Hot Spicy Food
Poll: Hot Spicy Food
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Discussion
I mean hot and spicy hot 
So who likes Madras, Vindaloo, Phal and more?
Who likes spicy meals that are not really hot like Mexican etc?
Who always adds something extra to give the dish that extra bite?
I cooked a curry tonight for friends and added some sliced homegrown Dorset Naga's to spice things up a bit and believe me it certainly did that
I grow Dorset Naga's in hydroponics to beat the wifes efforts grown in the greenhouse, we are very competetive and I hate losing! 
She often adds some Daves Insanity Sauce to liven things up and it certainly does
but I prefer to know what I am adding to 'the mix' and I think sauce in a bottle is cheating
So, what do you like strength wise; are you a fiery hot person or prefer a mild dish which is spicy and tasty?
The PH motoring poll on spicy food
So who likes Madras, Vindaloo, Phal and more?
Who likes spicy meals that are not really hot like Mexican etc?
Who always adds something extra to give the dish that extra bite?
I cooked a curry tonight for friends and added some sliced homegrown Dorset Naga's to spice things up a bit and believe me it certainly did that
I grow Dorset Naga's in hydroponics to beat the wifes efforts grown in the greenhouse, we are very competetive and I hate losing! She often adds some Daves Insanity Sauce to liven things up and it certainly does
but I prefer to know what I am adding to 'the mix' and I think sauce in a bottle is cheating So, what do you like strength wise; are you a fiery hot person or prefer a mild dish which is spicy and tasty?
The PH motoring poll on spicy food
I order a vindaloo from the Indian which are hot enough at the moment, it's nice to know there is hotter still for when I start burning out my taste buds and need more of a kick.
Agree about fresh chillis being better than sauce. Scotch bonnets and thai birds-eye have a flavour of their own too that you can't get with a sauce, milder ones too. I add them to all sorts of things, it's a rare day I don't have chillis on something and often add extra to Mexican meals, if I cook something spicy for the family, I have to add extra to mine on the table.
There are dangers though as you can't readily wash the chilli stuff off your fingers, had chilli-willy many times and also chilli-eye when I take my contacts out.
Agree about fresh chillis being better than sauce. Scotch bonnets and thai birds-eye have a flavour of their own too that you can't get with a sauce, milder ones too. I add them to all sorts of things, it's a rare day I don't have chillis on something and often add extra to Mexican meals, if I cook something spicy for the family, I have to add extra to mine on the table.
There are dangers though as you can't readily wash the chilli stuff off your fingers, had chilli-willy many times and also chilli-eye when I take my contacts out.
It needs to be warm enough to bring about a sweat, but not so hot that you can't taste what you're eating after the first cotton-bud-full.
Flavour is more important than overall heat.
For medicinal purposes (weapons grade sinus relief) a well festered Vindaloo, Chilli, Thai Red, Singapore style, or similar fire breather is acceptable, followed by the use of charge cooled andrex at some later juncture.
Flavour is more important than overall heat.
For medicinal purposes (weapons grade sinus relief) a well festered Vindaloo, Chilli, Thai Red, Singapore style, or similar fire breather is acceptable, followed by the use of charge cooled andrex at some later juncture.
Shaolin said:
I order a vindaloo from the Indian which are hot enough at the moment, it's nice to know there is hotter still for when I start burning out my taste buds and need more of a kick.
Agree about fresh chillis being better than sauce. Scotch bonnets and thai birds-eye have a flavour of their own too that you can't get with a sauce, milder ones too. I add them to all sorts of things, it's a rare day I don't have chillis on something and often add extra to Mexican meals, if I cook something spicy for the family, I have to add extra to mine on the table.
There are dangers though as you can't readily wash the chilli stuff off your fingers, had chilli-willy many times and also chilli-eye when I take my contacts out.
Oh you Sir are an expert Agree about fresh chillis being better than sauce. Scotch bonnets and thai birds-eye have a flavour of their own too that you can't get with a sauce, milder ones too. I add them to all sorts of things, it's a rare day I don't have chillis on something and often add extra to Mexican meals, if I cook something spicy for the family, I have to add extra to mine on the table.
There are dangers though as you can't readily wash the chilli stuff off your fingers, had chilli-willy many times and also chilli-eye when I take my contacts out.
