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Common Examples (Score:5, Insightful)
Boy, I might have included examples (Jalapeno, Habanero) of said peppers in the Poll instead of only one at the very end of the scale.
How about (Score:5, Insightful)
...to be tasty?
Anyone who eats a pepper based just on how chemically hot it feels is an idiot, or in their twenties, but I repeat myself.
Re:Depends on the dish (Score:5, Insightful)
Those who routinely eat extremely spicy food also don't realize that food is supposed to have so much actual flavor.
Rule #1 (Score:4, Insightful)
Eating food should not be a painful experience.
Sure I could "build up my tolerance" but I am not willing to go through the pain to do it. There are plenty of non-painful foods to please my pallet. I have nothing to prove by the spice level of my food.
Re:Common Examples (Score:4, Insightful)
That seems to put me at the ludicrously spicy level, yet that is only 'hot' according to the local shop.
It also depends on the cook. I'm not just into endorphin rush, I like food to taste rather than inflict. I've had 'medium' curry that was literally painful and not much else; the hottest curry I ever had was so perfectly balanced it didn't taste particularly hot at all---and then I swear my eyeballs were melting! I kept eating the delicious meal through the streaming tears and then enjoyed the buzz afterwards. And no ring of fire either.
Re:How about (Score:4, Insightful)
...to be tasty?
Anyone who eats a pepper based just on how chemically hot it feels is an idiot, or in their twenties, but I repeat myself.
Nonsense.
I like the burn. Completely aside from the flavor of various hot peppers (which I also really like), I really enjoy the heat. Over time, my tolerance has risen, too, to the point that food that many people find spicy is too bland to be fully enjoyable for me, even if the taste is really good. A local Mexican restaurant my wife really likes has salsa which is absolutely delicious, but leaves me unsatisfied because it's just not hot enough for full enjoyment. I've seriously considered taking something along to spice it up, hopefully without altering the flavor.
Of course, there are many people who don't like the burn for its own sake, and merely tolerate it in exchange for the flavor. And there are others who dislike the heat so much that they're unwilling to suffer it no matter how good the food tastes... or more accurately are so distracted by the burn that they can't actually taste the food at all. But none of these attitudes is wrong, much less idiotic as you say. People are different and have different tastes. That's a good thing.
Remember: Whatever Goes In... (Score:4, Insightful)
...usually comes out, too.
The "spiciness" of chiles normally has to be dealt with... TWICE.