How spicy do you like your food?

Question

I love my food so spicy my tongue hurts and eyes are watery.

Lliam · Accepted Answer

I love it!

Years ago there was a small Indian restaurant down the street from where I worked. I became friends with them and they dialed in my level of heat. I would even go into the kitchen and congratulate the chef who spoke little English.
I would always get their non-vegitarian thali, which had a piece of tandoori chicken and four side dishes. I would get it to go and eat in my car. Three of the four side dishes they made for me were so spicy that my mouth would be burning, I'd be sweating, my nose would be running, and tears were streaming down my cheeks.
The food was extremely tasty, too, not just hot for hot sake. It was ecstasy; an oral-gasm for the senses.

I also used to go to a particular Korean place near where I lived. It was owned by a Korean lady and all the waitresses were Korean.
Their spicy seafood soup was almost as spicy as the food at that Indian restaurant. And it was FULL of flavor.
I also used to love their daeji bulgogi (thinly sliced, marinated pork) that you cooked on a round grill in your table top.

There are other examples. Certain, Thai, Indonesian, Cajun and Mexican places had delicious spicy food.

I haven't had access to great places like that for years and my tolerance isn't what it once was, but I still love spicy food and I have some tasty hot sauces at home. One is mango-habañero and another is Gochujang.

My wife can't handle it at all. She even has to be careful of normal American-style Thai curry.
I'll be eating something and she'll ask if it's spicy. I'll say not really, so she'll ask for a taste and is always in agony. LOL

HawkPerception · Accepted Answer

My grandma makes this incredible Caribbean pepper sauce with scotch bonnet peppers and other stuff. It's not too spicy and it's kind of sweet ish. I add it to most of my food, especially when I cook something that turns out more bland than I had hoped.

I like spice, but not extreme spice. And definitely not with all foods. The best peppers in my opinion are called cascabella peppers. Those, I'll put in shawarma wraps, and on the side with other meals. They're just the right amount of spice and taste kind of tangy. They're refreshing.

Screenwriter · Accepted Answer

Well... it's all according to tastes, but if your food is so spicy you can't taste the food, I think that's too spicy.

I personally don't like my eyes watering and mouth burning. Spices should enhance your taste experience, improve and bring out the best flavors of the food, not burn holes in your sinuses, cause you to weep, etc.

The FOOD is paramount. You want to taste IT. A little heat goes a long way. And too many spices may overwhelm the food they're on.

Use a light hand with very hot and very strong spices. Make sure the spices you're using blend together to create something new on the food you're cooking. And be choosy about which spices you use on food that those spices are NOT commonly used on.

It is fine to experiment, but, again, with a light touch!

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

I like a little tingle but I find if it's too spicy it kills the food and all you taste is the heat. I'll go up to a madras curry or perhaps the average chilli but I'm not a great lover of things like phall curries

James The Foodie · Accepted Answer

Spicy food is always an adventure! 🌶️ I admire your enthusiasm for such intense heat. My preference usually sits at a medium level—enough to feel a satisfying kick but still taste all the underlying flavors. On one culinary journey through Thailand, I tried a local dish that made my taste buds dance with fire and flavor. Your passion reminds me of the exhilarating thrill of that experience!

PBandJ_Nerd · Answer

When I was able to still eat spicy food, I liked it mild. So, jalapeno spicy at least.

AReyMarz · Answer

As a Mexican I have considerably weaker tolerance than most. That said I’ve been trying to get better since daring myself to do the one death chip challenge. I can’t even eat a full bag of hot Cheetos, but ill take a little bite of chile and take a big bite if food, the best 🤤

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

From just a kick like those spicy Asian noodles spicy. But it depends. I'm not a fan of the food that is just spicy. Typically I get that from lots of east Asian noodles but I like it to have that peppery smell too or if you can still taste those other spices with it like Indian, Thai and Mexican food. The spiciness just reduce the flavor but if it has a bold and aromatic flavor, I don't mind it being so spicy.

RedThread · Answer

I love it spicy but it doesn't love me. I have Crohn's Disease and if I have stuff that's too abrasive, I'll be in for a loooooooong night.

Jersey2 · Answer

When I go to a Thai restaurant I ask for it “Thai Hot”. Then when they ask are you sure, I say yes. But recently I am backing off a bit. I also have always gone for taste, not just heat. My favorite flavor is habanero sauce.

