Eating spicy food is an acquired ability

It may not seem like it, especially for those who cannot eat spicy food at all, but it really is something that you can get used to.  How do I know?  Because I used to be one of those people.  I remember when I was a lot younger, and a lot more immature, my dad made some shrimp with some sauce that was pretty spicy.  I took a bite out of it, and it like burned my tongue.  I tried mixing some rice with it to dilute the spiciness, and drink some milk, but it just didn’t help.  I could not eat it.  I was in a bad mood and I was actually mad at my dad for making dinner so spicy that I couldn’t eat it.  Yes, like I said, I was immature, and apparently not very nice at that.  But, I literally couldn’t eat it.

I also remember a time when my friends and I ate at an all you can eat sushi place, and we mistakenly ordered 2 spicy tuna rolls.  (And to this day, I still say it wasn’t my fault that we ordered those rolls!!!)  I took one bite, and I just couldn’t handle it.  It was just too much.  I made my friends eat the rest of those rolls, and well, hehe, after doing so they couldn’t eat much more after that.  LOL.

Today?  I can by no means just down really hot and spicy foods.  But, my tolerance has increased a lot.  I don’t really know how.  I used to order those Korean tofu soups as mild or even not spicy, but have since moved it up to medium.  I’m still not daring enough to try really hot.  I can do curry that’s spicier now.  I still only do Boiling Crab mild.  Maybe its cuz of Boiling Crab?  I used to go there quite often.  I eat biryani that my co-worker used to always make as well as in Pakistani/Indian restaurants and I can do that okay as well.  I guess its just because I eat more food that is not just super mild anymore and because of it can handle it?

I used to be always think that people were stupid who made their food super spicy.  I mean, how can they taste it and stuff.  Like I said, I still don’t make things super hot and probably can’t handle it if it were, but sometimes I just like to make things just a little spicier now as I just enjoy the flavor more.  I can’t even imagine, for example, some biryani if it didn’t have any kick at all.  I even use that red chili sauce when I eat dim sum, something that was unheard of in the past.  So, for all those people who cannot handle any spice at all, take it from me.  Its something that you can definitely do with some patience.  Who knows, you might even enjoy your food more afterward as it will allow you to have more variety!