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What Makes Us Love the Pain of Hot Peppers?
WSJ ^ | 28 Aug 2021 | Matt Siegel

Posted on 08/29/2021 8:55:48 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

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To: Openurmind

—”Bland boring food was the biggest drive behind ancient global exploration.”

They did call them the spice islands!


61 posted on 08/29/2021 9:49:11 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Then again, maybe the explanation is simpler.

Yeah, it is. Spicy-hot tastes good. Long before there were any sociologists around to ponder such mysteries, Pliny the Elder was complaining that the Roman empire sent India 50 million sesterces every year for black pepper.
62 posted on 08/29/2021 9:51:37 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: DUMBGRUNT
If Medieval Europe could have grown their own peppers & chilis, would that great effort to reach the 'Spice Islands' (Indonesia) have taken place? Remember, a peppercorn was more than gold, and a reasonable cargo was a lifetime of wealth.

If the sci-fi fantasy of backwards time travel were ever to send a traveler back to before 1500AD, they'd be smart to skip heavy gold in favor of the average household's spice cabinet. We of the modern age have NO IDEA of how bland food back then was. Yes, they had salt, but it was dirty and EXPENSIVE! Rulers taxed salt, paid in salt (salary) and even then food was boring!

BUT sometimes the accouterments highlight a different side. This is the salt cellar (holder) [1543] of French Monarch Francis I [1494-1547], created by Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini [1500-71]! Show me a pepper grinder that is its equal

63 posted on 08/29/2021 9:52:45 AM PDT by SES1066 (Ask not what the LEFT can do for you, rather ask what the LEFT is doing to YOU!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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64 posted on 08/29/2021 9:57:34 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Scarlett156

—” you get used to the hot over time.”

I worked with an Indian guy, he said that each time he went home, he complained that his mother’s cooking had become too hot!

He also developed a liking for cheeseburgers!
Another told him to be very careful about going home with cheeseburgers on his breath, could be BIG TROUBLE.


65 posted on 08/29/2021 9:58:20 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Bfl


66 posted on 08/29/2021 9:58:32 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Overland too, even long before Marco Polo. :)

Spices have been worth their weight in gold at certain times throughout history.


67 posted on 08/29/2021 9:58:43 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: SES1066

Yep... Good post. :)


68 posted on 08/29/2021 10:00:43 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: wardaddy

I just mean spicy flavorings in nearly all sausages and of course horseradish , and some of those pickled herring and seasoned dishes. None of which I would eat.

Here is a primer: Wide World of Jewish Spices https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/food/articles/the-wide-world-of-jewish-spices

My favorite spicy item is Chinese Garlic Chicken.

Also like Mexican Style Street Bean dishes of various types.


69 posted on 08/29/2021 10:01:40 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: immadashell

—”Yeah, the Queen is not a good cook.”

A nice shot, and a good thing she does not do dentistry on the side!!!

That said I have come to really appreciate HRM, a very positive influence on the English people.


70 posted on 08/29/2021 10:04:19 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; mylife; Rebelbase

71 posted on 08/29/2021 10:06:11 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: glimmerman70

That’s why you have ice cream for desert. In the morning when it’s burning you a new hole you can yell “come on ice cream”


72 posted on 08/29/2021 10:08:26 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: Billthedrill

Izat rectum like eating calamari?


73 posted on 08/29/2021 10:09:03 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I like a lot of very hot peppers, but my stomach may have it’s own opinion on what ‘food’ means. Crushed pepper flakes and a few splots of
Sriracha Chili Sauce are what I usually stick to.


74 posted on 08/29/2021 10:10:19 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Savage Beast

—” the time I ate a habanero pepper thinking it was one of those!”

We have some Italian relatives, by marriage, my mother was visiting them and had some peppers and eggs... GOOD EATING!

My mom attempting to make her own but purchased the WRONG peppers.
My brother said they were too hot to eat, my father thought they were a tad spicy and ate them all.


75 posted on 08/29/2021 10:12:04 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Vendome

—”salsa and guacamole”

I enjoy spicy salsa, cannot even consider spicy guac??

But I would try it.


76 posted on 08/29/2021 10:14:20 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: SgtHooper

Oh yuss...juicy rubbery goodness served with lemon curry. Numnumnum!


77 posted on 08/29/2021 10:15:02 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: x

My most-Commie neighbor loves “hot”.
Is there a lesson there?


78 posted on 08/29/2021 10:15:07 AM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Beginning in Iraq in 1990, the U.S. military started issuing miniature glass bottles of Tabasco sauce with meals”

Because the brass finally wised up to the fact we were all carrying a full size bottle in our LBE on the chance we got the Godforsaken tuna and noodles MRE.


79 posted on 08/29/2021 10:16:59 AM PDT by ameribbean expat (Don't blame others for the road you're on. That's your own asphalt.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Grown particular?


80 posted on 08/29/2021 10:17:31 AM PDT by JubJub
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