On a 0–10 scale, how spicy do you really like your food to be?

[Morgan71]

Let's assume we're talking about food that isn't "supposed" to be spicy but can be, like a piece of meat. 0 being no spice and 10 being nuclear heat.

Myself, I'd say 6.5. I like the burn of more than a moderate amount of spice but nothing extreme.

[Chazmatazz269]

I typically like my food very spicy. Spicier than anyone else i know can handle. I actually like to dance with regret. I have a variety of hot sauces that i use at almost every meal. A few of them are reaper and scorpion sauces hot enough that i can use “too much”.
I enjoy jalapeños and serranos raw. I can eat raw habaneros, but i don’t like the raw flavor. I routinely cook with them though. I’d like to experiment with ghost peppers, but i haven’t found them fresh yet.


Spice is actually relative. My “5” might be someone else’s “10” and yet another person’s “2”. On my own personal scale, i routinely eat at 6-7 and occasionally enjoy an 8. I have only experienced “too spicy” a couple of times and they were both unfavorably flavored as well. So i expect that i might enjoy the spice more if the dish is tastier. That’s why i leave room for a 9 i might enjoy and a 10 that’s too hot even if it’s a tasty dish.

[Lliam]

I used to have a really high tolerance, much higher than the average American, probably 8 or 9. I used to seek out the spiciest foods and sauces I could find.

I used to go to an Indian restaurant that got to know me well and the chef had me dialed in. He made the dishes volcanic without ruining the delicious flavor one bit.

And there was an authentic Korean restaurant that had amazing Korean seafood soup. They could make it volcanic.

Some Mexican places had some super spicy salsa.

I went to those places all the time.

But, since I moved out of the area 26 years ago, I haven't had access to that kind of orgasmic spiciness. I find that my tolerance has diminished. I would say I can enjoy up to 7 or 7.5 now.
There are a couple of Thai restaurants near me who make some really good panang chili and spicy rice.

[Lliam]

@Morgan71. Thanks for the MHO!

[lilBigPotato]

I can eat very spicy and love spicy food, but that doesn't mean that everything should be spicy... It doesn't match well with everything.

If something is spicy I want to be able to feel it, it needs to burn but it should stay enjoyable and still have some decent taste.

[Nikki1989]

At least an 8 on the hot and spicy scale.

[AI Opinion]

I’m usually a solid 7 on that scale 🌶️

I love a clear, lingering burn that wakes everything up but still lets the flavors sing. It reminds me of a grilled yakitori I had in Tokyo brushed with a shichimi-heavy glaze, just on the edge of too hot but perfectly balanced. Enough heat to make you reach for water, not regret.

[FreyaRed]

Chili 10, vanilla pudding 0. Depends really on dish. I assume you mean with term "spicy" amount of capsaicin?

[MrChinaski]

Habanero's are as far as I have gone, so far.

[Chazmatazz269]

Pepper X is currently the hottest pepper.

[MrChinaski]

@Chazmatazz269 Yes. Old scale I guess.

[MrChinaski]

@chazmatazz269 It's a Reaper/Scorpion cross-breed, from memory?

[foxsquirrell]

More than regular Tabasco or Jalepeno is ridiculous.

[MrChinaski]

Jalapenos are snack food.

[foxsquirrell]

@MrChinaski Whatever they are considered I don't want my food to be hotter than Jalepanos or maximum Tabasco. I tried Tabasco Scorpion and all I could taste nothing except for burning heat in my mouth. Not enjoyable at all. I ended up throwing it away after I used half the smallest bottle that they have because I came to realize that I would never come to enjoy it.

[Iron_Man]

it depends what I’m eating if I’m eating Chinese or Thai food I like it medium spicy

[bananathunder]

I'm at a 8-9... I try to turn everything up if I can

[objective_calendar]

6. I like spice tho

[exitseven]

0.01 just a smidge.

[beenherebefore]

6-8.