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Not a bad thing, but makes you wonder why (historically) Caucasian cuisine is typically not spicey. Indian, Thai, Korean, (various) African, Latino food are all known to be hot as hell. Western European and American food, not so much. Did hot spices/foods just not grow in those regions?

Peppers actually originated in the new world. They do not grow well at higher latitudes and are an excellent way of disguising the taste of slightly spoiled food, which is much more of a problem in the tropics.

Caucasians are also the ones who eat a ton of dairy, which you’d think would be helpful for cutting down spice levels.

My spice tolerance definitely increased after living in Sichuan Province for 6 months.

Whenever I eat spicy food my tongue stops working and all I can taste is bitter and pain

Skill issue.

Fun fact about spice tolerance. Many people think tolerance = resistance but that’s not the case. After a certain point, people who love spicy foods report the same levels of spiciness compared to those who don’t regularly eat it, it’s just that they are used to it and even like it. So something that is a 10/10 spicy is the same level of spicy for everyone, it’s just some masochists prefer it to be that way.

So when people say things like “oh that wasn’t that spicy” it still usually is spicy. Their personality just prefers it that way so it doesn’t bother them as much.

My jerk chicken isn’t hot enough unless I’m crying from both my eyes and my nose after 5 wings. Anything less and it’s just mild jerk wings.

Every now and again I crave sweat inducing, tear rolling spice, it does hurt and it is spicy but somehow I get a buzz out of it… Kinda bizzare really.

I’m fairly certain that tolerance does mute the spiciness of foods. There are foods others struggle with that I hardly notice is even spicy.

It feels more like building a muscle than building a skill.

Genetics play a bit of a factor and your taste buds do develop more as you get older. But if you’re comparing tongue for tongue, the tingly/pain sensations are rated to be more or less the same.

Yes, your tastebuds become “jaded.” It’s part of why little kids don’t tend to like any spiciness at all.

I wanna eat the real spicy food! In germany everything is watered down so n00bs can eat it🥲

Grow your own Carolina reapers and make your own curry. If I can do it in the Arctic, so can you.

Too hot and wrong flavoured pepper for indian food

Yeah and whale is the wrong meat, but it turns out that you can do whatever you want when it’s your own curry. And my minke whale magmaloo is actually pretty damn good.

Look for Chinese restaurants where the Chinese go eat.

Most regions in China eat very spicy, just ask the waiter for something extra spicy like the Chinese eat it and they’ll give you something amazing.

Where do you live in Germany? Maybe I can recommend something.

My life changed much for the better when I was able to find the local Chinese place that the local Chinese people eat at and the local Indian place that the local Indian people eat at. Changed everything.

I recently had “very spicy” Chinese food. On scale of 1-10 it was 6 at best. ( I am Indian). If you are looking for 9 or higher look for Hyderabadi or Andhra Indian food.

Lamb vindaloo is life.

Nah spent a year in India , best Indian spicy food ? London ;) I miss the green chillies as snacks though

Yes. Rayalseema restaurants would be bio terrorism in the west 😂. Even most Indians can’t tolerate the piquency of that food.

Thank you 🥰

When it comes to japanese food, Düsseldorf is really great. Cause i studied there i know some good Restaurants and supermarkets 😆 but i take recomondations all around nrw.

i really want to taste spicy indian food or try other asian food, that is not so common here 🤔

My best friend visited south korea a few years ago. She never liked spicy food, but said it was so good there, she now likes this stuff.

Don’t forget the Korean food there. It’s in the same area in Düsseldorf.

Just ate the spicy food absolute bliss😋

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