AviatorTom · Answer

I like a little spice. My wife likes it very spicy. We usually compromise somewhere in the middle.

Sachem · Answer

Years ago I loved my food volcanic hot. People would stand in awe of my eating these incredibly hot, spicy foods. But I've gotten old and only eat mild seasonings in my food.

Uglygaypoorcoward94 · Answer

Not so much where its unbearable to eat and I hate the results of eating spicy.

Surely · Answer

Hope that you warn your BF’s about your culinary delights!

NordicInScandinavia · Answer

I don't do spice. I actually like tasting the food I eat.

7Phoenix7 · Answer

Same as sex, extra spicy lol Leave me breathless haha

4ngelic · Answer

ideally not spicy at all, but i can handle the spice to a pretty high extent though

ohsheeT · Answer

Yes same here I like the taste of every spice the hotter the better

Shiprex · Answer

Spicy is ok but not all the time for me.  I made a stir fry tonight that I over did the spices and ginger but it was good nonetheless.

Joshydavid25 · Answer

I don't.. I feel like the spice takes away from me enjoying other things about the food.. 🥵🥵..

HungTexan · Answer

I like very spicy food, just like my women! 🥵🔥🔥🔥

Circushowcowboy · Answer

I’m too much of a wimp for anything too spicy. I’d like to work my way up to have a higher tolerance

Ironic_Method · Answer

4 stars at my local Thai place. 3 stars is fine, but 4 is ideal. 5 is tolerable, but it's less enjoyable at that point.

NicholasRedone · Answer

@kittygosmeoww I'm a sucker for sweet things instead, or even savoury - yet mostly sweet 🍬🍭 🎂🧁

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Very spicy. But never as much as is required to cover the overall taste of the dish

Nik1hil · Answer

I was born and raised in India.. Need I say more!

bananathunder · Answer

Most things I eat are spicy or I add something to it to make it spicy. I love me some spicy food ;)

Wiredone · Answer

I absolutely love spicy food but my stomach can't handle it so I have to stay away from food with any type of kick

douride2 · Answer

Me and spicy food don't get on well together.

David_beckham · Answer

Not at all spicy, though people from my country are known for people having a high capacity for spice, but not me.

Wayneg89 · Answer

I like super spicy food. However I don't like food that is spicy just to be spicy. It needs to have good flavor with the spice.

Anonymous · Answer

Pretty spicy but I find the burn is worse on the way out than it is on the way in...

Staximus · Answer

Pretty spicy, I make habanero hot sauce regularly

LadyBecks · Answer

Just medium spicy for me 😊

fish5505_87 · Answer

Spicy doesn't always mean hot. I like heated spicy and spicy, spicy.

virgo2267 · Answer

How about your bum? Does it feel like a burning flame?

moneymagnet24 · Answer

Stop copying everything I like 😏

BCRanger10 · Answer

Not at all. I don't handle spicy food very well.

Anonymous · Answer

And definitely your ass is stinkier 🍑 🤭😊  Spicy food made your booty and fart 💩 smelliest lol 😂

Blunky · Answer

Nothing clears the sinuses like spicy food.

sage2021 · Answer

Cannot have any spicy food whatsoever!!

lilBigPotato · Answer

Love even my food carries some punch

WhitneySnow · Answer

A little spicy but not that spicy

Bricealan · Answer

@kittygosmeoww Not at all

exitseven · Answer

the opposite of spicy

jamesgoldman · Answer

Aromatic but pretty weak spice wise

DrPepper12 · Answer

Just short of that. Taste before heat

Menace69 · Answer

Not for me🌶️ always plain and simple.

Jay-_- · Answer

Depends what I'm eating.

nawtee_me · Answer

And it clears my sinuses

kaucky1 · Answer

Syracuhi or serrachi tastes good spicy

dougeats · Answer

Hot like my women lol

Anonymous · Answer

I like it moderately spicy.

khya22 · Answer

I don’t like spicy food at all

weirdguy20201 · Answer

I like it pretty spicy

Sandy1979 · Answer

Semi as long as I can taste the food.

wkhan_87 · Answer

We prefer medium spicy

Notherndude84 · Answer

I like spicy 🌶️

MrMichael69 · Answer

Not spicy

Summeroflove · Answer

Depends on my mood

PaleDale · Answer

Super spicy 🔥🔥🔥

talka20 · Answer

Spicy with salty

Danny_dan92 · Answer

Non spicy

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