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You can look into ajvar, a Serbian sauce with grilled peppers and eggplant. You can make it as spicy as you want by adding hot peppers if you want.

_a_a_a_ 2y ago
Is known in a wider area eg. ajver in Turkey. It's okay, the texture can be a bit glooey sometimes. (Sidenote: in Turkish they have different words for heat from temperature and heat from hot peppers - anyone chip in here?) On heat tolerance, do some genetic thing where people get one, two or three receptors[1] which give different sensitivity to different people. I had a GF who would struggle with the level of capsaicin I literally wouldn't even notice. I knew a guy who would snack on scotch bonnet peppers straight, which would be impossibly agonising for me. [1] from memory, doubtless incorrect as well
- Sanctor 2y ago
  Turkish word for heat when related to temperature is "sıcak", when related to peppers is "acı". But "acı" can also mean bitter. You have to look at the context to understand. However things can both be spicy and bitter. In that case it gets complicated :)
- Symbiote 2y ago
  English has hot, spicy and piquant.
  - cshimmin 2y ago
    The problem is all of those can be ambiguous. "Hot" can mean high temperature, "spicy" can mean e.g. lots of garlic or cumin, or any other spices, and "piquant" can mean tart like citrus. Perhaps the lack of a dedicated mapping to "capsaicin sensation" stems historically from England's reputedly bland cuisine...
    - hermitcrab 2y ago
      >England's reputedly bland cuisine... Thank goodness for immigration.
      - _a_a_a_ 2y ago
        Okay, in light of recent UK events I get the subtext :-) But I don't think it's fair to call UK food bland. Done properly it's very good, but what it's not (usually) is heavily seasoned. In no way does that require it to be tasteless, and done properly it isn't.
        hermitcrab 2y ago
        My understanding is that UK food was on a par with other European countries in medieval times. By the 1950s to 1970s, it was pretty bad though. No doubt some of this was down to wartime rationing. Perhaps some of it was due to protestant fear of anything too enjoyable. There is a reason there are thousands of Indian restuarants in England and approximately zero English restaurants in India. ;0) Thankfully, food has improved vastly in the UK since the 70s.
    - Symbiote 2y ago
      The Turkish word is also ambiguous. Chili peppers were only brought from South America in the 16th century. England's bland food is a relatively recent development, much more recent than the language. https://edmundstanding.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/hot-peppers-and-hot-sauces-in-the-english-cookery-of-the-17th-to-19th-centuries/ https://edmundstanding.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/hot-peppers-...

_a_a_a_ 2y ago

Is known in a wider area eg. ajver in Turkey. It's okay, the texture can be a bit glooey sometimes. (Sidenote: in Turkish they have different words for heat from temperature and heat from hot peppers - anyone chip in here?) On heat tolerance, do some genetic thing where people get one, two or three receptors[1] which give different sensitivity to different people. I had a GF who would struggle with the level of capsaicin I literally wouldn't even notice. I knew a guy who would snack on scotch bonnet peppers straight, which would be impossibly agonising for me. [1] from memory, doubtless incorrect as well

Sanctor 2y ago
Turkish word for heat when related to temperature is "sıcak", when related to peppers is "acı". But "acı" can also mean bitter. You have to look at the context to understand. However things can both be spicy and bitter. In that case it gets complicated :)
Symbiote 2y ago
English has hot, spicy and piquant.
- cshimmin 2y ago
  The problem is all of those can be ambiguous. "Hot" can mean high temperature, "spicy" can mean e.g. lots of garlic or cumin, or any other spices, and "piquant" can mean tart like citrus. Perhaps the lack of a dedicated mapping to "capsaicin sensation" stems historically from England's reputedly bland cuisine...
  - hermitcrab 2y ago
    >England's reputedly bland cuisine... Thank goodness for immigration.
    - _a_a_a_ 2y ago
      Okay, in light of recent UK events I get the subtext :-) But I don't think it's fair to call UK food bland. Done properly it's very good, but what it's not (usually) is heavily seasoned. In no way does that require it to be tasteless, and done properly it isn't.
      - hermitcrab 2y ago
        My understanding is that UK food was on a par with other European countries in medieval times. By the 1950s to 1970s, it was pretty bad though. No doubt some of this was down to wartime rationing. Perhaps some of it was due to protestant fear of anything too enjoyable. There is a reason there are thousands of Indian restuarants in England and approximately zero English restaurants in India. ;0) Thankfully, food has improved vastly in the UK since the 70s.
  - Symbiote 2y ago
    The Turkish word is also ambiguous. Chili peppers were only brought from South America in the 16th century. England's bland food is a relatively recent development, much more recent than the language. https://edmundstanding.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/hot-peppers-and-hot-sauces-in-the-english-cookery-of-the-17th-to-19th-centuries/ https://edmundstanding.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/hot-peppers-...