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Yes to the Indian food! I got a second, even more powerful gut punch about 10 years ago when I discovered spicy Szechuan food. My wife "jokes" that I must have

by tomcam 4y ago

Yes to the Indian food! I got a second, even more powerful gut punch about 10 years ago when I discovered spicy Szechuan food. My wife "jokes" that I must have been a Szechuan farmer in a previous life. The weird thing is I stopped being able to eat spicy food in my late 40s because it destroyed my sleep, then in my late 50s Szechuan just turned me around somehow.

scns 4y ago
Capsaicin (Chili) is a chemical cousin to Caffein and Theobromin (Cocoa), Methylxanthines. I once ate some Cheeköfte with loads of Jalapeños at 9PM, could not sleep till 4AM.
- mrob 4y ago
  Looking at the structures, I don't see the similarity. Capsaicin is a vanilloid, chemically related to the flavor chemicals found in vanilla, not a methylxanthine.
  - scns 4y ago
    TIL. Thanks for the correction.