Mark:

MikeB4: I find it some what odd that when it comes to food or drink preferences people can be very defensive or agro, There can sometimes be anger towards someone who says they are vegetarian or vegan.

It's more of a frustration thing, you invite a group people over make a nice dinner and nibbles and then someone pipes up that they can't eat anything you've made!

Luckily not happened to us for ages ... we ate them ...

MikeB4: Most people over cook vegetables and turn them to mush with the goodness cooked out of them

richms: I  never thought I was that into spicy foods, till I found out that some of my friends think that a mild butter chicken is too spicy. FFS thats nothing.

Geektastic:

MikeB4: Most people over cook vegetables and turn them to mush with the goodness cooked out of them

At least they are edible in that state. Nothing worse than a vegetable that goes crunch when it is allegedly cooked!

Geektastic:

richms: I  never thought I was that into spicy foods, till I found out that some of my friends think that a mild butter chicken is too spicy. FFS thats nothing.

I've had a few funny conversations with Indian restaurant owners in NZ who have also worked in the UK about that. They had to invent a new form of bland non-heat called 'Kiwi Hot'!

Dreal: It's interesting. Spice was first used to disguise off meat. Now it seems that those who enjoy it regularly, stop eating other types of food, like for example, fruit. I've yet to meet anyone who regularly eats curry, who eats a wide variety of other foods as well.

IDK if the palate becomes destroyed as it does with smoking, but it does seem like once people start to spice everything they lose ability/interest in other flavours. 

It's also amusing that human beings enjoy a simulated noxicity reaction!

jonathan18:

Dreal: It's interesting. Spice was first used to disguise off meat. Now it seems that those who enjoy it regularly, stop eating other types of food, like for example, fruit. I've yet to meet anyone who regularly eats curry, who eats a wide variety of other foods as well.

IDK if the palate becomes destroyed as it does with smoking, but it does seem like once people start to spice everything they lose ability/interest in other flavours. 

It's also amusing that human beings enjoy a simulated noxicity reaction!

Huh? I'd say there are many NZers who regularly eat curry as part of a wide and varied diet - I'm certainly one of these. My wife is Indian, so I have the great pleasure of regularly eating curry and other Indian food.

Personally, I refuse to eat stupidly hot food as there's no pleasure in it beyond a certain point - I reckon it's just one-upmanship macho bullsh!t. But I do enjoy having it hot enough to get a bit of a high going... That said, I eat a very wide range of food other than Indian, including subtly-flavoured food. Indeed, one of the reasons I won't eat too much hot food is that over time I think it affects one's ability to detect (and enjoy) more subtle flavours. I've got a strong sense of smell/taste, and I don't plan on losing it!

jonathan18:

Dreal: It's interesting. Spice was first used to disguise off meat. Now it seems that those who enjoy it regularly, stop eating other types of food, like for example, fruit. I've yet to meet anyone who regularly eats curry, who eats a wide variety of other foods as well.

IDK if the palate becomes destroyed as it does with smoking, but it does seem like once people start to spice everything they lose ability/interest in other flavours. 

It's also amusing that human beings enjoy a simulated noxicity reaction!

Huh? I'd say there are many NZers who regularly eat curry as part of a wide and varied diet - I'm certainly one of these. My wife is Indian, so I have the great pleasure of regularly eating curry and other Indian food.

Personally, I refuse to eat stupidly hot food as there's no pleasure in it beyond a certain point - I reckon it's just one-upmanship macho bullsh!t. But I do enjoy having it hot enough to get a bit of a high going... That said, I eat a very wide range of food other than Indian, including subtly-flavoured food. Indeed, one of the reasons I won't eat too much hot food is that over time I think it affects one's ability to detect (and enjoy) more subtle flavours. I've got a strong sense of smell/taste, and I don't plan on losing it!

Dreal: It's interesting. Spice was first used to disguise off meat. Now it seems that those who enjoy it regularly, stop eating other types of food, like for example, fruit. I've yet to meet anyone who regularly eats curry, who eats a wide variety of other foods as well.

IDK if the palate becomes destroyed as it does with smoking, but it does seem like once people start to spice everything they lose ability/interest in other flavours. 

It's also amusing that human beings enjoy a simulated noxicity reaction!

andrew027: I used to do a lot of contract work in Thailand and the locals loved to take me out and try to find a dish that was too spicy for me. I didn't mind as they usually paid and I could take it, but it's not something I do by choice. IMO a good dish should have a variety of complementary flavours and over-use of one, be it sweet, sour, salty or hot, is almost as bland as no flavour at all.

JeffDunhill: Well, I don't like broccoli and definitely love beef. But, this ad is making me love broccoli more than beef because I'm a little fitness freak. But, how will I get around the taste of it? :(