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[wispfox]

Foods spiced with pepper or hot peppers don't interact well with my body. They frequently induce coughing fits, because if they hit the back of my throat in the right way, instant irritation. This makes it very difficult for me to eat picante foods, completely ignoring that I don't _like_ having my mouth burning, and the fact that it tends to make me have indigestion.

What's annoying is when it sneaks up on me, and I don't realize that something I'm eating is going to try to bite me back. Then I get to have coughing fits and cause people to ask if I'm ok. Yeah, fine, just my food hates me...

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[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Heh. Indeed, pain hurts - but oddly, lots of the people I know are very fond of picante spicy foods. I don't know why.

[deyo.livejournal.com]

It's all about the endorphins. Capsicum by itself is bitter and painful. Capsicum when you're high on endorphins is, apparently, the manna of the gods. I have a weak, slow endorphin response, so Capsicum just hurts and tastes bad.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Huh!

That makes lots of sense. Makes me wonder if mine is slow, as well, or if I'm just too accustomed to the various types of distaste with which my body reacts to picante foods.

(Incidentally, if I thought I'd remember the word 'capsicum' or that enough people would understand it, that would be so much easier than saying 'picante, hot pepper-type spicy'. Then again, if more people understood 'picante', I'd be fine, as well)

Do you like wasabi?

[deyo.livejournal.com]

Wasabi doesn't taste *bad*, but it still hurts.

Funny story... The first time I ate sushi, I was with the Sega QA department. We didn't call ourselves "QA" at the time, we were the "Software Testers". There were about twenty of us, crammed into the "private party" booth in the restaurant, and the waitress brought out pickled ginger, soy sauce, and what looked like guacamole. I popped the whole lump into my mouth.

It was about a minute before anyone noticed that I wasn't talking.

Or breathing.

I very carefully sipped water until the bulk of the Pain Paste washed away, then quaffed the glass, and three others within reach.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Wasabi doesn't taste *bad*, but it still hurts.

Depends on how much, I think. I do tend to like wasabi (and horseradish), as long as I don't have too much.

I popped the whole lump into my mouth.

Oh, my...

I really have no response here, beyond sitting here blinking a lot. Wow. And ow!