Aim:
I want to find out the best way to cool down your tongue after eating hot chilli.
Research:
Method:
Equipment
- Hot Chilli Sauce
- Popsicle stick
- Drinks - Soda, Water, Milk
- Timer
instructions
- Get your equipment ready.
- Get a drop of hot sauce on your Popsicle stick.
- Lick the Hot Chilli sauce.
- Start the timer.
- After 2mins, drink your drink.
- After 5mins, how hot is your mouth?
- Repeat the experiment but with a different drink.
discussion:
why does chilli burn your mouth?
peppers contain alkaline, a oil-based molecule called capsaicin, which makes the temperature-sensitive pain receptors in your mouth and produces the heat.
