OK, so mistakes were made

I read somewhere that capcaisin stimulates the "Ow, Hot!" sensors in one's mouth. Menthol does the same thing for the "Ow, Cold!" sensors in one's mouth.

So, logically, if I have a Carolina Reaper pepper with (stolen from April) breath mints I should be fine and they'll cancel each other out, right?

Wrong.

I now know what Hellfire tastes like. Because as it turns out the Ow, Hot! sensor and the Ow, Cold! sensor are _two different pathways_ and can thus both be active at the same time.

Biology sucks.