People have been using hot spices in their meals and recipes for more than 6,000 years. It seems that we have always loved a bit of spice. If you are a fan of curry or you love a bag of Flamin’ Hot Doritos, you’re definitely going to enjoy this day, as you’re encouraged to add some spicy food to your daily diet. There are so many different types of spices that are used to create hot and spicy foods today. This includes everything from hot chilli powder to paprika and cumin. Today is all about celebrating these spices. I am not a fan of anything that is designed to make my mouth feel like it's on fire, or something that still burns on it's way out, but I know some people love the challenge.
Ooh I’m not a fan of hot and spicy. Or at least my delicate stomach isn’t. I say ‘make it bland’ every time.
There is a reason British food is "bland" - spices don't grow very well in our climate. The only spice I have on my food is pepper - so at least you can tell at a meal by the taste what meat you actually have in front of you. I have been known to eat a curry ( mild) but I (and the people in the same room) always regret it later.
I always make a curry, Mainly because there's no I Dian and they don't sell them in supermarkets. Never suffer with any burni g sensation s.
Culinary herbs and spices are a form of preservative and have well established anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. Spices are more effective than herbs and, warning hypothesis coming up, one might imagine are more useful in warmer climes than northern Europe and are therefore associated with hotter places like the Indian subcontinent. Also, there is some evidence that there are synergistic interactions between particular herbs and spices, which may, warning another hypothesis coming up, be why we now use certain combinations in our cooking. Maybe, warning yet another hypothesis coming up, the song Scarborough Fair is an antimicrobial recipe.