RufusJCooter , 11 days ago @adnan @atomicpoet Well, the thing is, it's not just that different spices are different. It's that spices get processed by your system in the context of the other things that it's concurrently processing. You're (probably?) not eating raw green chilies on their own, w/o any other spices or ingredients alongside? Like, chicken, or rice, or [whatever]? Listen: Mexican hot is different from Szechuan hot is different from Thai hot is different from NOLA hot is different from [etc.]
@adnan @atomicpoet Well, the thing is, it's not just that different spices are different.
It's that spices get processed by your system in the context of the other things that it's concurrently processing.
You're (probably?) not eating raw green chilies on their own, w/o any other spices or ingredients alongside? Like, chicken, or rice, or [whatever]?
Listen: Mexican hot is different from Szechuan hot is different from Thai hot is different from NOLA hot is different from [etc.]