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Post by Red Impact on Oct 8, 2013 11:42:48 GMT -5
In small doses I'm ok with it. A little bit of heat can help pull out other flavors.
When it starts getting into spicy for spicy sake, it's dumb.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2013 11:55:13 GMT -5
I love slow-burn type foods. I abhor no-flavor-all-lava type hot stuff. Stuff that is hot for the sake of being hot is shit. There is always some asshole that dumps ghost peppers into his chili/wings and tries to pass it off as flavor. That ain't flavor. That's god damned hot lava. For the record I love damn near every Thai and Indian style spicy food I've ever tried. They seem to have mastered the Hot+Flavor combo. Same goes for the Jerk style seasonings. There seems to be an art to getting Hot as Hell yet still tasty VS The Devil's Butthole Hot. I agree with this word for word. I love hot food, but stuff that's "hot for the sake of being hot" is generally crap. Everyone around me knows I love spicy food, and it's a little irritating when it turns into a contest of eating the hottest thing. This sort of concept couldn't possibly apply to anything else - "you like a warm meal, huh? Try this sandwich that's on fire!" It's not that I don't want it because it's hot; I don't want it because all it is is hot. There's a way to make heat and flavor work together, and that's generally amazing. |
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Post by Push R Truth on Oct 8, 2013 12:29:42 GMT -5
I love slow-burn type foods. I abhor no-flavor-all-lava type hot stuff. Stuff that is hot for the sake of being hot is shit. There is always some asshole that dumps ghost peppers into his chili/wings and tries to pass it off as flavor. That ain't flavor. That's god damned hot lava. For the record I love damn near every Thai and Indian style spicy food I've ever tried. They seem to have mastered the Hot+Flavor combo. Same goes for the Jerk style seasonings. There seems to be an art to getting Hot as Hell yet still tasty VS The Devil's Butthole Hot. I agree with this word for word. I love hot food, but stuff that's "hot for the sake of being hot" is generally crap. Everyone around me knows I love spicy food, and it's a little irritating when it turns into a contest of eating the hottest thing. This sort of concept couldn't possibly apply to anything else - "you like a warm meal, huh? Try this sandwich that's on fire!" It's not that I don't want it because it's hot; I don't want it because all it is is hot. There's a way to make heat and flavor work together, and that's generally amazing. I don't get that "contest attitude" at all with hot stuff. When somebody says "I like my peanuts salted" does somebody come along and empty a salt shaker in the peanut bowl and then say "then you'll LOVE this!"? Wing and Chili Contests, I totally understand and have actually participated in. I don't think anybody walks into a Hottest Wing Contest expecting a wonderful cornucopia of flavor. |
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Oct 27, 2013 4:49:14 GMT -5
Much better than it was a year ago.
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Post by willywonka666 on Oct 27, 2013 7:38:03 GMT -5
It's complicated
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Post by CM Dazz on Oct 27, 2013 7:44:45 GMT -5
I'm good with spicy foods for the most part. Although, the older I get, the more days I have where a bowl of f***ing oatmeal is the only thing my stomach wont rebel against.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Oct 27, 2013 9:51:57 GMT -5
It seems like a waste of a good meal; not being able to enjoy it for constantly having to either glug down half a quart of milk to negate the twang, or the very pallet being far too numbed to get a shrivel of taste off the thing. Mind, this is all negated immediately by a provocative 'dur-a-dur, I bet ya' can't eat that.'
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Oct 27, 2013 9:57:54 GMT -5
I generally have an average-to-good spice palette- I alwats go for the spicier option if possible when I order something, and I enjoy addding stuff like hot sauce, cayanne pepper and paprika into the stuff I cook. But the "spice and nothing but" stuff that Adam Richman would likely turn down, not interested in it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 9:58:14 GMT -5
It's alright. I can handle very spicy food but I'm usually meh on the taste of it. It all depends what I'm eating it with. Whenever I do have a nasty cold I practically chug hot sauce out of the bottle
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Post by rapidfire187 on Oct 27, 2013 13:18:37 GMT -5
I'm ok as long as it's not too spicy. My nose tends to run when I eat spicy food (and Ramen noodles for some reason).
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Post by Redneck Woman on Oct 27, 2013 13:52:16 GMT -5
Never got the love for spicy foods. I'm all for some foods having a bit of a kick to them, but eating things just because they set fire to your mouth is just silly. This. I had an ex that actually used to have contests with his cousins about who could eat the most spaghetti with really hot spices on it without drinking any water. For some reason, they thought it proved their manliness.  |
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