I've lost my tolerance for spicy food.

[hippywife]

We went out for a while today. Went to the aquarium and decided we were so hungry we would have an early dinner out. Thai sounded really good so away we went. I had shrimp pad thai and Bill had the chicken version after a lovely satay appetizer. He ordered his dinner mild because he really doesn't care for too much heat, never has. He says I smirked, I did not smirk. I ordered mine medium. OMG! It hurt to eat this stuff. Every bite was full of pain. Bill said his was much spicier than mild but was tolerable.

Mine went something like this:















I had him stop at Sonic on the way home and buy me a fresh lime slush.



And I DID NOT smirk!

[beac]

1. Losing my ability to eat spicy foods is one of my greatest fears.

There's a history of middle-aged gastrointestinal problems in my family and I'll probably be facing that fear sooner rather than later. :(

Okay, I'm off to put some Siracha on something while I still can...

[hippywife]

2. Enjoy your Siracha.

Yep. My belly was even burning. My tongue felt like all the taste buds on it were standing straight up in panic trying to escape. :(

[Warpy]

5. My digestion's crippled by years of Prednisone

but I find I can tolerate hot peppers just fine. Things that wreck me are canola oil in any amount (the stuff is Satanic, I'm telling you), tomato sauce, especially with meat of some description, and any dish that's too heavy with any sort of meat, even chicken or turkey. It's just too heavy for me these days.

However, I load the lighter fare with ginger, cinnamon, chile peppers of all heat levels, and my beloved Sriracha sauce, singly or in combination. Hot peppers are great and they have just never set off the nuclear warhead in my gut like even a drop of canola oil does.

Your triggers are likely to be different ones, but the canola oil is a pretty consistent irritant for a lot of people with digestive problems.

[beac]

6. Wow, canola oil-- never would have guessed that one.

On the bright side, I love coconut, which I hear has wonderful protective powers for the digestive system. My dad is taking a couple of tablespoons a day to good effect.

[yellerpup]

7. I use coconut oil for lots of different uses.

I bought it so I could use it to fry food, but I use it for skin emollient (absorbs very well), put a drop of it into my after-shampoo conditioner, and have made cookies with it adding a little of it to the butter mixture. (still tinkering with that) Although it is saturated fat, it has no cholesterol. :thumbsup:

[The empressof all]

3. It probably was the cook

I know one Thai place near me makes their medium super hot....I think each place or cook has their own heat scale. You should have sent it back if they over seasoned it.

[Duer 157099]

4. Several months ago I started adding chili powder to my coffee

Well actually it was a cocoa-chili mixture that I would add, but I noticed that I enjoyed the punch; and with all the health benefits associated with spicy things, I figured it might offset the damage of caffeine.

I hope I *never* lose the ability to eat spice! Lo siento!

[yellerpup]

8. That's so sad, sis!

Except for the lime slush, that is. I love spicy foods and hot peppers in any form thrill me but not when it causes pain. I think the chef must have lost count of how many times he added pepper to your meal. Even if you had smirked, that's no reason to light you up! :hug:

[hippywife]

12. Bill thought I smirked at him

when he ordered his mild. I really didn't. I'm used to him not caring for very spicy foods. I think you are probably right. I think they just got a little heavy handed with the peppers. It should not have been that hot!

:hi:

[yellerpup]

14. Well, I hope he didn't glow with schadenfreud while you were glowing

from a hot pepper torching. I'm sure he didn't. ;-)

It the cook was new, they might have tried to substitute habaneros for birds eye. I think serranos are more the equivalent. I had a dot of habanero sauce once on the tip of a toothpick, and I kid you not, I lost my vision for a split second and when it came back my eyes were still crossed. Literally! :rofl:

[hippywife]

15. I don't think they have

any other kind of peppers there but the little Thai chilis. I didn't see anything else in there. :shrug:

Friends of ours grow Scotch Bonnets and he was always trying to get me to try one. No way!

So, how long did your eyes stay that way? LOL ;)

[yellerpup]

16. Seriously, almost 30 seconds.

I thought I might have had a mild stroke! Scotch Bonnets should be called Scorch Burnits. I had smoke curling out of my ears (that IS metaphorical)! :pals:

[housewolf]

9. I've NEVER been able to eat much hot spice!

Ever. In my whole life! Even the little red pepper flakes that you shake on pizza are too much for me - I just can't take the heat. I can do a little chili powder mixed with meat, but basically my mexican needs to be mild. I won't even go near many/most ethnic foods that a include hot spices.

Sometimes I feel like I'm missing something... but the fact is, it's painful to me and not at all pleasurable. I just can't take it.

I often am bewildered by the impetus to "kick it up" when it comes to hot spices.

[Tesha]

10. I'm the same...

Perhaps it's tradition or maybe it's in the genes, but there are tastes I just can't enjoy.
So many things taste wonderful, why eat "hot"?

[The empressof all]

11. For me it was a skill I needed to develop

I started out slow with Mexican...(Which now to me is not what I would call spicy anymore) Then I moved over into Spicy Asian flavors. In an unfamiliar restaurant I'll aways order medium. Heat can be added in if needed.

The one hot food I just don't get is Buffalo Wings. Indian Hot wings are wonderful but the American version just seems all heat no flavor to me.

[hippywife]

13. I adore Buffalo Wings.

I love that tangy sauce with the cool chunky bleu cheese. One of my favorite flavor combos. :9

There's a place back in Columbus called Roosters. I really miss eating there. They have the best wings and you can get them as spicy as you can stand them.

http://www.roosterswings.com/index.php

[hobbit709]

17. Heat doesn't bother me.

when I order Thai food here I usually ask for extra peppers on the side.