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Our exercise class was particularly challenging today. I'm still not sure if I'll be sore tomorrow, sign this soreness hasn't lasted more than some hours. I don't know, we'll see. Today I had 3 servings of fruit, 2 servings of vegitables and 1 serving of burn-your-mouth bbq chicken.
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Today's Question of the Day? is:
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On a scale of 1-15, what is your tolerance for spicey food?
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If 1 is black pepper, 5 is delightfully enjoyed mild rotel & velveta, 10 is "really good chili" and 15 is pure capsaisin... I'm about a 6.75. I estimate Justin's pain level to be around 13. Sometimes this makes eating dinner a challenge for me. Still, thanks for making face-burning chicken for dinner, Justin.
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Love,
The Asker
13 comments:
I'd say I'm closer to a 9 if it's good FLAVORFUL spicy, and maybe closer to a 7 or an 8 on average.
My lunch today is beans with green peppers, onions, a bit of spice tweakage, and andouille sausage. The sausage has a pretty good bite to it, but it's so FLAVORFUL, and the beans sort of tame the flame.
It works well. However, a much less spicy chili that was just "hot" without the "yum" would be intolerable for me.
Also, I disapprove of anything that sets my gums on fire. I'm looking at YOU spicy tortillas used in College Station at Freebirds!
Mmm! I love spicy food. I am going to set 15 as that unfortunate moment when a hot pepper and its seeds touch the tip of your tongue, probably accidentally, resulting in crying, panting, and sweating.
I can tolerate 13. I enjoy up to 11.
1 - Threshold of taste.
3 - Laughably labeled "spicy".
5 - Tounge tingles.
7 - This is when pepole start cracking jokes about how red I'm turning.
9 - Face feels red, sweating starts; the good stuff.
11 - I need some milk.
13 - Stop laughing at me, this isn't funny anymore.
15 - Uncontrollable coughing, sinuses searing, eyes watering, stomach churning. This is when I know I've made a terribly regrettable mistake.
And if anyone wants the recipe for last night's "Fire-face" barbeque sauce (~11), I'll be glad to pass it along.
I love spicy food! Although, I would have to agree with TamiJean about the importance of flavorful spices. I can only do eye-watering-milk-craving spicy every now and then. But buffalo wings, jalapeno sausage, and any spicy Chinese dish are always a treat.
From experience, I know fifteen is when you see the cute , colorful peppers in the refrigerator and think those look fun and then you bite into one and your lips are numb for three hours because you just ate a huge bite of a habanero pepper! And I didn't hate that, I was just really unprepared!
I am still comfortable at 14. But the enjoyment level at 14 and 15 is diminished by the burning and numbness, so 13 is probably the best.
And I also laugh at some of the things that are considered spicy...like black pepper!! So when my six year old calls the balck peeper "too spicy, " it takes all of my strength to not laugh out loud at her!!
Oh, my six year old does not have a speech impediment...that is just MY inability to type.
Lunch was wheat tortilla with avacado slices, tomatoes, ham and cheese along with Pace medium picante sauce. That is NOT medium, or even really spicy. Could have been jelly!
I can't believe that I am the only spice wimp.
The next time I see you, I will force you to have some chipotle in adobo sauce.
Anne, when I was a nanny everything from pizza to hamburger helper was off limits because it was "too hot".
yum, spicy! We're eating chicken curry tonight, how appropriate.
I'd go with a personal tolerance of 13 since I eat raw jalapeno peppers. To work up a resistance, all it took was 4 years of excessive virility and lots of water.
I think a 10 on the Asker's scale is ideal. Too spicy masks the other flavors. I think good curry, spicy salsas, "really good chili" and 1cc of wasabi per sushi qualify as ideal.
I wanted to mention that some people in Europe consider ketchup too spicy.
In Brazil, the food is NOT traditionally spicy, but they have a certain sauce that will burn the hairs right out of your nose. That stuff makes wasabi seem like green tomato puree.
my word verif was juinants. It's not a French word, but if it were, one possible (albeit bizarre) definition would be "people or things that 'June,' or engage in activities typical for the month of June"
Ahh..wasabi...kimchee..raw jalapenos..curry..thai peppers...how I miss good, adult food!
Jacklyn...yes, cheese pizza is good, but even sausage pizza is off limits. Like you can live on peanut butter and jelly!
Cuano...sorry, but let's clarify that by virility you do not mean a rampant viral infection, but sheer manliness!!
Okay...I got the feeling that there are some people, and I won't mention names here, who may one day give me a run for the money on raising kids who will one day utter statements like the one I heard today.
Looking in a book entitled "Chemically Active", my son said, "Oh, and they have the electron configuration for the elements on this table. Useful and sweet!"
And I do not think you need to be a spicy superhero to raise nerdy kids, if that was your concern about being a spice wimp!!
Well, according to your 'scale', I would say I am about a 10 maybe 11.
I do love hot&spicy. I do love
Martin's stuffed,roasted jalapenoes!
I didn't get to yesterday's question until today, but oh, how it made me laugh! Justin gets his "hot ratio" from his Daddy! He has always put us to shame with his ability to eat hot things. But I think the older Browns were raised on habanera milk mixtures! I would level myself at about a 8-10.
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