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I like spicy food, but not so spicy as I am not sure what I am eating, I want to taste the chicken, beef or bean too.
However, I have noticed if I have a spicy meal one day, I crave more spice the next day. Sometimes I give in & others I don't depending on what I have already planned for meals.
I love spicy food. Always have. But recently spicy foods have been upsetting my stomach too much, so I've dialed back somewhat, which is a personal and gastronomical shame.
I love spicy food. Always have. But recently spicy foods have been upsetting my stomach too much, so I've dialed back somewhat, which is a personal and gastronomical shame.
Much the same with me. I love Indian for spiciness best of all, but I have to be careful not to go overboard with eating it. Likewise, Mexican, however I think that if I simply avoid the chips and salsa, I won't have any indigestion to amount to anything. The rest of the spicy cuisines I can handle.
I like medium spicy so that my tongue isn’t so burned up that it’s anesthetized, and I can’t actually taste anything. I love to taste the combination of flavors and seasonings, with just a little kick.
Also, I don’t like a meal in which everything is spicy. There has to be a combination of spicy and non-spicy for it to work for me. I once went to an event where Indian food was served. Everything was spicy, even the bread! Although the food was good, after a while I could hardly distinguish between the dishes.
I need my wings to be super hot. If I'm not crying by the time I've finished the third wing, they're not hot enough.
And then the heat subsides after that. Go figure.
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Originally Posted by fleetiebelle
I actually do not like spicy food at all. A lot of people will roll their eyes and imply that I eat only bland food, but food can absolutely be savory and flavorful without causing actual pain.
I know the OP meant it that way, but "spicy" doesn't have to mean "hot spicy" (I love that Spanish has two distinct words for hot (temperature - caliente; spicy - picante), though. A pinch or two of dried ground smoked hot pepper will flavor your dish and provide some heat, but it won't burn your mouth.
OP, I hope you don't get stomach troubles later on!
I love spicy food/sauces too, but not to that extreme to where I get sick. If there's a spicy option of something on a menu, I'd choose spicy. If I'm trying a new place for the 1st time & they offer a dish on a scale of 1-5 on the spice level w/ 5 being the spiciest, I'll try a 3 & if that's not hot enough, I'll go w/ 4 next time.
I always put non-mild hot sauces on my tacos. I like Del Scorcho or Fire. I get habanero salsa quite often. I've gotten ghost pepper salsa a couple of times & use a small amount. If I'm making a dish (usually fried rice, macaroni salad, potato salad, potickers, turkey tacos), I'll chop up a couple of Serrano chiles in there or a little fresh habanero.
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Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident
I love spicy food. Always have. But recently spicy foods have been upsetting my stomach too much, so I've dialed back somewhat, which is a personal and gastronomical shame.
Oh that's a shame! I hope this doesn't happen to me later down the road. I know someone who did who used to eat a lot of spicy foods.
I tire quickly of plain bland food. I do not try to bring on early death with spice either. From 1-5 and 5 being extreme then I fit right in about the 3.5 level. Even then the spice can be from not all sources. I don't like the flavor of some pepper sauces and love others. Ghost peppers have a great flavor yet I cannot stand a Habanero... A little diced jalapeno in a skillet of fresh cut off the cob corn simmer in butter is spicy but not flaming hot and has a distinctive flavor of its own. I've had wings that you couldn't taste the chicken and that's not good. I have a friend that wants his hair to sweat when eating spicy food.................
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