On Aug 22, 11:41 pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
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> > On Aug 22, 5:44 pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
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> >> >http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3-rjjMof7jg
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> >> That is a lot of pepper! I sure wish I could eat the really hot food
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> >> that again but not anymore.
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> > At a thai restaurant, I ordered Laab and said make it thai hot. It
> > was really good but so hot. So, the next time, I tried one level below
> > thai hot, especially with the friend I was with and it wasn't tasty. I
> > asked the to take it back and make it thai hot and they did and it was
> > so much tastier. Even my friend said so.He said that there's something
> > in there that's not the chilli that is in thai hot only. I think it is
> > fish paste which w/o the hotness would probbaly be too strong and so
> > they only put with thai hot.
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> Oh I know of what mean. Its just that as I have gotten older my gut just
> cannot handle the heat of those peppers. I miss it dearly though. I used
> to eat hot Thai food like the locals did. I miss those days.
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> Paul

I understand. It was just telling my observation. I can't eat that
hot on regular basis but I can manage every so often if it is the
right food, i.e Thai .

Have you tried eating some yogurt (plain) right after eating spicy
food? I wonder whether that would help.