Article: "Manly Men Eat Spicy Food. It's Just Science Fact"
On 6/7/2015 2:09 AM, Opinicus wrote:
> This thread reminded me of a food (coffee) habit that I witnessed when
> I was working as an English language instructor for a US contractor to
> the Saudi Arabian air force. Our mess facilities were very
> democratic--ELT instructors, flight line blue shirts, personnel white
> collars, Saudi warrant officers, and even the occasional Saudi jet
> jockey all queued up and got served. I noticed that a large number of
> the Saudi personnel were dashing their (black) coffee with Tabasco
> from the condiments bar. I asked about this and many said it was a
> custom. A few said it was the only way to make American-style brewed
> coffee drinkable.
>
> I tried it and I have to admit it's rather good though I wouldn't want
> to do it regularly. It does seems to amplify the caffeine effect and
> it can be especially helpful with one's first early-morning jolt.
>
Fascinating!
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