People do get desensitized to hot/spicy food over time but I think people who enjoy the sensation tend to increase the dosage to compensate. Speaking from personal experience, I still like hot food to burn slightly, it just takes more chilli than it used to to achieve that. The burning/discomfort isn’t an unfortunate side effect of the pleasant taste of chillis for me, it’s an essential component of the enjoyment of eating hot food. I’ve heard that the reason people enjoy spicy food is that chilli stiumlates pain receptors and causes the release of endorphins and it is the endorphin release that people crave but I don’t know if that is true.
People do get desensitized to hot/spicy food over time but I think people who enjoy the sensation tend to increase the dosage to compensate.
Yes, that’s what I meant.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that some hot peppers have good flavors in addition to the burning sensation (jalapenos, for example), but others seem to be practically tasteless apart from it.
People do get desensitized to hot/spicy food over time but I think people who enjoy the sensation tend to increase the dosage to compensate. Speaking from personal experience, I still like hot food to burn slightly, it just takes more chilli than it used to to achieve that. The burning/discomfort isn’t an unfortunate side effect of the pleasant taste of chillis for me, it’s an essential component of the enjoyment of eating hot food. I’ve heard that the reason people enjoy spicy food is that chilli stiumlates pain receptors and causes the release of endorphins and it is the endorphin release that people crave but I don’t know if that is true.
Yes, that’s what I meant.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that some hot peppers have good flavors in addition to the burning sensation (jalapenos, for example), but others seem to be practically tasteless apart from it.