Michelin stars, said:
"I attached a drip to Ashley that
intravenously fed him chilli oil.
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"You could see all his brain cells
light up on the screen and it helped
me understand how chilli works."
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