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A hispanic friend told me a long time ago that the secret to eating spicy
food was salt. He was telling me that his family would put salt on a hot
pepper and just eat it. Don't know for sure but I does seem like eating
something salty takes the edge off.
Supposedly the addiction to spicy food is due to the endorphins that are
released in response to the burning sensation. I must admit that I feel
pretty good after eating a spicy meal. Speaking of ginger, if you have ever
eaten the root raw you would definitely call it "hot".
"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:14:30 -0500, Jeremy \"UncleHoot\" Praay wrote:
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>> There's got to be something more to it.
>
> It helps, I find, to build up to the spicy stuff. I love spicy food, but
> not just "spicy-hot" but "spicy-deep".
>
> For example, I don't think anyone would say that overdoing ginger and
> garlic in a curry would make it "hot", but it sure adds to the flavour.
>
> But if you don't regularly have spicy-hot food, you don't build up the
> resistance to the capsaicin in it. Even if you do, though, it's possible
> that you just can't build up sufficient resistance to it.
>
> Dairy products are an effective counter to the burning sensation - water-
> based products don't help generally because the compound isn't water-
> soluble.
>
> Jim
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