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Why do some humans love chili peppers?

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Re: Why do some humans love chili peppers?

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Post by OJFord »

tintedfireglass wrote: post #20
OJFord wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I occasionally have them raw in salads, though more often pickled (still technically raw I suppose). Chopped up and cooked in something too of course. I don't think that's unusual of me.

But would you eat chilli peppers like how you'd eat other fruits and veggies? Say tomatoes or beets. No. ofcourse not.

I eat raw but pickled chillies far more frequently than raw tomatoes. (I never eat raw beetroot so I'll leave that, though I'm surprised people do. Or are 'beets' not beetroot?)

I eat raw and not even pickled chillies in salads or on the side of a plate of other food at least as much as tomatoes the same way.

More often pickled, but that's largely for convenience, in no small part for extra vinegary flavour, and not really at all to make them more mild.

But I already said that above and you clearly don't believe me. I don't think it's uncommon either, fwiw, I'm not at all claiming to be unique or anything like it.

Re: Why do some humans love chili peppers?

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Post by gumby »

tintedfireglass wrote: post #20
OJFord wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I occasionally have them raw in salads, though more often pickled (still technically raw I suppose). Chopped up and cooked in something too of course. I don't think that's unusual of me.

But would you eat chilli peppers like how you'd eat other fruits and veggies? Say tomatoes or beets. No. ofcourse not.

When I was a kid we use to eat them by plucking them from a tree, dipping them in salt, and then devouring them. It was just something people did.

Re: Why do some humans love chili peppers?

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Post by tintedfireglass »

dusted wrote: post #27
tintedfireglass wrote: post #12

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The plant has evolved capsaicin as an animal deterrent as only birds can disperse chilli pepper seeds while animals digest the seeds. No other animal other than humans like chilli. Humans are an exception because we cook our food and cooking alters food chemistry in a such way that spices become desirable when mixed with meat or vegetables. You won't be able to eat even 50g of ripe red chillies freshly plucked from t…

You literally wrote: > Humans don't like chilli pepper. And now you write: > No other animal other than humans like chilli. Which one is it? Also, there are different species, I've eaten lots of different chili, I've eaten whole raw Bhut Jolokias, that was not pleasant, I didn't like it, it hurt a lot and the taste was not nice either. Lots of milder species are lovely to eat raw, they have a mild burn which I do fin…

I messed up my grammar English isn't my first language. I don't know how to phrase it properly. I'll edit the comment when I figure it out.

Re: Why do some humans love chili peppers?

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Post by herbst »

tintedfireglass wrote: post #9
evnix wrote: post #2

shouldn't it be most humans? China and India and most of asia have chilli peppers and so does africa. It is the minority that cannot tolerate chillies. prior to chillies, black pepper, ginger and garlic was used and if used in appropriate quantities gives you a similar result. chillies are just a lot more economical to grow.

pick a chilli from a plant and eat it like how an animal would do in the wild. you'll want to jump into a pond after that. The chilli plant evolved in such a way that humans don't like chilli pepper. Humans used cooking and drying and diluting and other modern methods to reduce the ill-effects of spices and enjoy its flavors in small quantities.

It's just harvest season for my chili's and I eat all of them fresh.

Also the majority of chili plants aren't actually that spicy.

Re: Why do some humans love chili peppers?

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Post by tintedfireglass »

OJFord wrote: post #25
colordrops wrote: post #21

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Sounds like semantics.

Well it certainly is - that doesn't have to be bad or wrong. I'm just not convinced there's a semantic difference here employed by anyone but GP.

I think this confusion is probably caused by English not being my first language.

Re: Why do some humans love chili peppers?

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Post by efnx »

jb1991 wrote: post #30
tintedfireglass wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

pick a chilli from a plant and eat it like how an animal would do in the wild. you'll want to jump into a pond after that. The chilli plant evolved in such a way that humans don't like chilli pepper. Humans used cooking and drying and diluting and other modern methods to reduce the ill-effects of spices and enjoy its flavors in small quantities.

Raw jalepenos are not uncommon, I've eaten them often, including served that way in restaurants. Red chillis sometimes too, though not as much.

If you let your jalapeños get red, they'll be hotter and tastier.

Re: Why do some humans love chili peppers?

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Post by renewiltord »

No explanation in article. Popular theories:

- capsaicin is anti microbial

- used as a cultural marker of toughness

Personally I like the taste but also the mild high I get.

Interesting genre of article. It's like usual content-free content-marketing but it must have taken some work at least.

Bland, doesn't answer question it purports to, fairly generic. But requires research. Wonder if AI generated.

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