My wife doesn't understand it either, but almost all societies do it. The
English used mustard before they got peppers and used it strong.
It shouldn't be painful, or mask delicate flavours - the hunt for the
hottest is simply macho crap - but good strong curry is as addictive as the
Zuiko.
Oh, and food is never logical - if it was, Macdonalds and their ilk would
go broke.
Andrew
>This is another strange tradition in our society. I don't know where it came
>from, actually, but in Mexico, India and other places, hot spices are used to
>kill germs in the food, since the sanitation there is basically non-existant.
>Here in America, hot spices are not needed for that purpose. I don't
>understand why people think that eating food should be a painful experience.
>It is not logical.
>--
>Be Seeing You.
>Dirk Wright
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