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One way to get the point across (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 52 points 7 months ago (24 children)

I think this is masochism. Food doesn’t leave any external marks so these people go with food.

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  • [–] 36 points 7 months ago* (16 children)

    I do lots of very spicy food. I think my tongue has literally been damaged over time by all the heat, so stuff I don't register as being even the slightest bit spicy are unbearably hot to others and I have to really ratchet it up to taste anything.

    But what I've found at lots of Asian restaurants is that the staff assumes my pale, white ass can't take real heat. I ask for "5-peppers" hot and they're like "We'll start you with a 2." It's annoying. I've never been served food that's "too hot" in a restaurant, so I kinda understand these exaggerated descriptions people give on food orders.

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    On the other hand you have the bozos that order extra extra spicy and then whine that they can't eat it. That's likely something everyone who works in an Asian restaurant has experienced multiple times.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Reminds me of a time me and a coworker stopped for Indian food at a place neither had been before and he said he wanted a number 7. He's Korean so the server didn't blink , I said 1 please.

    When the server walked away I was like man what the hell are you doing a fucking 7 !?, he said I like spicy food , I said ok sorry I mentioned it.

    He needed a towel to dry his face , his nose had sweat beads dripping off it. He ate the whole dish , said it was way too hot. And he should have ordered a 2 or 3.

    I don't play around in those places, store baught hot sauce is as far as I go and I like it just fine , got nothing to prove. I've tried sauces so hot my ears were ringing and I don't like that jazz

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago*

    There’s a Mexican restaurant by me where they keep the good hot sauce in the back.

    You can ask for it.

    You can purchase it.

    They do not keep it on the table.

    The guy will however come up to you all sketchy like and ask if you like spicy, then bring you a ramekin for your food and let you know you can take a jar home.

    Lots of folks take the bait then struggle in their booth. Dinner and entertainment.

    10/10

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    When I was in the US with another Brit buddy we went out for a curry (Gaylord Chicago IIRC) and each ordered a vindaloo. The head waiter was dispatched to our table to warn us this might be too spicy. When we told him we were British he nodded, smiled, and said "I understand, I'll let the kitchen know."

    It was still a bit on the mild side for a BIR vindaloo.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The fact is that even with just a bit of intentional spice "training" you can get your tolerance into the million scoville range, far beyond what your average Indian place can do to their vindaloo unless they are specializing in spicy food and have ghost peppers available.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    You can lose that training too, ask me how i know. I had a phase of about 2 years where everything had to be spicy, in the end my sister couldn't eat from my plate anymore. Somehow I stopped eating spicy food - after a few months without training i made the mistake of cooking something spicy without reducing the intensity. Well, then i knew how my sister felt.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    I once had to leave a negative review at the Thai place I go for lunch pretty regularly, because they got a new hostess and she kept trying to save me from my hubris multiple weeks in a row.

    The owners finally had a conversation with her and now I get my Pad Thai at the appropriate spice level. I edited the review to 5 stars afterwords.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    It's funny that this meme, and now you, mention spicy Pad Thai, as that was always one of the Thai dishes that I didn't think work as well with higher spice levels. I usually lean towards red or pannang curry when I want spicy Thai.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Being the only spice tolerant person in my family kind of sucks. Whenever I try to get a family member to try something new, the first question they ask is whether it's spicy. I literally cannot even detect mild heat anymore and have several times accidentally given the okay on things they then couldn't finish.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    God I feel this. My mother told me once to be careful not to make my eggs too spicy by adding too much black pepper.

    I’ve made food that I thought was literally flavorless and been told it was too spicy to finish. So, now when I cook for family I actually just don’t add any seasonings and I point them to the cabinet. “You’re not gonna like most of what you find in there, but there’s at least some butchers blend you should be able to handle”

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    They do that to me nearly all the time too, especially with to go orders. When eating in person, I just always ask them to bring the spice tray out when ordering my food, that seems to sometimes get the point across.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I used to live in West Africa, where everything is spicy. Grilled scotch bonnet peppers are a garnish in restaurants. It's sink or swim. Thai restaurants make their "mild" Thai mild, swimming in peppers.

    At some point you cross a point of tolerance where the lovely flavors of hot peppers open up to you. Orange bonnets and habaneros are wonderfully delicious. Zingy with a fruity chili flavor that is unlike other milder peppers. 10/10 my favorite. But only something one can taste once you learn to tolerate capsicum exposure.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Worse, I've noticed that a lot of the hotter stuff doesn't even have a good flavor.

    For regular jarred Mexican salsa, I like Herndez. The hot isn't very hot and it would be completely fine for me with chips or whatever, but the flavor of the medium is so much better. I don't really get it.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    oh totally. i think they figure people are too burned so they can't taste anything and just load up on arbols and vinegar. we got a new carneceria last year and they have the best deli salsas so we've just been eating those lately

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    so like in austin texas there used to be (and probably still is, just i don't live there anymore) this group called the Nuclear Taco Club. we'd meet once a month and eat ghost pepper tacos. there was a lot of sour crema and milk there.

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