Foo - Why can't white people eat spicy food?

Yes, i know this doesn't apply to all white people, and i am just curious.

I've noticed that some white people have trouble eating spicy food. not because they can't handle the spice, but because it upsets their stomach + digestive system and whatnot. i haven't heard of anyone of a different race having trouble with spicy food.

i know some people can't digest milk because they lack the enzymes needed to break down and digest lactose. but... don't the people have the enzymes to digest the spices? what's the deal?

i don't mean to be disrespectful or racist in any way, and i apologize in advance if i came across that way.

Good question.

I'm an exception. My hotsauce collection is around 50 types.

incorrect

whitys were raised on hotness straight from the teat. Thus, many of us still have tastebuds.

I know a white guy who can drink a bottle of tabasco. the big one.

No problem. Serranos are my friends.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

The hotter the better.

I know a white guy who can drink a bottle of tabasco. the big one.

tabasco, i drink that like milk

the hotter the better.

I'm half white, whatever that means and I like hot food but
not stupid hot. Like way hotter than what most people
eat but not say a handful of fresh Thai peppers.

I think some people just never get exposed to remotely spicy
food. A friend from Denmark couldn't handle the smallest
smidge of Sriracha. I don't think it is genetic, or maybe it is?

I never vacillate except when I do.

Yes, i know this doesn't apply to all white people, and i am just curious.

I've noticed that some white people have trouble eating spicy food. not because they can't handle the spice, but because it upsets their stomach + digestive system and whatnot. i haven't heard of anyone of a different race having trouble with spicy food.

i know some people can't digest milk because they lack the enzymes needed to break down and digest lactose. but... don't the people have the enzymes to digest the spices? what's the deal?

i don't mean to be disrespectful or racist in any way, and i apologize in advance if i came across that way.


I do not want to sound racist but why do snow monkeys ask stupid questions?

You need to go to Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, New Mexico etc.

Bring it.

The only common factor among people who eat spicy food is eating spicy food.
The sample is just skewed to look like mostly spicy food is associated with non-whites
because peppers tend to grow best in hot and sunny latitudes.

it just cant get too hot
daves is great

I brush my teeth with habanero toothpaste, and use pure capsaicin mouthwash.

no scotch bonnet enema?

I brush my teeth with habanero toothpaste, and use pure capsaicin mouthwash.
Ahh, so that's why you no one can be withing 10 miles of you.:D

I brush my teeth with habanero toothpaste, and use pure capsaicin mouthwash.

sounds good to me

When I go to Mexican restaurants I ask for either fresh jalapenos, habaneros or roasted ones - love 'em!

BTW, the key to eating extremely hot foods, at least for me is to have the required Gelati or ice cream afterwards to prevent the so called flame a** effect

My guess is that it's an acquired taste. If you're not used to all the sensations that go with spicy food, it can be uncomfortable. What folks don't realize is that those spices kill off a lot of bad bacteria. ...I'm a medium-spicy white girl, just for the record. :D

Wait a minute. You're from Canada? I didn't know that spicy food was available up there. I remember ordering a sad excuse for a green chile chicken chimi in Canada. My northern European dining companions thought it was awesome. :rolleyes: ...It's all about exposure.

I used to say I had never found anything too hot for me, until I tried a bottle of Dave's Insanity. That stuff cured me of looking for hotter and hotter stuff. Now I just enjoy all the flavors of different levels of hot. I love the flavor and heat but flavor wins now. Habanero wins, good stuff.

Steve the all white meat man.

white people can't eat spicy food because
heat is associated with hot places is associated
with hell, and all white people are pre-destined to be
saved.

or something.

maybe not.

I hope not.

k.

bye.

alot of the mexicans i know dont like spicy food

alot of the mexicans i know dont like spicy food

this half mexican likes spicy food, except on saturday (observation of the
sabbath).

I know plenty of people from cultures we associate with hot foods who don't eat lots of hot food. Its just a stereotype.

Anthony

My guess is that it's an acquired taste. If you're not used to all the sensations that go with spicy food, it can be uncomfortable. What folks don't realize is that those spices kill off a lot of bad bacteria. ...I'm a medium-spicy white girl, just for the record. :D

I'll go along with that.

but I also do the blazin' challenge at B-dubs...

BTW, the key to eating extremely hot foods, at least for me is to have the required Gelati or ice cream afterwards to prevent the so called flame a** effect

does that actually work?

I like extra excuses in favor of Gelato

I like tobasco on crackers.



see what I did there?

so all those people who tell me that they can't eat spicy food 'cause it makes 'em sick are full of it? great. that makes sense. that's what i thought. but... i know more than one person who claims that it makes them sick (vs. them just *****ing out).

yeah, i am white, and i do enjoy spicy food. haberno = fav. pepper.

BTW, I am a white Texican, so yeah, I likes the heat.

I dont think it's a stereotype, or racist or anything... It's just that white culture in North America tends to have cuisine that's not as spicy as others. It's just a matter of what you're used to. If you're raised on spicy foods, eating spicy food is no problem. If you haven't been raised on spicy foods, it may take some getting used to.

You will notice a trend of people in warmer climes eating spicier foods. I have been told this is to induced sweating, in order to promote natural cooling of the body. Mind you, I was told this by a guy I sail with as we were eating pizza with red pepper on it, as we put a bottom job on my boat.

