Some Like It Hot. Do You?

[Sigmund]

Good evening.

Hot sauce/salsa.

I love hot sauce/salsa. The hotter, the better.

We eat fire over here. And LOVE it. (Break a sweat, turn red in the face, ears starts ringing and get the hiccups? That's perfect.)

What about you?

Thank you.

Peace.

 

[FlakeNoir]

I love hot stuff....
Chillies, curries, sauces... other things.

 

[GNTLGNT]

....I like it hot, and my food too-but if it's to high on the Scoville Scale, I'll pass...rather than having it pass through my colon....hot crossed buns indeed!....

 

[Lily Sawyer]

I love a good hot, and I allow myself to have really good hot food (Thai, Indian, or Mexican, usually) about 3 times a year or so. Unfortunately, as I've become older, the hot no longer likes me, so I pay for that hot curry in more ways than one.

I've had to compromise with milder hot sauces. I love putting Crystal hot sauce on Mexican food because it still punctuates the food with a little burn. It's like a Rockette's half-kick instead of a full kick.

 

[skimom2]

Making me hungry for a good hot curry... yum! I don't see the point, though, when it's so hot you kill your taste buds & can't taste anything but hot. I like food too much to do that--lol

 

[Autumn Gust]

Good evening.

Hot sauce/salsa.

I love hot sauce/salsa. The hotter, the better.

We eat fire over here. And LOVE it.

(Break a sweat, turn red in the face, ears starts ringing and get the hiccups? That's perfect.)

What about you?

Thank you.

Peace.

Reminds me of the John Mellencamp song: Hurts So Good.

 

[xkittyx]

No hot stuff for me, thanks. Chipotle ranch dressing is about as hot as I can go, and even that's a little much for me.

 

[Tim D.]

I love hot food and hot sauces. I eat fresh jalapenos with nearly everything. I did try a habanero sauce that I thought was going to kill me so I think I'll stay away from it, but otherwise bring on the heat.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

Making me hungry for a good hot curry... yum! I don't see the point, though, when it's so hot you kill your taste buds & can't taste anything but hot. I like food too much to do that--lol

If you can't taste the food, that's a bad hot. When you still can distinguish specific flavors, like cilantro and lemongrass and curry powder and avocado and pork, that's a good hot. I love the slow burn of chipotles with chicken, the quick kick of serranos in Thai food, the explosion of habaneros in sausage, the almost humid heat of Hatch green chilis from New Mexico over enchiladas and in eggs. Some things were just meant to be paired with capsaicin.

 

[VultureLvr45]

Love the hot... As long as it doesn't kill my taste buds. No sriracha sauce though, too hot, but Franks?

 

[VultureLvr45]

If you can't taste the food, that's a bad hot. When you still can distinguish specific flavors, like cilantro and lemongrass and curry powder and avocado and pork, that's a good hot. I love the slow burn of chipotles with chicken, the quick kick of serranos in Thai food, the explosion of habaneros in sausage, the almost humid heat of Hatch green chilis from New Mexico over enchiladas and in eggs. Some things were just meant to be paired with capsaicin.

Lily, I'm salivating like a mad fox... and am craving burritos, buffalo wings, chicken curry. Thank you

 

[Sigmund]

Ha!

So, it's just me.

Habanero peppers are freaking HOT but the blast lasts for a minute or so. Bummer. Piquien peppers are not as hot but they linger.

So, I make a hot sauce with both. Have the blast and linger.

(Momma tells us we are *barbaros*. (Barbarian)

(We don't suffer that butt burn. Mayhaps, we have have a callous anus. Ha!)

Peace.

 

[Grandpa]

I love hot food, but as I got older, it doesn't always agree with me, so I've dialed back. But I'm the guy who, when the sushi group is out, has the greenest wasabi/soy mixture, by far. When they bring out the plate of fish and rolls, everyone says, "Grandpa's here! We need more wasabi!" True story.

The other true story. Grandma and I went to a Korean restaurant on a San Francisco trip. One of the dishes was skate. Hm, I thought. I've never had skate. I ordered skate.

The waiter and apparent proprietor said in somewhat halting English, "Uh... hot. That meal hot."

"It's okay. I like hot food."

He looked uncertain. He said, "Hot. Even I think.... hot."

Oh, so now we're in a measuring contest, are we? Just because you think it's spicy means that it's too much for me? I looked at him deliberately and said, "It's okay. I like hot food."

He gave up, and we got our main dishes and about 63 little side dishes, one of which looked like whole minnows crisped golden. Something else looked like an alien plant.

I tried the skate. It had the texture and feel of pebbles tied together with strips of leather, and it was a freakin' blast furnace inside my mouth. I sat and chewed on the leather and crunched the pebbles in near-complete stoicism. I allowed myself a tiny sip of water every few minutes. I also ate the side dishes, and those crunchy whole-body minnows weren't bad at all, the alien vegetables were quite tasty, and they were all pretty good. Apparently, their ingredients did not include skate.

He came back after a bit. "Everything okay?"

