Spicy food that is just really hot but doesn't taste like anything.

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one who has noticed that some foods are just hot as possible and not even tasty at all? For example, I enjoy spicy foods that are seasoned well and have some kick to them, but lately it seems like just dousing food in cayenne, habanero and jalapeño is enough. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

I agree with you.

Actually, the only time I douse the food in spice (versus a reasonable amount of jalapenos, Sriracha, etc.) is when I know the food isn't going to taste good. My MIL is a terrible cook so I do this lol.

[Anonymous]

I kind of blame those eating challenges when you have to eat something that is lauded as "the hottest ____". Anytime I've seen people do it tv, the food doesn't look that good but they are crying and sweating trying to eat it .

[Anonymous]

Agree. I don't get this either.

[Anonymous]

Agree. I like spicy foods but only if they taste good underneath the heat. Sometimes it's just all fire and no flavor, though.

[Anonymous]

I don't get it at all. What's the point of eating something so spicy that there's no taste other than tears and pain?

I have a friend who likes to brag about the various spicy foods eating challenges he's done. He did some atomic burger challenge recently and when another friend asked him if it was a good burger, his response was, "no clue because all I could taste was hot."

Gross. I like spicy, but not 'make my nose so runny I'm sniffling through dinner' spicy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it at all. What's the point of eating something so spicy that there's no taste other than tears and pain?

I have a friend who likes to brag about the various spicy foods eating challenges he's done. He did some atomic burger challenge recently and when another friend asked him if it was a good burger, his response was, "no clue because all I could taste was hot."

Gross. I like spicy, but not 'make my nose so runny I'm sniffling through dinner' spicy.

You can eat something that is both "sniffling through dinner" spicy and really flavorful, but yeah I get that at a certain point, spice dominates everything else.

[Anonymous]

You realize that is the whole point of hot spice? To mask the flavor of the spoiled food underneath. Think it is a coincidence that hot and spicy developed in hot climates?

[Anonymous]

You also have to develop a tolerance for the heat before your palate learns to discern the other flavors and how it works with the heat.

[Anonymous]

I have always thought it is odd that "spicy" is so highly valued by many people but, to me, it just masks the real tastes. When I hear people talk about how something was so spicy their eyes watered then it makes me think that they don't have very good taste buds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that is the whole point of hot spice? To mask the flavor of the spoiled food underneath. Think it is a coincidence that hot and spicy developed in hot climates?

Not. Chilies were used for their spice and flavor but also because it kept the food from spoiling. not to mask the flavor of spoiled food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You realize that is the whole point of hot spice? To mask the flavor of the spoiled food underneath. Think it is a coincidence that hot and spicy developed in hot climates?

Not. Chilies were used for their spice and flavor but also because it kept the food from spoiling. not to mask the flavor of spoiled food.

No. Partly to mask it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You realize that is the whole point of hot spice? To mask the flavor of the spoiled food underneath. Think it is a coincidence that hot and spicy developed in hot climates?

Not. Chilies were used for their spice and flavor but also because it kept the food from spoiling. not to mask the flavor of spoiled food.

No. Partly to mask it.

Nope. Spices are expensive and were only affordable to rich people who did not need to eat spoiled food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You realize that is the whole point of hot spice? To mask the flavor of the spoiled food underneath. Think it is a coincidence that hot and spicy developed in hot climates?

Not. Chilies were used for their spice and flavor but also because it kept the food from spoiling. not to mask the flavor of spoiled food.

No. Partly to mask it.

Nope. Spices are expensive and were only affordable to rich people who did not need to eat spoiled food.

Not to mention that spoiled food would make you sick.

[Anonymous]

To me, this is unbearable. We were served sirarcha shrimp last weekend that tasted like nothing but peppers. Worse, the hostess didn't provide a different protein. No one except her family ate the shrimp. The rest of us had salad, corn on the cob, and lots of ice cream.