Just a heat question

FlashkaBob · December 2012

Why is it that every where I look, everyone seems to want to make everything so bloody hot with spices that their cook will tear the roof off of your mouth? Do people no longer have taste buds that can enjoy the subtle and complex flavours that more gentle spices can provide? A huge amount of heat would seem to me to overpower everything and give you nothing but a burn at both the entrance and exit of the body.

nolaegghead · December 2012

You must be from up north living in the south.

Hahahah, seriously, heat and spice is a personal preference. Some people have WAY more tastebuds on their tongues than average - these people are "super tasters". Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I like heat some times, and I like aromatics other times. I don't like the feeling of flatware passing sideways through the exit ramp a day after "nacho fest", so I sympathize with ya there. Some people can taste every spice in a dish, even if it seems overwhelming to someone who's very sensitive to heat. If you grow up with spice, your brain learns to attenuate those senses. It's like a dark tan.

TheEasyLife · December 2012

Just personal preference.. I like spicy food but not super spicy. Last night had enchiladas and made mine with a tad more heat. My 9 yr old son added hot sauce to his. Everyone else was fine with the mild enchilada sauce.

It's much like people preference on te done ness of their meat.. Most pics here show rare or med rare. I'm a medium to med well fan except on London broil.

FlashkaBob · December 2012

nolaegghead said:

You must be from up north living in the south.

Hahahah, seriously, heat and spice is a personal preference. Some people have WAY more tastebuds on their tongues than average - these people are "super tasters". Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I like heat some times, and I like aromatics other times. I don't like the feeling of flatware passing sideways through the exit ramp a day after "nacho fest", so I sympathize with ya there. Some people can taste every spice in a dish, even if it seems overwhelming to someone who's very sensitive to heat. If you grow up with spice, your brain learns to attenuate those senses. It's like a dark tan.

As a matter of fact I am from up north but I still live their. The LBGE looks great beside the Igloo. I come from a Scottish background where the only spices in the cupboard are salt and pepper and only what can be shaken onto your dinner. The land of Haggis. I have become quite adventurous in my spice selection but still and probably never will enjoy burn the roof of your mouth off heat in my cooks.

Fred19Flintstone · December 2012

I like a little heat, but nothing that burns while entering & exiting. Wilma on the other hand hates spicy. I always have to be mindful of that. She likes a savory flavor profile, but won't tolerate much heat at all. Just to piggyback on my thread from yesterday a little bit. I'm looking to make Mickey's Coffee Rub and I'm having trouble finding ancho chili powder. I have no idea if it's spicy or what. When I get my hands on that ingredient, its spicyness will guide my hand as to how much to use.

FlashkaBob · December 2012

Fred19Flintstone said:

I like a little heat, but nothing that burns while entering & exiting. Wilma on the other hand hates spicy. I always have to be mindful of that. She likes a savory flavor profile, but won't tolerate much heat at all. Just to piggyback on my thread from yesterday a little bit. I'm looking to make Mickey's Coffee Rub and I'm having trouble finding ancho chili powder. I have no idea if it's spicy or what. When I get my hands on that ingredient, its spicyness will guide my hand as to how much to use.

Hi Fred,

It was this post that inspired my question (LOL)

jlsm · December 2012

@Fred19Flintstone: Ancho is the least "spicy" spicy pepper. It has a great taste. You can get it from Penzey's online. Buy the bag and not the jar for value. Mickey's rub sounds perfect for you. I've been meaning to make it, too.

SmokinDAWG82 · December 2012

I like a little heat but SWMBO does not even like me to add black pepper. There are a lot of good recipes on here and if they call for 20 habeneros I just leave them out. You usually get a wonderful flavor but with less heat. For just mild chilli flavor use pablano's or ancho's. Even Jalapeno's are not real hot if you remove the seeds and pith

fishlessman · December 2012

i like spicey hot food, some times hotter is better, i get more.
:D
some find bell peppers spicey, its what you grew up with, but you cant make some foods not spicey, a buffalo wing wouldnt be a buffalo wing if it wasnt hot and spicey.

newegg13 · December 2012

Fred19Flintstone said:
I like a little heat, but nothing that burns while entering & exiting. Wilma on the other hand hates spicy. I always have to be mindful of that. She likes a savory flavor profile, but won't tolerate much heat at all. Just to piggyback on my thread from yesterday a little bit. I'm looking to make Mickey's Coffee Rub and I'm having trouble finding ancho chili powder. I have no idea if it's spicy or what. When I get my hands on that ingredient, its spicyness will guide my hand as to how much to use.

Ancho chili powder isn't too spicy. I was able to find it at Whole Foods.

Millsy · December 2012

I love the spice going in but cant take it going out anymore for some reason.

Little Steven · December 2012

FlashkaBob said:

Why is it that every where I look, everyone seems to want to make everything so bloody hot with spices that their cook will tear the roof off of your mouth? Do people no longer have taste buds that can enjoy the subtle and complex flavours that more gentle spices can provide? A huge amount of heat would seem to me to overpower everything and give you nothing but a burn at both the entrance and exit of the body.

It's an acquired thing.

FlashkaBob · December 2012

Little Steven said:

FlashkaBob said:

Why is it that every where I look, everyone seems to want to make everything so bloody hot with spices that their cook will tear the roof off of your mouth? Do people no longer have taste buds that can enjoy the subtle and complex flavours that more gentle spices can provide? A huge amount of heat would seem to me to overpower everything and give you nothing but a burn at both the entrance and exit of the body.

It's an acquired thing.

So what you are saying is that you have to melt the taste buds out of your head a few times and then you need more and more of the hot stuff to taste anything at all?

