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Skriven 2014-12-07 04:26:00 av Bruce
     Kommentar till en text av juliebove@frontier.com
Ärende: Re: A New Menu
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 04:39:25 -0800, "Julie Bove"
<juliebove@frontier.com> wrote:

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>"Bruce" <Bruce@Bruce.invalid> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 01:30:16 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> <juliebove@frontier.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Bruce" <Bruce@Bruce.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:28:41 -0800, sf <sf@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 17:08:31 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@Bruce.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:27:33 -0500, Doris Night
>>>>>> <goodnightdoris@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 20:00:33 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> ><juliebove@frontier.com> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>"Bruce" <Bruce@Bruce.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>> >>news:got48ad1hjf89vtlqeerk5u0e4d80mnh7n@4ax.com...
>>>>>> >>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:48:18 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> >>> <juliebove@frontier.com> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>"Bruce" <Bruce@Bruce.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>> >>>>news:qq548alfkobcahlqp7hr0ueupce517r14j@4ax.com...

>>>>>> >>>>> I know, but most Americans don't like their food very spicey, do
>>>>>> >>>>> they?
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>Where did you get that idea from?
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> I thought white Americans would be like white English and
>>>>>> >>> Australians.
>>>>>> >>> Most of the ones I know look scared when I show them habanero
>>>>>> >>> chillies
>>>>>> >>> that I've grown.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>Hardly.  Mexican food is commonly eaten here.  Habaneras are not
>>>>>> >>commonly
>>>>>> >>eaten though.  Jalapenos would be more common.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >Jalapeno peppers aren't exactly what I'd call spicy. I think they're
>>>>>> >rather wimpy. We grow little Thai bird peppers. They are hotter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, that's what I'd call spicy.
>>>>>
>>>>>I think you should stop using euphemisms and call it what it is: HOT.
>>>>>I would not be happy with a lot of bird pepper covering up the flavor
>>>>>of my food, but I can take a lot of heat before I start to complain.
>>>>
>>>> What's the difference between spicy and hot? What do you add to create
>>>> heat?
>>>
>>>I have attempted to eat Indian food that was spicy.  It wasn't hot but
>>>there
>>>was so much spice in it that the powdery spices coated my tongue.  It was
>>>unpleasant and I couldn't taste the potatoes.
>>>
>>>My dad once brought home a whole apple pie from a potluck at work.  He
>>>said
>>>the woman made a second one but hardly any got eaten.  Why?  From the
>>>taste
>>>of it she had a little nutmeg accident.  That wasn't hot either.  Just way
>>>too much spice.
>>
>> Ok, I know what you mean. When I said spicy, I meant hot.
>
>I would then say hot or spicy hot.  To me, curry is spicy.  It may or may
>not be hot but it's not a flavor profile that I like.

Then I should rephrase:
I know, but most Americans don't like their food very hot, do they?

By the way, Merriam-Webster:
"spicy: flavored with or containing strong spices and especially ones
that cause a burning feeling in your mouth"

--
Bruce

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