When I'm making dinner I often make a base stew or whatever, serve it to my partner, then in goes the curry paste, reggae reggae sauce, chillis etc for mine.

So, out there in DS-land, spicy food: yay or nay?

A big Yay for me

YAY from me as well.

See, I knew there were some advantages of being a smoker

I don't mind it in a dish but I wouldn't put chilli sauce etc on my food after it had been cooked.

The spicier the better!

I love spicy foods. The hotter the better for me.

I am rubbish with spice, I need a gallon of milk near me if I have anything that is remotely spicy hot. I don't rule out spicy food - but if it is too hot then I don't see the point, sometimes things are added just for heat and heat is not flavour.

I love a good curry.

A definate yes from me!

Spicy yes, but hot not particularly.

I could never eat a vindaloo in Britain (but funnily enough, could in the country of origin, Goa, because it was milder!) nor a phal, but love adding things like cumin, cardamom etc to veggies etc.
I have a lot of recipes from my Indian sister in law, and they all use spices, but not a lot of chillies. Which is lovely.

Love spices, but also love delicate flavours. The last very simple dish i made was griddled salmon and griddled asparagus. Mmmmmm.

Nay, nay and thrice nay

Even black pepper is too hot for me - don`t like pain especially when eating.

i do like spicy foods, but not keen on curry, and definatley not eating anything curry in my house..it stinks

Yay, I love those Pot Noodle Bombay Bad Boys.

I like spicey food but with the exception of Tobasco I'm not a fan of store-bought hot sauces. the ones I tried have an underlying sweetness I wasn't keen on.

A big YAY from me too. The hotter the better as far as I'm concerned.

Spicy food is only eating by spicy people, big thumps up for me

A big nay from me! I can't hack anything stronger than onions/garlic. I can just about manage raw onion in a salad, so anything stronger than that just tastes like fire and burning for my weak pain threshold!

haha, and as columbo fan you should follow in his footsteps and eat a hot chilli , like the man himself lol

Yay! The hotter the better for me too!

It used to be nay but now as i'm getting older my tastes are changing and its more of a yay.

I'm becoming more of a fan. Not seriously spicy but in everyday dishes I now add some fresh chilli or hot sauce just to get a little tingle on the tongue.

Although i love my curries, still not to hot though.
Vindallo or Phall are much to hot for me, will eat them but barely finish the curry.
It's the texture & spices with the meat or veg that floats my boat.
Sticking to madras or ceylonese for me.

A vindaloo is a curry made with wine and potatoes and not meant to be especially hot - "vin = wine & aloo = potatoes" basically a fusion portuguese, indian dish.

I love hot food going in but hate it comming out

Yes but not too hot. Even 'medium' hot chicken in peri peri restaurants is too hot for me.

I'm not a fan of curries, probably because I can't make them from scratch so eat them from takeaways or from a jar. They all seem to be too greasy.


I prefer spicy food in other things like black pepper, harissa or thai food.