Do you like spicy food?

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More importantly can you handle it?🤨

normalice · Accepted Answer

yes. My favorite is Thai curry, in general. Though around here they don't really make it very spicy. Every time they ask "1 to 5 spiciness" I always want to say "about 30" so they register I mean it, but it always seems like they would just think I'm joking, so I say "8" instead. It never matters, though, because they still haven't gotten me above what I'd consider a "3". I have had a couple of very solid 3s, and they hit a spot - not 'the' spot, just one that felt good - but they still weren't in the realm of what I'd call "spicy food."

So, I get things like ghost pepper tortilla chips and walk around with a shaker of ground habenero in my pocket for any time I eat a sandwich or something when I'm out. This also only diddles "a" spot, though - long-dried powder just doesn't hit the same as peppers that were still alive before I ordered the dish.

Anyway, that's what I get for living in the midwest, I suppose. Meh..

Fuentes · Accepted Answer

Yeah sliccy food is OK but in long term I don't think my stomach can handle it

mandyfire98 · Accepted Answer

To a degree. If it's flavorful I like it. I don't like hot just for the sake of being hot.

PBandJ_Nerd · Accepted Answer

Yeah. But i can't have any due to stomach issues.

Lliam · Answer

I love it and, yes, I can handle it.

I'll get something and my wife will ask if it's spicy. I'll say no (in all honesty). But when she tastes it, her mouth burns bad. LOL

I knew some restaurants that were amazing when I lived in the Los Angeles area. An Indian, a Korean and an Indonesian restaurant in particular. Some Thai restaurants have great panang curry. And some BBQ places are killer, too. Oh, and good Mexican salsas, of course.

The Indian restaurant had me dialed in because I went there a lot on my lunch break. I would order what they called the non-vegetarian thali. The chef knew what I wanted. I even used to go into the kitchen and talk to him.
Their food was delicious. I would eat in my car with my mouth on fire, face sweating, nose running, tears pouring down my cheeks, thinking "This is perfection!"

Like mandyfire98 said, though. Not hot just for the sake of being hot. It has to be flavorful.
Like Korean spicy seafood soup. Super spicy but bursting with flavor.

WhiteSteve · Answer

I love it, except my tastes are kind of limited. I’m not a huge fan of Indian food or most of the various Asian cuisines. It’s not that it’s too hot, I guess I just don’t really care for a lot of the spices they use in that part of the world. My lady likes that stuff, and sometimes she’ll get some super hot pepper in something the she got, and I’ll eat that, but the rest of the meal is a pass for me.

Mexican food or Tex-Mex, or some Salvadoran I’ve had…. that’s my sweet (spicy?🤔) spot. If you have some kind of habanero salsa or something, I would like that in my life.

Spicy Foods Guy isn’t my personality or anything, I don’t do it performatively or competitively, but I like a little heat to my food, depending on the meal. Even if I’m getting an Italian sub (shout out to the bygone days when I could get away with eating a loaf of bread stuffed with deli meats and cheese🫡 ), I’ll get the hot pepper spread on it, or get jalapeños in it.

Wraith_Cemetery · Answer

I'm addicted to spicy food. Spicy stews, spicy stir fries, burritos, etc. My fridge is full of hot sauces, from the lowest spiciness with just Jalapenos, all the way up to Carolina Reaper and Ghost Pepper ones.

The spiciest thing I have ever eaten was an Indian soup. Was sweating like bloody crazy.

Spongebobssocks · Answer

no lol we Swedish people aren't built for it😂 but. I guess mild spice sure but then again very spicy in Sweden is like barely anything in other countries

MementoMori777 · Answer

Yep my tolerance is through the roof, I don't feel mild spice in my mouth, it's like I never added spice when it's mild, my mild will be inedible to many people

Staximus · Answer

Ummm... My main hobby is making hot sauce and growing peppers.  This is my chocolate ghost pepper plant next to a full size bbq

HaveNoName · Answer

Our food is spicy in general anyway. I cannot stand non-spicy food. I always ask for some additives to make it taste.

