I was meeting some friends at a Turkish restaurant and the table next to us ordered something so spicy I had to leave. Don’t know what it was or how they ordered it but damn that level of spice should be illegal.
I’m also a baby with spice. Im trying to get better but I used to think pepperoni pizza was too spicy. Now I’m up to the point where I can eat a sandwich with banana peppers on it…
The other week my gf accidently cooked with a can of “medium” rotel instead of “mild” and I couldn’t eat more than a bite.
Would you like to know the trick to developing your tolerance? It’s pretty simple. Just choose your favorite fat and heavily include it in a side. I used to choose butter, until it started killing me.
Cream of leek soup, butter fried quesadillas, sautéed pea vines, just a dish of olive oil with bread. Once it goes beyond your comfort zone, rein it in with your side. Gradually, you’ll get used to it through brief exposure.
Bonus, more varied meals. Fuck, now I really want butter fried okra…
Yeah I also occasionally just push my comfort. In a lot of cases it’s just not a flavor I enjoy. Same with fish, I can eat it but I just don’t like it.
Irony is gf loves fish and spicy stuff. Like well have scrambled eggs in the morning with toast and bacon. Mine will have a small drop of ketchup for dipping. Hers will be coated in Sriracha and hot sauce.
Hmm, are you a fan of sour? I adore it, which led me to go prefer spicy foods. Most pepper powders and pastes are pretty acidic, which isn’t everyone’s bag.
I do a lot of pasta, a lot of sandwiches, I like some sour like saurkraut and pickles. I like onions and garlic. Most meat I eat is either chicken in some sauce(like alfrado or teriyaki or such) sausage with onions and peppers or in like a vodka sauce.
Yes I grew up in an American house with Italian and German influences if you couldn’t tell.
In that case, it seems like you weren’t introduced to it early enough to form a strong pain->pleasure correlation. Honestly, I’m mostly just envious of your ability to eat dairy!
I love cheese. My son is severely lactose intolerant but loves milk so I have to buy lactose free milk… Oh my god is that stuff expensive. That said regular milk and he will be either vomiting or explosive diarrhea from a single cup of regular milk, ask his grandmother how much fun that was the other week when she insisted “oh it will be fine”… It was not fine!
Nope, I don’t get the pain -> pleasure thing. Nothing against it I just get the pleasure from it. Only sorta similar thing I appreciate is strong alcohol. Like I’ll do a rum and coke or vodka and juice both mixed like 50/50. Most other people try a sip and end up coughing while swearing lol.
I was meeting some friends at a Turkish restaurant and the table next to us ordered something so spicy I had to leave. Don’t know what it was or how they ordered it but damn that level of spice should be illegal.
Might just be outgassing due to recent preparation. Hot oil on a spicy dish can produce some intense fumes, even in a relatively mild dish.
I open every door and window when I cook at home, and the food I cook is usually mild. Just a jalapeño
I’m also a baby with spice. Im trying to get better but I used to think pepperoni pizza was too spicy. Now I’m up to the point where I can eat a sandwich with banana peppers on it…
The other week my gf accidently cooked with a can of “medium” rotel instead of “mild” and I couldn’t eat more than a bite.
Would you like to know the trick to developing your tolerance? It’s pretty simple. Just choose your favorite fat and heavily include it in a side. I used to choose butter, until it started killing me.
Cream of leek soup, butter fried quesadillas, sautéed pea vines, just a dish of olive oil with bread. Once it goes beyond your comfort zone, rein it in with your side. Gradually, you’ll get used to it through brief exposure.
Bonus, more varied meals. Fuck, now I really want butter fried okra…
Yeah I also occasionally just push my comfort. In a lot of cases it’s just not a flavor I enjoy. Same with fish, I can eat it but I just don’t like it.
Irony is gf loves fish and spicy stuff. Like well have scrambled eggs in the morning with toast and bacon. Mine will have a small drop of ketchup for dipping. Hers will be coated in Sriracha and hot sauce.
Hmm, are you a fan of sour? I adore it, which led me to go prefer spicy foods. Most pepper powders and pastes are pretty acidic, which isn’t everyone’s bag.
I do a lot of pasta, a lot of sandwiches, I like some sour like saurkraut and pickles. I like onions and garlic. Most meat I eat is either chicken in some sauce(like alfrado or teriyaki or such) sausage with onions and peppers or in like a vodka sauce.
Yes I grew up in an American house with Italian and German influences if you couldn’t tell.
In that case, it seems like you weren’t introduced to it early enough to form a strong pain->pleasure correlation. Honestly, I’m mostly just envious of your ability to eat dairy!
I love cheese. My son is severely lactose intolerant but loves milk so I have to buy lactose free milk… Oh my god is that stuff expensive. That said regular milk and he will be either vomiting or explosive diarrhea from a single cup of regular milk, ask his grandmother how much fun that was the other week when she insisted “oh it will be fine”… It was not fine!
Nope, I don’t get the pain -> pleasure thing. Nothing against it I just get the pleasure from it. Only sorta similar thing I appreciate is strong alcohol. Like I’ll do a rum and coke or vodka and juice both mixed like 50/50. Most other people try a sip and end up coughing while swearing lol.