growing up in texas skews the odds in favor of spicy. you ask midwesterners and you'll likely see far different results. my wife is from austria where the food is most definately not spicy. she's been in training for the last 10 years however and has made progress. she likes it but still gets the hiccups if i cook with too much heat.
"being South Indian" you probably have a lot of us here at a disadvantage as far as how hot is hot but my favorites… in order of overall flavor, and potential heat Indian, Thai then Cajun. What’s the best Indian place in Houston?
Spicy is fine, hot is fine. I draw the limit where I can't taste food or I will get the s#!ts if I eat something.
my wife is trying, she likes it but can only handle so much. my children, on the other hand, are a total disgrace thus far.
Mex, Cajun, and Thai are the trifecta of cuisines. My faves: Real nachos (not the ones with globs of stuff dumped on a mound of chips). Blackened Catfish Yum Neau (Thai Beef Salad)
Things are getting better here in the Upper Midwest. When I first got to MN it was hard finding anything spicy and I would litterally bring hot sauce from CA when I would visit. Now though most stores carry Sriracha and hot salsa. Most native Minnesotans though still can't handle spicy though. Once I was cooking for some friends of mine and made homemade pico de gallo. Knowing their sensibilities I only put one Jalepeno to about a pound of tomatoes and onions. I thought this one girl who grew up here was going to have a heart attack. Since I'm rambling another funny spice story was the only Hooters I've been too was in Singapore and I went with a bunch of Singaporeans. They ordered the hot wings and asked the waitress how hot they were. She said they were American so not hot at all.
I hit "No" because there's no middle ground. I like jalapenos on nachos, for example. But I couldn't even come close to what the op described. I hate piling on the spice.. some is good. More than "some" makes me not want to eat it. That's with the "hot" spicy. I love the horseradish spicy.. I will use wasabi with sushi until each bite makes me cry for 30 seconds..
Good god yes. The hotter the better. Also applies to sex. If it's not hot, odds are it's getting smothered in Sriracha.
Jalapenos on/in pizza, burgers, nachos, wraps, cornbread Buffalo wings hot sauce or salsa in eggs (juevos con chorizo) chips and salsa
I'm Gujarati (both parents are from Bombay though, so no real ties to Gujarat), so while we don't PILE on the spices in our food, we definitely do like it spicy. I don't like it when you can't even taste the food, but I can handle a little bit of a kick. I just don't see the point in emptying bottles and bottles of red sauce....what's the point of eating the food then? You might as well just put a straw in the bottle and call it a meal.
