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Choose which describes you, see below:
Not hypersensitive, not spicy-sensitive 26%  26%  [ 10 ]
Not hypersensitive, spicy-sensitive 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Hypersensitive, not spicy-sensitive 42%  42%  [ 16 ]
Hypersensitive, spicy-sensitive 29%  29%  [ 11 ]
Total votes : 38

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05 May 2010, 3:08 pm

I LOVE spicy foods. I was in Korea for a year and I thought I had gone to heaven! They tend to eat spicy foods every day, so if the menu actually said "hot" or "spicy" you better have the pepper cajones to back it up if you order. I don't just eat something because it is hot though. I have to like the flavor too. If the heat is too strong to enjoy the flavor of the food it isn't worth the heartburn or sore butt later. Part of cooking good spicy foods is knowing what foods or combination of ingredients can stand up to the peppers. I made some Spanish rice last month that tasted so good, but it was just too spicy for everyone. I added some small dried red chilies and I should have taken the seeds out. I will do it better next time.



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05 May 2010, 3:11 pm

fudgepickle wrote:
yes that is correct. I just tell people I'm allergic to sunlight.


My mom tells people this about me because I hate being out in the sun and I am very pale and stay in my little "cave".



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06 May 2010, 10:50 am

i learned way too much from my computer class. i put the poll data into an excel graph :!:



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07 May 2010, 1:20 am

fiddlerpianist wrote:
Something like 25% of the population has the Photic Sneeze Reflex (I think that's the technical term).


i thought everyone did that. you mean that's a disorder too?? jeez ... :lol: :jester:

i'm kind of spicy sensitive, but i thought i was just being a cry-baby, or it was something that had more to do with what foods you're brought up eating.


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07 May 2010, 1:47 am

disorder does mean out of the norm. its just that they actually have a name for it, that's why it's strange.
i did too. I'm glad i actually have a reason now, and that i'm not the only one.



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07 May 2010, 2:39 am

fudgepickle wrote:
I'm extremely sensitive to spicy food. My mouth can't stand it. I have to avoid capsaicin like the plague. I could never figure out why before. But I'm writing a paper on gluten-free, casein-free diet, and I got onto the subject of hypersensitivity. I was pondering intensified flavor, and it occurred to me. Maybe THAT'S why I can detect the minutest traces of spiciness. As a kid, I couldn't stand shirt tags either. Anybody else got this problem? Answer in the poll.



I HATED shirt tags when I was a kid....hate them to a somewhat lesser extent now. Capsaicin really doesn't bother me that much, but it's not like I can handle the Scoville units of a whole Habanero pepper or something. I'm pretty sure most people can't without considerable discomfort at least. Around 30,000-50,000 units are about all I can manage and that's roughly equivalent to a Cayenne pepper. I'm hypersensitive in some ways and not sensitive at all in others.



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07 May 2010, 3:12 am

I love flavour in food, but I'm hypersensitive to taste so I can only tolerate a little flavour.
I find sweet chili and even mild spices too spicy.

I was practically bottle fed on Indian food. My dad loved putting hot chilies in his dishes.

I can't stand shirt tags too.


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