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I live in the Indian subcontinent. As long as I can remember, I have HIGHLY DISLIKED eating spicy food to a point when my sibling and I were kids, there used to

I live in the Indian subcontinent. As long as I can remember, I have HIGHLY DISLIKED eating spicy food to a point when my sibling and I were kids, there used to be 2 dishes for lunch/dinner, one for the adults and one for kids. This is VERY unusual in our culture because kids are, out of this "practice of cooking 2 dishes" that parents train their kids to "eat chilli" from when they are very young. They are "trained" from a young age. I probably had that done to me and they realized, "ah shucks. Let it be" and here I am today. I take milk with my dinner when the food is spicy because that has always helped me. The problem is, I am often ridiculed for not ensuring the spice of red chilli. The day before, my parents "challenged" me to eat dinner without chilli for a month because according to them, "our body wants chilli". Mine doesn't. edit: just to clarify, our spice cabinet in our home is an absolute monster, we have dozens of common and exotic spices which we use "on a daily basis" so even highly spicy food isn't the problem for me. "red chilli" in particular is troubling.

HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
Maybe you have an allergy? For all of my life, I absolutely hated shrimp. Even smelling it from across a room would make me want to vomit. Then when I was in my mid-20's, I developed an allergy to crabs (which previously I loved) and I realized that reaction was the same I'd had to shrimp all those years.
- 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
  uh, not "allergy" levels. i dont get anything troubling. i mean when i have food with lots of red chilli, i feel like i "dont want to stand the burning sensation". most people have a higher tolerance than me but i would prefer if it werent testing my tolerance. its not like i cant or wont eat food with boatloads of red chilli.... i have a relative who takes red chilli powder, mixes some water and takes that with plain rice. that's "comfort food" for him, not for me...

HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago

Maybe you have an allergy? For all of my life, I absolutely hated shrimp. Even smelling it from across a room would make me want to vomit. Then when I was in my mid-20's, I developed an allergy to crabs (which previously I loved) and I realized that reaction was the same I'd had to shrimp all those years.

2Gkashmiri 4y ago
uh, not "allergy" levels. i dont get anything troubling. i mean when i have food with lots of red chilli, i feel like i "dont want to stand the burning sensation". most people have a higher tolerance than me but i would prefer if it werent testing my tolerance. its not like i cant or wont eat food with boatloads of red chilli.... i have a relative who takes red chilli powder, mixes some water and takes that with plain rice. that's "comfort food" for him, not for me...