My mom was always proud of her ability to cook. She wrote out various non-standard recipes from cookbooks, watched cooking shows - and was always upset when she saw that I took hardly half a portion on a plate. The thing is that my mom was absolutely intolerant of spicy food - so my childhood was spent among unsalted meatballs and perfect pasta... only completely bland "perfect" pasta.
Maybe that's why I've been addicted to herbs, spices and sauces from all over the world for decades now, which give food thousands of incredible flavors and new textures. I thought for a long time that my childhood was something almost unique in terms of food - until I saw this thread on the AskReddit community. It turns out that there are many such people. So many. And this post is mainly about them. And about spices as well.
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#21
My wife recently claimed hummus was spicy. I think she was experiencing the slight tingle caused by the lemon juice
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34points
#22
My mom freaked out when my dad put herb du Provence in a stew because it’s “too spicy”.
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#23
Me as a child: toothpaste
My husband eats tons of spicy foods but doesn’t like McDonald’s breakfast if it has sausage because the sausage is spicy. But myself and my spice averse son choose the sausage based breakfasts at McDonald’s every time.
My husband eats tons of spicy foods but doesn’t like McDonald’s breakfast if it has sausage because the sausage is spicy. But myself and my spice averse son choose the sausage based breakfasts at McDonald’s every time.
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28points
#25
I have a low spice tolerance. The spices I use are herbs like parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, cinnamon, etc.
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#26
the 7 year old german girl I nanny had the audacity to say onions were spicy lol
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