does eating hot & spicey food make a person MACHO?

[cb at sea]

I don't mind some spice, but I don't want it to HURT to eat it! I have friends who think "the hotter, the better"...I just don't agree. I don't think eating should hurt!!

[mr bolo]

I remember one time while eating in a Japanese / Thai restaurant an old guy walks in with his own bag of chili peppers and gives it to the cook and tells them he likes it extra hot & spicey and gave them the bag of chilis to make his meal

[LuckyGem]

What does in, has to come out.

If they're macho when the food is on the way in their face, they ain't smiling when it's time to go to the toilet the next day.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by springfieldva

They've got mighty tough taste buds and stomachs. No question. And they're kind of proud of that.

Damn straight!

I tell people when we order wings that if I'm not crying by the time I finish the third wing, they're not hot enough.

Although I sure hope that eating spicy hot foods doesn't make me macho to any degree! LOL

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by mr bolo

why do people make fun of people who cant stand hot & spicey foods? like it's a sign of weakness or something, and people who can tolerate hot food are seen as being so tough, the hotter & spicer the food the tougher the person?

seems like people who eat that stuff cant even taste regular foods and say it has no flavor

I hope not, my world would not be complete without hot and spicey food and I would like to think I am still a little feminine and not at all macho!!!!!

[hugepossum]

Originally Posted by mr bolo

why do people make fun of people who cant stand hot & spicey foods? like it's a sign of weakness or something, and people who can tolerate hot food are seen as being so tough, the hotter & spicer the food the tougher the person?

seems like people who eat that stuff cant even taste regular foods and say it has no flavor

Yes, it is just like cutting yourself and/or punching yourself in the nose. Macho.