My Dad told me a story about how when my brother and I were very young, we were babysat by a Mexican lady.

Apparently she loved to have us over as we'd eat anything she cooked no matter how spicy it was while her own kids wouldn't eat, complaining it was too hot.

It has to be racism. No other way to explain it.

Spice is the variety of life... or something like that.

zombies are white..very much so. They like spicy brains.

I know a white guy who can drink a bottle of tabasco. the big one.

Tobasco is not hot.....I could drink that and smile.....I got some homemade habenero sauce that will knock you socks off.....And I'm a white guy (well part native american, but close enough for govt. forms).

You will notice a trend of people in warmer climes eating spicier foods. I have been told this is to induced sweating, in order to promote natural cooling of the body.
Actually, I think it has more to do with the fact that very hot food acts as a preservative and masks the taste of things going bad.

Sweating more when you're already hot will not promote cooling because what you're already sweating can't be evaporated fast enough. Maybe eating peppers can bring your blood vessels even closer to the surface of your skin, and that would help.

Actually, I think it has more to do with the fact that very hot food acts as a preservative and masks the taste of things going bad.

Sweating more when you're already hot will not promote cooling because what you're already sweating can't be evaporated fast enough. Maybe eating peppers can bring your blood vessels even closer to the surface of your skin, and that would help.

I believe capsacin does have vasodilator effects. That's why its used as a topical treatment for arthritis.

Am I the only one who does not sweat when eating very spicy foods? I always thought that sounded kinda weird.

I think it has to do with what you are used to eating; let's say you have not eaten much of x spice in you diet, that spice(whatever it may be, hot or not) will hit a digestive tract and cause destruction. Until your body adjusts to given spice, you will cause havoc on digestive tract and blow your a** out.

so all those people who tell me that they can't eat spicy food 'cause it makes 'em sick are full of it? great. that makes sense. that's what i thought. but... i know more than one person who claims that it makes them sick (vs. them just *****ing out).

yeah, i am white, and i do enjoy spicy food. haberno = fav. pepper.

It does make some people have problems. I am one of them.

My father had an ulcer at one point, so my parents forced painfully bland food on me. Ground black pepper was the spiciest thing I had as a kid. My parents literally would not allow me to order a taco bell bean burrito with sauce on it, because they put "too much on" (yes this is mild sauce) and after the painfully bland crap I was forced to eat I didn't like more than half a packet of sauce per burrito anyway.

Not surprisingly, when I went to college and finally got to eat real food I got an ulcer. :( After years of zantac, I am now able to go without any stomach meds on a gluten free low fat low spice diet. I can now eat a couple packets of taco bell mild sauce in a meal, but the really spicy stuff still does very bad things.

Please people, feed your toddlers thai chilies and do not let this miserable bland existence happen to them. :( I get teased mercilessly for using mild sauce.

I enjoy spicy food but didn't grow up with it. My mom likes mild, salty, garlicky food and dislikes hot peppers so it wasn't until university when I went to an Indian restaurant that I tried spicy food. I was hooked the very first time!

No wait, I lie. The very first spicy food was Portuguese roasted chicken with piri piri sauce when I was 10 or 11 at a family picnic. My godfather insisted that I try the homemade piri piri sauce he made on the chicken. It was fantastic, and I left with my own jar of piri piri sauce and poured it over Shake n Bake chicken until I ran out. My mother was appalled.

Never sure. I am a hot sauce fan to the umpteenth degree. But I have a friend who considers pepper too hot sometimes.

It does make some people have problems. I am one of them.

My father had an ulcer at one point, so my parents forced painfully bland food on me. Ground black pepper was the spiciest thing I had as a kid. My parents literally would not allow me to order a taco bell bean burrito with sauce on it, because they put "too much on" (yes this is mild sauce) and after the painfully bland crap I was forced to eat I didn't like more than half a packet of sauce per burrito anyway.

Not surprisingly, when I went to college and finally got to eat real food I got an ulcer. :( After years of zantac, I am now able to go without any stomach meds on a gluten free low fat low spice diet. I can now eat a couple packets of taco bell mild sauce in a meal, but the really spicy stuff still does very bad things.

Please people, feed your toddlers thai chilies and do not let this miserable bland existence happen to them. :( I get teased mercilessly for using mild sauce.

While eating spicy foods will irritate an ulcer, it's a symptom, not the cause.

Most peptic ulcers are caused by Helicobacter pylori according to the Mayo Clinic (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/peptic-ulcer/DS00242/DSECTION=causes).

You will notice a trend of people in warmer climes eating spicier foods. I have been told this is to induced sweating, in order to promote natural cooling of the body. Mind you, I was told this by a guy I sail with as we were eating pizza with red pepper on it, as we put a bottom job on my boat.

The reason is that the cultures that developed in hot climates (remember- no refrigeration until about the last 100 years) found food that was spiced tended to last longer and not taste rotten the
way unspiced food would after a couple of days. Also, peppers grow better in the hot climates.

Hey, my wife admires my efficiency of technique when I cook. I use so much spice that the food cooks itself. :p

I am still waiting for spicy corn flakes cereal to hit the market. I am Blaxican, btw.


It's a cultural thing. Just ask Norse Habanero.