Grandma said her food was delicious. I couldn't say the same, because it wasn't, not by a long shot, but I sat there with half my main dish gone, my water glass still nearly full, smiled at him and said, "It's fine."

So if you're in a Korean restaurant, don't order skate, especially if they say it's hot and spicy, because they're just trying to mask a decidedly ugly meal with lots of heat.

Years later, I had an occasion to spend a few weeks in South Korea. I liked darn near everything I put in my mouth, including jellyfish salad and assorted kimchee. But I never saw any skate, and I would've passed if I had.

 

[MadamMack]

I love hot stuff....
men especially... other things, like other men.

Whoo lawd, me too gurl!

Spoiler

you can kill me now, but don't take my chocolate, please!

 

[skimom2]

If you can't taste the food, that's a bad hot. When you still can distinguish specific flavors, like cilantro and lemongrass and curry powder and avocado and pork, that's a good hot. I love the slow burn of chipotles with chicken, the quick kick of serranos in Thai food, the explosion of habaneros in sausage, the almost humid heat of Hatch green chilis from New Mexico over enchiladas and in eggs. Some things were just meant to be paired with capsaicin.

 

[blunthead]

I love a good hot, and I allow myself to have really good hot food (Thai, Indian, or Mexican, usually) about 3 times a year or so. Unfortunately, as I've become older, the hot no longer likes me, so I pay for that hot curry in more ways than one.

I've had to compromise with milder hot sauces. I love putting Crystal hot sauce on Mexican food because it still punctuates the food with a little burn. It's like a Rockette's half-kick instead of a full kick.

I've always liked it hot, but in my 40s I started having reflux problems. The doctor ordered Prevacid and it cured me. Prevacid, Prilosec and Nexium are all over the counter now, the first two of which are available in generic form. I take either Prevacid or Prilosec; both of them work equally well, and I can eat practically anything I want without repercussions.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Whoo lawd, me too gurl!

Spoiler

you can kill me now, but don't take my chocolate, please!

WTHell? I did NOT say that....

Your chocolate is in danger my girl... mortal fricken danger!

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Hot is good. I often enjoy walking out to the garden, picking a couple of Hungarian Wax peppers, dressing them, slapping them on bread with butter. Fresh hot pepper sandwich... Yummy.

(Just need to be careful not to rub the eyes with your fingers or you go blind for awhile)

 

[EAST COASTER]

A cautionary tale about curry and beer.
When I was at college one of our friends took us out with his new credit card one night. After a little liquid refreshment we decided on a curry and duly invaded a small Indian restaurant where we all loudly ordered the hottest curry on the menu. I think the chef must have seen us and decided to teach us a lesson because the first mouthful was delicious, but soon after I lost all feeling in my mouth and the tears started to flow.
None of us wanted to be the first to give in so we all carried on crying, sweating and stoically chewing until it had all gone.
Needless to say the next day was a little uncomfortable and not a little fragrant

 

[carrie's younger brother]

I love hot food, but as I got older, it doesn't always agree with me, so I've dialed back. But I'm the guy who, when the sushi group is out, has the greenest wasabi/soy mixture, by far. When they bring out the plate of fish and rolls, everyone says, "Grandpa's here! We need more wasabi!" True story.

The other true story. Grandma and I went to a Korean restaurant on a San Francisco trip. One of the dishes was skate. Hm, I thought. I've never had skate. I ordered skate.

The waiter and apparent proprietor said in somewhat halting English, "Uh... hot. That meal hot."

"It's okay. I like hot food."

He looked uncertain. He said, "Hot. Even I think.... hot."

Oh, so now we're in a measuring contest, are we? Just because you think it's spicy means that it's too much for me? I looked at him deliberately and said, "It's okay. I like hot food."

He gave up, and we got our main dishes and about 63 little side dishes, one of which looked like whole minnows crisped golden. Something else looked like an alien plant.

I tried the skate. It had the texture and feel of pebbles tied together with strips of leather, and it was a freakin' blast furnace inside my mouth. I sat and chewed on the leather and crunched the pebbles in near-complete stoicism. I allowed myself a tiny sip of water every few minutes. I also ate the side dishes, and those crunchy whole-body minnows weren't bad at all, the alien vegetables were quite tasty, and they were all pretty good. Apparently, their ingredients did not include skate.

He came back after a bit. "Everything okay?"

Grandma said her food was delicious. I couldn't say the same, because it wasn't, not by a long shot, but I sat there with half my main dish gone, my water glass still nearly full, smiled at him and said, "It's fine."

So if you're in a Korean restaurant, don't order skate, especially if they say it's hot and spicy, because they're just trying to mask a decidedly ugly meal with lots of heat.

Years later, I had an occasion to spend a few weeks in South Korea. I liked darn near everything I put in my mouth, including jellyfish salad and assorted kimchee. But I never saw any skate, and I would've passed if I had.

Great story!
But, skate should not have the "texture and feel of pebbles tied together with strips of leather." That was just bad skate.