Then there was the story of the fellows who executed the Cinnamon Challenge 2001 [CC2K1] in which one fellow was challanged to eat a tablespoon of cinnamon. Makes for great laughs, problem is it’s not particularly pleasant when erupting from one’s nose. Although funny, it would have been helpful to them if they had noted that cinnamon, in quantity, is poisionous. But, only in oil form and I doubt that enough of the stuff could be extracted from ground cinnamon. However, one can compare it’s heat to cayenne or, perhaps mild habeneros.