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Why do some people like spicey food?
Since when is pain delicious?
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spicy isnt painful, your doing it wrong.
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People tend to conflate spicy and chilli as well. Pepper is a spice for god's sake.
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Spicy food isn't painful, you just need a drink on hand when things start to get alittle.....hot.
Last time i had a kebab, i told the guy to put loads of extra spicy sauce on it which he dually obliged (he likes watching customers suffer), i was supposed to get a free drink with it as well but i didn't bother....until i took a few bites of the kebab and thought my throat was on fire. |
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I presume you are taking about chilli? I think people get used to it the more they eat, so something hot to you could be mild for someone brought up on dishes with lots of chilli in them.
Personally I like a little warmth in dishes. I think it gives a nice after effect, but I wouldn't enjoy something that was so hot it burnt my mouth and throat. |
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Spicy food isn't painful, you just need a drink on hand when things start to get alittle.....hot.
I end up drinking so much that I'm full and can't eat anymore lol |
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If a dish is far too hot to eat, you can add yoghurt or sour cream to it to tone it down.
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It depends on the person's tolerance for spicy food. Some people will happily denounce anything less spicy than a chicken Phaal as "bland", some people get the tiniest hint of spice in their food and find it too hot.
Personally, I don't understand the practice of forcing yourself to choose the hottest dish on the menu on a night out just to prove how hard you are. Fair enough if you genuinely enjoy it, but I'd rather spend my money on food I actually enjoy. Mind you, I do like my spicy stuff. |
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It doesn't work!
I end up drinking so much that I'm full and can't eat anymore lol I eat 'hot' spicy food fairly regularly - and as Merel said, something that I find to be only 'middling', my wife will really struggle with. If a chilli makes your nose run, it's a good 'un
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It depends on the person's tolerance for spicy food. Some people will happily denounce anything less spicy than a chicken Phaal as "bland", some people get the tiniest hint of spice in their food and find it too hot.
Personally, I don't understand the practice of forcing yourself to choose the hottest dish on the menu on a night out just to prove how hard you are. Fair enough if you genuinely enjoy it, but I'd rather spend my money on food I actually enjoy. Mind you, I do like my spicy stuff. ive done the "worlds hottest curry" and won just to see if i could ![]() saying that i love hot food, i mainly get vinadloos but if you get a good one like i do you can taste all the spices and meat and veg at the same time as getting a nice kick in the nuts of heat, currys a art form. |
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Spice is spice and I personally love it! If it's too hot (ie your ears burn) then it's not so good! A decent Thai red curry (made from scratch) is the biz when it comes to fighting off ailments imo! Be off with you these flu symptoms lol!
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where you putting it?, it should go in your mouth
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spicy isnt painful
![]() ![]() I love spicy foods, but sadly they don't always agree with my stomach. Sometimes the spice mixed in with a decent amount of flavour, can make a lovely dish. I have pepper on all of my meals, and if I have steak, then I will have peppercorn sauce.
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I love spicy foods, I was bought up on a large variety of different foods and was a pro down the local Indian restaurant by two. I don't like mega hot, but I prefer a bit of a kick to my food. I have recently been trying to loose the little bit of weight I put on while out of training with an injury and one of the things that helps it fresh chili in your food so have had it in pretty much every dinner for the last month, as it raises the metabolism, and adds a nice edge to the meal. Oh and has anyone ever eaten Padron Peppers they are one of my favourites ever it is a Galician speciality?
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Just watched an old Man v Food last night where Adam ate a phaal. He seemed to enjoy it, although he did have plenty of yoghurt to hand.
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I cant eat hot food. It just takes over the whole of my mouth and I cant taste anything else, which is a bit of a waste!
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I love a good curry, I don't find a vindaloo that hot to be honest.
My cousins are half Bangeldeshi and their grandma who was born there can make a mean curry. |
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It adds flavour to bland dishes. Also, hot chillies/spices/seasoning releases endorphins into the bloodstream, making you feel good
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Why do some people like spicy food?
Why do some people not like spicy food?
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Why do people like anything?
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FACT OF THE DAY !
milk is the best drink to remove the spice burn. Water and Beer and the worst and don't work. That's because the burn is actually from oils from seeds like chilli etc - these oils (like any other) are waterproof. In Milk however the fats and oils cling together with the spicy ones and take it away when you drink ! IMO - Too spicy a food takes the flavour away from meat and fish etc - its like eating heat. After all - spicy Curry and spicy dishes were originally invented to mask the rotting meat..... that's why your Kebab shop loves it, it masks the roadkill your eating.
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I love chillis and use them a lot in cooking. It is said that the heat makes our bodies release endorphines as a 'pain relief' giving us a 'high'.
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We were talking about this at work last night - one of the security guards was bemoaning the fact English curries are far too spicy and he can't see why people enjoy them, sounded so odd coming from a Pakistani English man who we know loves his curries.
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FACT OF THE DAY !
milk is the best drink to remove the spice burn. Water and Beer and the worst and don't work. That's because the burn is actually from oils from seeds like chilli etc - these oils (like any other) are waterproof. In Milk however the fats and oils cling together with the spicy ones and take it away when you drink ! IMO - Too spicy a food takes the flavour away from meat and fish etc - its like eating heat. After all - spicy Curry and spicy dishes were originally invented to mask the rotting meat..... that's why your Kebab shop loves it, it masks the roadkill your eating. ![]() The poorer people can't afford quality cuts of meat and vegetables so they mask it with heavy spices. |
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I presume you are taking about chilli? I think people get used to it the more they eat, so something hot to you could be mild for someone brought up on dishes with lots of chilli in them.
Personally I like a little warmth in dishes. I think it gives a nice after effect, but I wouldn't enjoy something that was so hot it burnt my mouth and throat. |
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