What's too spicy for you?
Too spicy?
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RandomKaren
Tele-Afflicted
Nuthin.
Uh, now that I’m a geezer, lots of things are too spicy for me.
My guts can take it, but my respiratory system can’t.
I risk not being able to breathe properly.
It takes my breath away, so to speak.
I used to like moderately spicy/hot stuff.
Curries, pickled jalapeños, Sriracha sauce, hot chili oil, chili flakes were things I liked.
Not anymore.
I still kinda like boring old Tabasco, both red and green.
Baby stuff to you fire-breathers, I know.
I once tried an unfamiliar sauce on my food right before I did an opening act/solo gig.
I barely recovered before I went on.
My guts can take it, but my respiratory system can’t.
I risk not being able to breathe properly.
It takes my breath away, so to speak.
I used to like moderately spicy/hot stuff.
Curries, pickled jalapeños, Sriracha sauce, hot chili oil, chili flakes were things I liked.
Not anymore.
I still kinda like boring old Tabasco, both red and green.
Baby stuff to you fire-breathers, I know.
I once tried an unfamiliar sauce on my food right before I did an opening act/solo gig.
I barely recovered before I went on.
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I like it up to a point. I tried the hottest thing at a hot sauce store once that was too much for me.
I wasn’t sure I could breathe. I was pacing up and down the side walk trying to determine what was happening to me.
Habanero is my limit.
I wasn’t sure I could breathe. I was pacing up and down the side walk trying to determine what was happening to me.
Habanero is my limit.
RandomKaren
Tele-Afflicted
Not one I've tried... sounds risky!
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badinfinities
Friend of Leo's
Once I went to a store that specialized in selling hot stuff, and I tried a hot sauce that required signing a waiver. I signed, they dipped a toothpick in the bottle, and I placed it on my tongue.
I had a stomach ache for the next four hours and I drank a ton of liquids. It was awful.
I love spicy food but not spicy for the sake of it. It has to work with the other ingredients and enhance the overall profile of the dish.
I had a stomach ache for the next four hours and I drank a ton of liquids. It was awful.
I love spicy food but not spicy for the sake of it. It has to work with the other ingredients and enhance the overall profile of the dish.
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I cook regularly with red pepper, cayenne, jalapenos, Anaheim, Fresno and serrano peppers. I make escavitched fish with scotch bonnets. I have more problems with a pepperoni pizza from Domino's. I really do not have any reason to search out more hot. Also I do like Chinese red peppers for flavor but I don't bite those little rascals. Curry, no problem. I'm good.
Yeah, me too. Habanero adjacent. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Beyond that, like ghost pepper, scorpion, reaper, no thanks.
Just the names are like giving you a hint, man!
Just the names are like giving you a hint, man!
This is too spicy. Somebody gave this to me a few months ago and I put only a few drops on a whole batch of wings. I almost called 911. 
RandomKaren
Tele-Afflicted
Spicy isn't just hot though, I like cumin and turmeric on my eggs.
maxvintage
Poster Extraordinaire
Not much. Extreme peppers bred just to be hyper hot. But I like spicy food a lot
Happy Enchilada
Poster Extraordinaire
So ... I'm guessing where the "ring of fire" appears. And it's not pretty.True.
Kandinskyesque
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Anything with egregious nudity if it's too early in the day.
trapdoor2
Poster Extraordinaire
In my 20s/30s, not much. At some point I decided that heat wasn't a competition. I think I may have adulted.
Nothing spicier than mild salsa now. I routinely delete jalapeños from restaurant items. I don't miss the flavors.
Nothing spicier than mild salsa now. I routinely delete jalapeños from restaurant items. I don't miss the flavors.
Nope. Never.
I don't use salt and pepper.
I don't use salt and pepper.
I can't enjoy anything too spicy, that just obliterates the actual flavor of the food I'm eating.
So my comfort chile heat zone for anything
is Medium to Hot.
A few good example of my heat level, would be:
- chili pepper flakes in Hot Italian Sausage, or spicy Italian meat sauce,
For, Cajun, seafood, Latino food, and wings- regular Louisiana Hot, Crystal, or Frank's, with just a dash of Tabasco in there, is fine.
** i LOVE Taco Bell 'Hot' sauce packets ( not the 'Fire' ones)- I like using these on home, or other restaurant food ( delivery)
Lastly, I do NOT like Jalapeños!
It's not just the heat ( which is too hot for me), but I just don't like their flavor.
My adult sons are 180°different from me- they LOVE super Hot!
I know I'm 'Johnny Pepper Buzzkill'
So my comfort chile heat zone for anything
is Medium to Hot.
A few good example of my heat level, would be:
- chili pepper flakes in Hot Italian Sausage, or spicy Italian meat sauce,
For, Cajun, seafood, Latino food, and wings- regular Louisiana Hot, Crystal, or Frank's, with just a dash of Tabasco in there, is fine.
** i LOVE Taco Bell 'Hot' sauce packets ( not the 'Fire' ones)- I like using these on home, or other restaurant food ( delivery)
Lastly, I do NOT like Jalapeños!
It's not just the heat ( which is too hot for me), but I just don't like their flavor.
My adult sons are 180°different from me- they LOVE super Hot!
I know I'm 'Johnny Pepper Buzzkill'
You may be using too much hot sauce if you ask to use your neighbor's bathroom and when you come out of there, the bathroom and half the house burn down. Extra points if he's on a septic tank and it explodes.