Level of spicy is a different matter. Too spicy also hides the actual flavor of food so that depends. Sometimes the food is so bad that you have to add those pickles and spicy sauces to hide that taste.

BCRanger10 · Answer

A shredded beef burrito from Chipotle is about as spicy as I can get.

BlackBeauty90 · Answer

Oh yeah I LOVE spicy food and yes I can handle it.

jennifer_bloom · Answer

Not unless it's a low level of spice, like something you would find on a Doritos potato chip or a Taco Bell sauce. If it's ghost pepper level, I will not like it.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

I want to like spicy food so I can enjoy proper Mexican or other ethnic foods that aren’t specifically English, but I still can’t handle a molé salsa without a glass of milk on standby 😭

Sparkie460 · Answer

I absolutely love spicy food but it hates me. I used to love it, the hotter the better

DancingQueen16 · Answer

No I can't handle spicy foods I found that out in elementary school when someone in my class brought hot Cheetos to lunch

Simslover92 · Answer

Not really but I can tolerate it if it happens to be in a food I'm eating.

Fireguy17 · Answer

no, I do not like really spicy food at all. It just isn't something that I enjoy. Ortega original sauce is about my limit.

AydenHazor · Answer

I love spicy food. It's to the point that many people around me don't trust me when I tell them something's not spicy because my heat tolerance is significantly higher than theirs

sheikalana · Answer

I love spicy food. I don't understand how people can eat unseasoned food.

butterly248 · Answer

I was better than I was. I can eat crispy prawn chilli. That's probably the highest I can go 😭😭

mobiusforniner · Answer

I just ate some spicy indian food tonight. Its good for cleaning out the colon.

Alexz0 · Answer

Love it! Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, mexican.

LiamSawyer · Answer

I can't handle hot spicy food as much as I used to when I was a bit younger.

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah. But that doesn't mean I want THE SPICIEST option (like "devil's anus"🤣). I like my food to have a little bite to it. I think people who need the speciest food are sadistic and do so because they simply have no taste buds.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Not really, aromatic is better that said I do like like the beef brisket ramen from wagamamas and that's pretty spicy

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

Yeah. I'm not sure if I'm better at handling it or peppers are just getting milder now. But other than that, while I like eating spicy food, my ass hates it.

AverageNerd · Answer

I can handle it but I don't like it if it's the primary focus of the dish.

Anonymous · Answer

Any food is fine for me At least I get to eat 💀

Nikki1989 · Answer

Yes, I love it.

andy530 · Answer

I like it a lot but can’t handle it as well as some can

Ms_Facesitter · Answer

I can handle it! I prefer it :)

CrimsonAngel09 · Answer

Only jalapeño level and below.

4ngelic · Answer

yea but not crazy spicy

serious · Answer

Yes of course.

wishiwasfiction · Answer

Yes, I love spicy food best

Nurse_Meyers_88 · Answer

Yes, as long as it’s not super hot

exitseven · Answer

nope. I hate spicy food.

TacosRAwesome · Answer

Yes. And no but I refuse to chicken.

Huntingnfishin · Answer

Love spicy food... spicy food hates me...

LavLavLuv · Answer

YESSS

Unit1 · Answer

Gimme gimme!

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Yes. As long as the flavor is still good

krin_m · Answer

Absolutely! Love it!

BLP11520 · Answer

Not really but jalapeños are good

Jennz6 · Answer

Yes, really hot and spicy

brianamau · Answer

Not much

XXblack88 · Answer

yes love it

LiamJHayden · Answer

Some. I  love  jalapeños.

talka20 · Answer

yes n i think yes

shortster · Answer

Yes and no.

srsamet · Answer

Sure

Jmmmfi4 · Answer

Not at all

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