So true, although never yet experienced chilli-willy
and wouldnt want to with the Naga's as they (Scotch Bonnet) are 1,000,000 scoville units and I have won many a bet with them so far 
As mentioned in an earlier post, I too like that warm glow you get after eating a decently hot curry and enjoy quenching it with an Indian beer or choice - either a Cobra or Kingfisher
and makes the Mrs ramblings a meer back-ground hum A good West Indian Hot Sauce or 'Pepper' is a great ketchup on fried or BBQ food and stews. Not mental b
d hot, just a nice heat.
When I was a schoolboy, Miss Bailey used to make me a litre bottle of her special hotsauce to take back to boarding school in chilly North Wales. British Airways managed to smash the bottle in my trunk and the sauce ate part of my rugby shirt. Quite hot.
d hot, just a nice heat.When I was a schoolboy, Miss Bailey used to make me a litre bottle of her special hotsauce to take back to boarding school in chilly North Wales. British Airways managed to smash the bottle in my trunk and the sauce ate part of my rugby shirt. Quite hot.
Sheets Tabuer said:
I love it when people say vindaloo, vindaloo is simply a vinegar curry it is not hot.
What you want is a house or staff curry anything else is some crap cooked up for english tts who think they can take lava in their mouths..
There is always a curry snob who has to point that out What you want is a house or staff curry anything else is some crap cooked up for english t
ts who think they can take lava in their mouths..
Not spicy enough? Add a bottle of this.
http://www.sweatnspice.com/429-13.htm
and keep an ambulance on standby.
http://www.sweatnspice.com/429-13.htm
and keep an ambulance on standby.
SS HSV said:
Who likes spicy meals that are not really hot like Mexican etc?
After spending the last fortnight in California and consuming vast quantities of proper Mexican food I can assure you that Habenero chilies, sauce and any other derivative (including Habenero Doritos) are very hot. Admittedly in the UK Old El Paso sauce and a few Jalapenos don't really cut it.After many years of eating Palls after a night on the lash you become conditioned to it and you genuinely prefer hot.
I've calmed down now I've got older, but still have one of Mrs BB's home made vindaloos most evenings (she makes a big batch up, portions it and freezes it). She moans at me to eat some other stuff, but I genuinely like it.
Reckon it's also a form of detox for the bowels that saves the indignity of a hosepipe too, but that's maybe a thread for another time. Anyone noticed how you feel hungry the morning after a really hot curry? Ever wondered why?
I've calmed down now I've got older, but still have one of Mrs BB's home made vindaloos most evenings (she makes a big batch up, portions it and freezes it). She moans at me to eat some other stuff, but I genuinely like it.
Reckon it's also a form of detox for the bowels that saves the indignity of a hosepipe too, but that's maybe a thread for another time. Anyone noticed how you feel hungry the morning after a really hot curry? Ever wondered why?
This totally depends on how sensitive your taste is. I know a girl who can't tell the difference between a £40 bottle of St Emillion and a £10 bottle of Australian Shiraz (test performed in controlled conditions!). She often cooks me curries and I find them really hot, whereas she barely registers it!
So it isn't really your taste or how brave you are, moreso how much of a "supertaster" you are. Same with liking sprouts
So it isn't really your taste or how brave you are, moreso how much of a "supertaster" you are. Same with liking sprouts
My Fridge contains
Pure Cap - bit of a chemical taste ( an absolute bd in your eye 
)
Vicious Viper- Hotter than its scoville rating suggest-my bottle is 7 yo and improving with age
Daves Insanity Special Reserve - Hotter than the Viper
Endorphin Rush -Fairly mild but can still bite
I love it hot,the hotter the better for fun with friends.
The rest of the Minty clan don't like anything hot so mildly spicy is the order of the day.
I am currently growing some orange habaneros some bik jolokia and jalapenos so a heated barbecue is on the way.
Pure Cap - bit of a chemical taste ( an absolute b
d in your eye )Vicious Viper- Hotter than its scoville rating suggest-my bottle is 7 yo and improving with age
Daves Insanity Special Reserve - Hotter than the Viper
Endorphin Rush -Fairly mild but can still bite
I love it hot,the hotter the better for fun with friends.
The rest of the Minty clan don't like anything hot so mildly spicy is the order of the day.
I am currently growing some orange habaneros some bik jolokia and jalapenos so a heated barbecue is on the way.
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