Little Steven · December 2012

No, I'm saying that as you get used to a certain level of heat you tend to crave more. Heat accentuates flavour, it doesn't hide it.

FlashkaBob · December 2012

Little Steven said:

No, I'm saying that as you get used to a certain level of heat you tend to crave more. Heat accentuates flavour, it doesn't hide it.

You've gotta understand where I'm coming from. One of my (Scottish) mothers favourite recipes was "Mince and Tatties" (mashed potatoes with salt and cooked ground beef with salt dumped on top.) That's it ! I hated it then and have never had the urge to try it now. However that is the kind of meals I grew up with

Little Steven · December 2012

Hahaha. I made mince n totties for dinner last night. Leftovers going into a pie tonight.

AleBrewer · December 2012

I used to love hot n spicy stuff. But, after years of eating and drinking anything I wanted, I can no longer handle really spicy stuff anymore.....just really tears my stomach up now.

I stick to ancho and chipotle for my hot n spicy now.

FlashkaBob · December 2012

LOL ! You have got to be Scottish yourself. How in the hell did you ever morph into a heat freak?? What part of the planet do you now hang your hat?

FlashkaBob · December 2012

My father still refuses to eat anything with Garlic in it

Little Steven · December 2012

My grandparents were Scottish. I grew up in a neighbourhood that was about 90% Scots immigrants as well. I am in Ontario, Canada

FlashkaBob · December 2012

I'm also from Ontario. Born and raised in Ajax and Pickering and now live in a small town called Seaforth, about 45 minutes west of Stratford. I still can't handle the heat of hot peppers. SmokinDawg said earlier in this discussion "Even Jalapeno's are not real hot if you remove the seeds and pith." If you do that what are you left with? Skin?

Little Steven · December 2012

I grew up in Malton. Lived in a community that was built by Avro while they were building the Arrow. Most of the people that lived there were British immigrants and the majority were Scot. In Caledon now near Orangeville. SmokinDawg is correct. Most of the heat in any chili is in the membrane that supports the seeds and the seeds themselves. There is a fair amount of flesh on most peppers and if you blister the skin on high heat it will peel off. Like roasted red peppers. Much milder than the whole chili.

Skiddymarker · December 2012

Ah, Ajax and Pickering, the home of my ancestors, 9 generations ago, still have an aunt who lives just south of 401 - Scot and German. Spice is acquired and regional. We had a Korean student stay with us, she ate red pepper paste and kim-chi that would literally take the whole top of your head off. She found Pace salsa, medium to be too spicy. It was much milder than what she ate, it was a different.

SWMBO can tell if there is a single pepper corn in the soup pot, I might be able to tell you if there was a tablespoon of pepper - she has a very sensitive palate, mine not so much.

+1 on the ancho - lots of taste, little heat.

SamFerrise · December 2012

There is no middle ground on the hot spices. You either love them or hate them. You can't make it hot enough for me, however, there are limits. I never put the nuclear stuff on a good steak or other prime cuts. Super heat is reserved for chili, wings, chicken and most pork. I always make some with no heat for the sissies in the family. Make some ABT's with Habanera pepper. They are off the chain!

FlashkaBob · December 2012

SamFerrise said:

There is no middle ground on the hot spices. You either love them or hate them. You can't make it hot enough for me, however, there are limits. I never put the nuclear stuff on a good steak or other prime cuts. Super heat is reserved for chili, wings, chicken and most pork. I always make some with no heat for the sissies in the family. Make some ABT's with Habanera pepper. They are off the chain!

You callin me a sissy fella?

Little Steven · December 2012

FlashkaBob said:

SamFerrise said:

There is no middle ground on the hot spices. You either love them or hate them. You can't make it hot enough for me, however, there are limits. I never put the nuclear stuff on a good steak or other prime cuts. Super heat is reserved for chili, wings, chicken and most pork. I always make some with no heat for the sissies in the family. Make some ABT's with Habanera pepper. They are off the chain!

You callin me a sissy fella?

I was thinking about you yesterday when I went to my local Indian place for lunch. He didn't have anything really spicy in the buffet so in addition to my dosa and tin of diced chilis he batters and fries a bunch of long chilis. He always brings me a ramekin full of diced chilis anyway and he puts them in my dosa.

FlashkaBob · December 2012

Sounds absolutely repulsive. What is a dosa?

nolaegghead · December 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosa

Little Steven · December 2012

It's like a crepe made with a batter of fermented rice and yellow lentils

Stoater · December 2012

FlashkaBob said:

nolaegghead said:

You must be from up north living in the south.

Hahahah, seriously, heat and spice is a personal preference. Some people have WAY more tastebuds on their tongues than average - these people are "super tasters". Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I like heat some times, and I like aromatics other times. I don't like the feeling of flatware passing sideways through the exit ramp a day after "nacho fest", so I sympathize with ya there. Some people can taste every spice in a dish, even if it seems overwhelming to someone who's very sensitive to heat. If you grow up with spice, your brain learns to attenuate those senses. It's like a dark tan.

As a matter of fact I am from up north but I still live their. The LBGE looks great beside the Igloo. I come from a Scottish background where the only spices in the cupboard are salt and pepper and only what can be shaken onto your dinner. The land of Haggis. I have become quite adventurous in my spice selection but still and probably never will enjoy burn the roof of your mouth off heat in my cooks.

What you don't like tabasco sauce in yer stovies or yer tatties n mince?

FlashkaBob · December 2012

Accch no. I like green, red, yellow and orange bell peppers, I like a little bit of black pepper; I will even tolerate a pinch of pepperika but I'll no have any of that bloody Jalapeno peppers from hell especially when they're still burning from the fires of hell !

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