QOTW: Oct.2nd - Oct.8th ~ Spicy or hot

[Guest guest]

Hi Gayle and Chris. Interesting points you two bring up and oh so

true. Playing with words.

 

Growing up in Texas I've always thought " spicy " meant " flavor hot " .

Ever since being introduced into the Indian, Pakistani, Thai, etc.

cuisines I've come to realize that " spicy " means " with much spice " but

I still tend to use it as " flavor hot " .

 

Still down in Texas things get confusing - typical Texan dinner conversation -

 

" Oooooh man this is ssspicy! "

 

" Really - hot or too many spices?? "

 

" Hot!! "

 

" Ooh really - spicy-heat hot or temperature hot?? "

 

" WATERRRRRRRRRR!!! "

 

 

 

And of course the water only temporarily helps if you keep it in your

mouth and don't swallow it.

 

 

 

On 10/5/05, glpveg4life wrote:

> Hi Chris:

>

> That is correct spice does mean with spice.. And food that is spiced with

> " HOT " spices should be hot with flavor not just hot.

>

> Gayle

[Guest guest]

Water just spreads the oils around your mouth, bread or rice is a better bet.

 

Gayle

 

 

subprong <subprong

 

Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:08:38 -0500

Re: Re: QOTW: Oct.2nd - Oct.8th ~ Spicy or hot

 

 

Hi Gayle and Chris. Interesting points you two bring up and oh so

true. Playing with words.

 

Growing up in Texas I've always thought " spicy " meant " flavor hot " .

Ever since being introduced into the Indian, Pakistani, Thai, etc.

cuisines I've come to realize that " spicy " means " with much spice " but

I still tend to use it as " flavor hot " .

 

Still down in Texas things get confusing - typical Texan dinner conversation -

 

" Oooooh man this is ssspicy! "

 

" Really - hot or too many spices?? "

 

" Hot!! "

 

" Ooh really - spicy-heat hot or temperature hot?? "

 

" WATERRRRRRRRRR!!! "

 

 

 

And of course the water only temporarily helps if you keep it in your

mouth and don't swallow it.

 

 

 

On 10/5/05, glpveg4life wrote:

> Hi Chris:

>

> That is correct spice does mean with spice.. And food that is spiced with

> " HOT " spices should be hot with flavor not just hot.

>

> Gayle

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Gayle, I've heard this about bread too. I think you want something

that will soak up the oils. I've also heard that sugar or chocolate

helps and somehow counterbalances the acidity of the capsicum. Not

for certain though.

 

S.

 

" Water just spreads the oils around your mouth, bread or rice is a better bet.

 

Gayle "

[Guest guest]

" The oil in dairy products dissolves the oily

capsaicin, thus reducing its power to burn your

mouth. "

http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmag/bk_issue/1996/sepoct/dept3.htm

 

sugar, whole milk, ice cream, other dairy products.

http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/3_ask/archive/qna/3294_peppers.html

 

I have had a piece of bread and butter/margarine/Earth

Balance.

 

Gary

 

--- subprong <subprong wrote:

 

> Hi Gayle, I've heard this about bread too. I

> think you want something that will soak up the

> oils. I've also heard that sugar or chocolate

> helps and somehow counterbalances the acidity

> of the capsicum. Not for certain though.

>

> S.

[Guest guest]

Those were very interesting, Gary.

 

" Technically, chilis are not peppers at all, nor are green bell

peppers. They all belong to the species Capsicum annuum, and the

family Solanaceae, which includes potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. We

call them peppers because when Spanish explorers first sampled chilis

in the Caribbean islands, they likened the pungent flavor to the black

pepper they knew. "

 

I think in the UK they call bell peppers " capsicum " .

 

" Some archeologists credit birds with the expansion of wild chili

plants. They believe birds ate the seeds and then scattered them from

Bolivia to Central and South America. "

 

Am I correct in that birds can not sense/feel the heat in what they

are eating. Thought I heard that somewhere.

 

As to the dairy, I remember seeing a pickled (whole) jalapeno eating

contest. Each contestant had a bowl of pickles jalps and two huge

glasses of milk. Although the second article said there wasn't any

definitive answer on that, it must be effective in some fashion and to

some.

 

Good reads as usual.

 

S.

 

----

 

" The oil in dairy products dissolves the oily

capsaicin, thus reducing its power to burn your

mouth. "

http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmag/bk_issue/1996/sepoct/dept3.htm

 

sugar, whole milk, ice cream, other dairy products.

http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/3_ask/archive/qna/3294_peppers.html

 

I have had a piece of bread and butter/margarine/Earth

Balance.

 

Gary