-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 02-21-16  07:41 <=-

 NB>> Speaking of different tolerances, eh....?   :)   I just was having the
 NB>> same discussion with a friend of mine... she's another one that likes
 NB>> some heat, but doesn't understand that other people might have a LOT
 NB>> more heat tolerance than she does, and actually enjoy (and be able to
 NB>> taste) the food with more heat than she can...  :)   Obviously Les's
 NB>> daughter is one of those high-tolerance ones...  :)  My friend was
 NB>> telling me why she doesn't like Korean food, but I think it's mostly
 NB>> because she hasn't had anything that wasn't rather spicy-hot...
 NB>> Meanwhile, she likes hot wings, which I don't find all that
 NB>> enjoyable....  Different people, different tolerances... or
 NB>> intolerances... ;)

 DD> I consider myself to be of the moderate wing of the chile heads. I
 DD> have some friends, though who glory in being able to eat stuff I
 DD> consider "stupid hot".  If I can't taste anything beyond the heat - I
 DD> consider it as "stupid hot" and wonder "What's the point". Especially
 DD> as I am long since playing macho games. 

Different taste buds do factor in there... but I'll agree that for some
people it really is more the macho game, and then it is a "stupid hot". 
As long as one really can taste the food still and the heat only
enhances the taste, it's just a variation on what can be tolerated.. :)

 DD> I have had mild, medium and hot Korean stuff. Some of the hot things
 DD> are right up there with Goanese or Thai dishes. And some of it is
 DD> variable - like bulgogi which I have experienced from mild to wild.

At our favorite Korean place, they let you add however much of the hot
sauce you wish on your bimimbab... It comes out pretty mild... :)  Back
before Yang's closed, in his Japanese/Korean incarnation, we had a very
tasty and HOT dish, Kimchee stir-fried beef (or maybe it was pork)... 
Extra chile peppers along with extra kimchee to give an extra zip...
We'd been prepared to find it too hot, potentially, but it was fine...
the rice and the tea were quite welcome additions, though... :)

ttyl      neb

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