Chicken Vindaloo with Cobra lager to wash it down.



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I’m the opposite OP, I used to be able to eat the hottest peppers. But now the salsa at the Mexican place tears me up.

I had a ulcer in 2003 and after it finally went away, I haven’t been able to handle the heat since.

Fairly high.

I eat a lot of Indian and Thai food, and generally will order it with 3-4 out of 5 stars on the spiciness scale. (3 on a normal day, and 4 when I want a little extra kick.) I'm also that guy who asks for hotter salsa at the Mexican restaurant. And I usually will ask for hot sauce when eating pizza, fried chicken/catfish, etc.

Most every meal I make at home has some source of heat added to it, whether that's with cayenne powder, chipotle, jalapenos, pepperoncinis, red pepper flakes, chili paste, or just a liberal dose of hot sauce added on top.

But on the other hand, I'm not willing to punish myself for hours by doing the "Carolina reaper challenge" or any of that kind of silly shit. There's definitely a point (about Habanero-ish) where it crosses over from "pleasantly hot and flavorful" to just "painful for no good reason".

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Originally posted by Strambo:
Above average, I enjoy up to habanero levels of heat. Ghost peppers and Reapers are a bit much.

This ^^^^^^^^.

I like spicy food that tastes good, not spicy to be manly, no interest in that game.

HK Ag

Low to medium. When I was younger I could eat anything. Now I have acid reflux and it's no fun. I still push the envelope at times, love my Drunken Noodles, red sauce at Halal Guys, and hot sauce on my tacos. As I've backed off the hot stuff, no I sweat when I eat spicy food.

I do fine eating spicy food ... but it is the coming out the back end that causes me burning pain.

My solution is to eat a lot of ice cream for dessert afterwards ... then when I am sitting on the throne the next day I am calling out, "Come on ice cream !".

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Low to medium. When I was younger I could eat anything. Now I have acid reflux and it's no fun. I still push the envelope at times, love my Drunken Noodles, red sauce at Halal Guys, and hot sauce on my tacos. As I've backed off the hot stuff, no I sweat when I eat spicy food.

I read that spicy foods are not supposed to trigger re-flux and do not exacerbate ulcers. The reasoning is that stomach acid is far more caustic than any pepper or spice!

I guess I never understood the appeal. Machismo perhaps.

We eat things for flavor. We do not eat things for pain. It makes no sense other than trying to prove you have more hair on your balls than the neighbor guy...or gal. Good for you.

I do dearly love the flavor of cayenne pepper, but that is as hot as I go.

I like some spice and some heat. On the other hand, I don’t see the point of doing the equivalent of sticking your tongue out and jabbing it repeatedly with a fork.

I enjoy hot sauce because of the combination of flavor and heat. I feel like any hotter sauces and the heat just overrides the flavor and it just becomes hot.

So for me it's just hot sauce. I can handle 1-2 "levels" higher but I don't like the absence of flavor in them.

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Originally posted by p08:

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Low to medium. When I was younger I could eat anything. Now I have acid reflux and it's no fun. I still push the envelope at times, love my Drunken Noodles, red sauce at Halal Guys, and hot sauce on my tacos. As I've backed off the hot stuff, no I sweat when I eat spicy food.

I read that spicy foods are not supposed to trigger re-flux and do not exacerbate ulcers. The reasoning is that stomach acid is far more caustic than any pepper or spice!

I've experienced that it does aggravate it. Maybe I'm an outlier, but for me it does. Even tomato sauce is enough to cause me problems at times.

I like spicy food, and enjoy most hot peppers except the ridiculously hot ones. No habaneros or ghost peppers, or stuff like that. But most others, bring ‘em on.

Make mine zero.

I can occasionally do jalapenos at the right time of year when they are weak. Spicy is plenty in my world.

Pretty high I think as I sometimes order Thai Hot and Indian Hot food and still even add more red peppers to it which surprises them. God Bless

double tap.

I've had dishes with Ghost, Reaper and Scorpion peppers. As long as it's not to ridiculous levels I can tolerate it and it does open up the taste buds I believe, and you can taste flavors better. Conversely I'm not in for the 'pain' and too much has ruined meals for me. It's amazing how little it takes, the difference between one drop and two can go from good to uneatable.

I worked with a guy who used to make what came to be known as "Marty's Triple Burn Chili." It burned your mouth, burned your gut while sitting there and burned your butt on the way out! On top of all the hot peppers, he'd spray whole cans of pepper spray in as an ingredient.

I prefer the milder side. There’s a line between heat that brings flavor and heat for the sake of more heat. I can tolerate a certain level, towards the medium/low end, if it brings flavor. Too often all I get is uncomfortable heat. No thanks.

Eating? Very High. My intestines the next day seem to disagree the older I get.

Got into a big jar of jalapenos and had hot ass for 2 days. Be awhile before I have a hankering for jalapeños again.