[frank ballenger]

I was surprised to learn that in evolution the people survived who loved spices because they killed off food poisons, while many who shunned spices died off without being in today’s gene pool.

Southern European foods including spicy Jewish foods killed off bacteria when preserved and stored before electric refrigeration was invented. Sausages and other deli meats are examples.
And many Mexican and Central and Latin American dishes are like that.

[wardaddy]

I’ve never had hot Jewish food can you enlighten ?

I’m thinking Sammy Roumanian .....

Or Israeli food which is pretty much Arab food