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How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

ECBG — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:40:07 GMT

I have always been SO sensitive to spicy things. I get burned easily. I LOVE tomatoes and I enjoy toco salad but I need the mild salsa.

DH and our sons always ate jalapeno peppers and have even had "ghost" peppers! They just loved it. Me-no way!

How about you?

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

Drythe — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:45:52 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
I have always been SO sensitive to spicy things. I get burned easily. I LOVE tomatoes and I enjoy toco salad but I need the mild salsa.

DH and our sons always ate jalapeno peppers and have even had "ghost" peppers! They just loved it. Me-no way!

How about you?

@ECBG

Just last week, at a dinner in Budapest with some close friends, I was I 'encouraged' to try the hottest paprika made in Hungary, just a tiny touch on the very point of the spoon. Thought I'd die. I'm a wimp!

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

ECBG — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:54:39 GMT

@Drythe wrote:
@ECBG wrote:
I have always been SO sensitive to spicy things. I get burned easily. I LOVE tomatoes and I enjoy toco salad but I need the mild salsa.

DH and our sons always ate jalapeno peppers and have even had "ghost" peppers! They just loved it. Me-no way!

How about you?
@ECBG

Just last week, at a dinner in Budapest with some close friends I was I 'encouraged' to try the hottest paprika made in Hungary, just a tiny touch on the very point of the spoon. Thought I'd die. I'm a wimp!

@DrytheNext time try butter! Something about the enzimes!

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

Mz iMac — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:47:51 GMT

Texas Pete is one of my paramours.

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

momtochloe — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:48:29 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
I have always been SO sensitive to spicy things. I get burned easily. I LOVE tomatoes and I enjoy toco salad but I need the mild salsa.

DH and our sons always ate jalapeno peppers and have even had "ghost" peppers! They just loved it. Me-no way!

How about you?

Oh @ECBG I so understand what you are talking about. In terms of me, I do not have the best developed palate but are always looking to expand my horizons but foods with spice can be an issue. I made an absolutely delicious recipe that included chipolte peppers and even though I enjoyed it, it was truly too spicy for me (I would totally make it again but with one less chipolte).

Any tips or suggestions in terms of perhaps less spicy peppers would be greatly appreciated!

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

Drythe — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:51:32 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@Drythe wrote:
@ECBG wrote:
I have always been SO sensitive to spicy things. I get burned easily. I LOVE tomatoes and I enjoy toco salad but I need the mild salsa.

DH and our sons always ate jalapeno peppers and have even had "ghost" peppers! They just loved it. Me-no way!

How about you?
@ECBG

Just last week, at a dinner in Budapest with some close friends I was I 'encouraged' to try the hottest paprika made in Hungary, just a tiny touch on the very point of the spoon. Thought I'd die. I'm a wimp!
@DrytheNext time try butter! Something about the enzimes!

@ECBG

Oddly enough I know the answer! It's called capsaicin, it's what makes pepper hot. DH did a research study on the effects of capsaicin on height. Water is the worst thing you can do, it just spreads the stuff around. Oil, just as you said - butter, collects it and you can at least swallow it away.

Funny those bits of info. we collect isn't it?

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

Mz iMac — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:52:25 GMT

@momtochloe wrote:

Any tips or suggestions in terms of perhaps less spicy peppers would be greatly appreciated!

Sweet peppers

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

ECBG — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:55:58 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@Drythe wrote:
@ECBG wrote:
I have always been SO sensitive to spicy things. I get burned easily. I LOVE tomatoes and I enjoy toco salad but I need the mild salsa.

DH and our sons always ate jalapeno peppers and have even had "ghost" peppers! They just loved it. Me-no way!

How about you?
@ECBG

Just last week, at a dinner in Budapest with some close friends I was I 'encouraged' to try the hottest paprika made in Hungary, just a tiny touch on the very point of the spoon. Thought I'd die. I'm a wimp!
@DrytheNext time try butter! Something about the enzimes!

BUDAPEST? And It's just a struggle to get DH to go out again after he's come in!

@DrytheI've always wondered if it's the training of the palette from a young age that makes the difference. We don't hear (well, I guess we don't) of a hispanic child that won't eat the food. I wonder if they slowly break them into the hot spices?

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

momtochloe — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:54:31 GMT

@Drythe wrote:
@ECBG wrote:
I have always been SO sensitive to spicy things. I get burned easily. I LOVE tomatoes and I enjoy toco salad but I need the mild salsa.

DH and our sons always ate jalapeno peppers and have even had "ghost" peppers! They just loved it. Me-no way!

How about you?
@ECBG

Just last week, at a dinner in Budapest with some close friends, I was I 'encouraged' to try the hottest paprika made in Hungary, just a tiny touch on the very point of the spoon. Thought I'd die. I'm a wimp!

@Drythe

@ECBG

Your post made me laugh out loud . . . I have a friend who's husband is from Mexico and I swear he could munch on Scotch Bonnets like they were chips . . . I often ask him how on earth does that work as I would have the paramedics on speedial and he just laughs and says "practice" . . . sigh, I guess I am too old for practice . . .

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

Goldengate8361 — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:27:04 GMT

None.

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

3suwm5 — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:30:24 GMT

I have a soon-to-be, daughter-in-law that I swear has an iron stomach. That girl can load up on the hot stuff - jeepers. I get heartburn just watching all the hot stuff she puts in her meals.

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

ChynnaBlue — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:35:14 GMT

I go for mild-medium. I want to be able to taste flavors and I can't do that if peppers are too hot.

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

Desertdi — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:44:14 GMT

Flaming hot

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

libbyannE — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:48:50 GMT

I like about wide variety of foods, which I've eaten all over the world, but I am just not a fan of hot peppers. Once my mouth starts burning, I can't even sate the food, and I am not comfortable. I like flavor, not BURN.

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

Carmie — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 01:41:41 GMT

I like my food spicy and hot..

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

mima — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 02:07:09 GMT

Hot, hot, hot! My daughter loves things even hotter. She started out loving eating salsa by the spoon and authentic hot tamales when she was 2 years old sitting in a high chair! I remember her begging for the salsa, so I gave her a tiny bit on a spoon. She kept begging for more and I ended up giving her a bowl of it to eat. She never flinched. As an adult she will eat the hottest peppers ever. When she cooks for others she tries to tame it down.

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aubnwa01 — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 02:14:56 GMT

I like a little "background heat" in some foods, but I still want to be able to taste what I'm eating.

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Caligurll — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 02:17:09 GMT

Jalapenos are about as hot as I can go. I like spicy, but not to the point that it overwhelms the taste of the food or sends me in search of water.

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

RedTop — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 03:02:06 GMT

I like for my tongue to tingle, lips to feel numb, and beads of sweat to pop out on my forehead. However, as far as peppers for heat, I only like jalapeño and chipotle. I love a combo heat with strong garlic, a hot onion, and the above peppers.

Re: How Much Spice (Hot) Do you Like In Food?

HonnyBrown — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 03:19:46 GMT

Bring it on!

The only hot sauce I met that gave me a run for my money was Dave's Ultimate Insanity.

I chop ghost peppers with my bare hands, and add them to my food like parsley.

Hubby is my balance. He thinks Frank's Red Hot is...well, hot. The hottest pepper he can tolerate is a serrano, so I'm limited to what I can cook with. If I take out the seeds and veins, I can cook with jalapenos and the heat will mute. For salads, I can get away with cubanellos and pablanos.

Penzey's has a Berebere ground pepper that has a nice heat to it.