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One of the worst parts of getting older is that my mouth's spice tolerance keeps going up, but my stomach's spice tolerance keeps going down.
Oh god so much this. I have had acid reflux since childhood and the doctors keep telling me to stop eating spicy food because it's destroying my insides 
I choose to pay the blood price
i never leave the house without my Gelusil antacid anti-gas. i'll have two after any greasy/spicy meal. it helps a lot with heartburn and acid reflux. and an omeprazole cycle every once or twice a year.
I tried some of those things as a kid and they always made it worse. Maybe I should try them again as an adult and see how it goes. Mostly if I'm having heartburn I just pop some Gaviscon and that helps. I DO try to minimize my spice intake most of the time but sometimes I deserve little a spice as a treat and then I go all out. I can survive heartburn once a week or so probably.
How does that cycle work? I thought omeprazole just 'lined'. Does it repair as well?
tbh i'm not sure, but i can usually tell when i feel a little acidy lingering for a few days, so i do a 14 day cycle of that, and it sets me back to feelin fine
What was it and did you say, 'no, no, I like spicy food' before eating it?
It was pad thai from a very local family joint and whenever I call them I always say "spicy please" and they say "are you sure?" and I say "yes." They can hear my whiteness on the phone but they do it anyway and I never regret it. Yesterday was spicier than usual. I think they're trying to figure out how much I can take.
Fun fact eastern asians are more likely to be "supertasters" and cracker ass mayo honkeys can't taste shit
It's Science! TM
Shouldnt that make for the opposite result?
At least some harvard dork article I found says supertasters don't like spicy cause the extra taste buds come with extra pain receptors, while if you have less you can stand more.
I do wonder if super tasters can taste more of the other things that usually accompany spice, so to them there is more flavor when compared to spice
The local china-thai place that my family likes to order from also have wildly varying spice levels in the same dishes on different days.
In my head I just chalk it up as a sign of actually making each batch from experience rather than having a strict recipe, but it could also just be for vibes and giggles.
Yeah all the good places around me spice level varies wildly when you ask for it spicy, because it just depends on who is cooking that day and what they think spicy means to them that day. It's a fun adventure and it's always always delicious so I don't care
Do you have any idea what peppers were in there?
How many Scovilles can you normally handle?
What else was in the pad thai?
Not sure what peppers were in there! Honestly you can't see the peppers anywhere in the dish which makes me really wonder how the spice is so much. Some sort of chili oil? Flakes of something super hot? They don't just dump red pepper flakes on top or anything like that and when I get it spicy the sauce itself is a much deeper red so probably they're putting something in the sauce when they cook it.
I dunno how many Scovilles I can handle but I do like to cronch a habanero now and again because they taste like really spicy mango/orange things and are delicious. So I am no stranger to heat.
The pad thai was mostly noodles of course but also had lots of bean sprouts, green onion, crushed peanuts, a healthy amount of tofu, a boatload of flavor, and
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shrimp, with the tails still on, which is extra fun in a dish like pad thai
Just thinking about it is making me hungry again. Fortunately I thought ahead and kept an order of thai egg rolls in the fridge for lunch.
I need to do that more often
It helps me feel alive
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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