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Manly Men Eat Spicy Food. It's Just Science Fact

Naomi Kritzer January 8, 2015 SciTech

There's an article making the rounds about how men with higher testosterone levels prefer spicier foods. The study was done in France. Men were tested for testosterone levels, then handed a plate of mashed potatoes and as many little packets of Tabasco sauce they wanted to add to flavor it, along with salt packets. Providing the Tabasco and salt in packets made it easy to determine how much was used as researchers could just count the open packets.

Big reveal: Higher testosterone correlated with a higher use of Tabasco, but not salt.

The thing about the full study was the way they recruited the men: they told them they'd be doing a food-tasting session that had been organized by a food research company, to do a sensory analysis of food that was going to be developed commercially in the future. The men were instructed to abstain from food or drink (other than water) for three hours beforehand, to ensure that they'd be reasonably hungry. Once they showed up, they were presented with 150g of mashed potatoes, 50 satchets of Tabasco sauce (the paper refers to these as "doses"), and 80 satchets of salt. They were also given an information sheets warning them of the risks of adding Tabasco, i.e., that one dose would be spicy while six doses might cause "temporary extinction of the sense of taste" and "vomiting."

So. Imagine. You're a man between the ages of 18 and 45 and you've been recruited, you thought, for a food research study. You show up expecting to be served something like papaya-flavored yogurt or maybe a quinoa-based breakfast cereal or peppermint frosting. Instead, they hand you a plate with 150g of mashed potatoes on it. Along with fifty satchets of Tabasco sauce. And a chart telling you that six satchets might make you vomit. Delicious!

What I want to know -- and of course the study doesn't tell me -- is how these people reacted, and how the research assistants kept a straight face. Potatoes? Really? You're testing mashed potatoes? (My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on their mashed potatoes, anyway. "People who aren't being provided butter or gravy?" I said.)

Not included in the study results: if you're a man from Grenoble, France, even if you have high testosterone, you are likely to be generous and accommodating to scientific researchers. Either that, or they made some reasonably high-quality mashed potatoes behind the scenes in that lab. This was France; I suppose that part may have been just a given.

(end)



Lenona.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on their mashed potatoes, anyway.

That was my first thought too.

--

sf

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on
>> their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>
> That was my first thought too.
>

ditto.

Do Frenchmen even use Tabasco? Pretty simplistic flavoring. I never use
it - I find something to add heat that adds more complexity. But not to
mashed potatoes. Ridiculous.

"taxed and spent" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on
>>> their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>>
>> That was my first thought too.
>>
>
> ditto.
>
> Do Frenchmen even use Tabasco? Pretty simplistic flavoring. I never use
> it - I find something to add heat that adds more complexity. But not to
> mashed potatoes. Ridiculous.

I occasionally use the green jalapeno flavor but I don't even have the
regular stuff in the house. I don't think I have even tried it.

On 6/4/2015 9:52 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "taxed and spent" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>>
>>>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco
>>>> on their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>>>
>>> That was my first thought too.
>>>
>>
>> ditto.
>>
>> Do Frenchmen even use Tabasco? Pretty simplistic flavoring. I never
>> use it - I find something to add heat that adds more complexity. But
>> not to mashed potatoes. Ridiculous.
>
> I occasionally use the green jalapeno flavor but I don't even have the
> regular stuff in the house. I don't think I have even tried it.

Ah, that's the GOOD stuff...and of course the Chipotle as well.

"La Mirada" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/4/2015 9:52 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "taxed and spent" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco
>>>>> on their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>>>>
>>>> That was my first thought too.
>>>>
>>>
>>> ditto.
>>>
>>> Do Frenchmen even use Tabasco? Pretty simplistic flavoring. I never
>>> use it - I find something to add heat that adds more complexity. But
>>> not to mashed potatoes. Ridiculous.
>>
>> I occasionally use the green jalapeno flavor but I don't even have the
>> regular stuff in the house. I don't think I have even tried it.
>
> Ah, that's the GOOD stuff...and of course the Chipotle as well.

I don't like Chipotle.

On 6/4/2015 9:25 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>
> That was my first thought too.
>
Potato profanity, if you ask me.

On 6/4/2015 10:25 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco
>> on their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>
> That was my first thought too.

In a BBQ restaurant, I saw someone place a few drops of Tabasco sauce on
their scoop of potato salad. Of course I had to try it and it tasted
pretty good, I think it was the zing of the extra vinegar. Not so sure
about mashed potatoes, though.

Becca

"Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/4/2015 10:25 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco
>>> on their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>>
>> That was my first thought too.
>
> In a BBQ restaurant, I saw someone place a few drops of Tabasco sauce on
> their scoop of potato salad. Of course I had to try it and it tasted
> pretty good, I think it was the zing of the extra vinegar. Not so sure
> about mashed potatoes, though.
>


As I think about this, I bet the test subjects were told to put as much salt
and Tabasco sauce on the potatoes to achieve a desired level of saltiness
and spice as a test vehicle, not necessarily eat these mashers like you
would at home.

Becca EmaNymton > wrote in
:

>> That was my first thought too.
>
> In a BBQ restaurant, I saw someone place a few drops of
> Tabasco sauce on their scoop of potato salad. Of course I had
> to try it and it tasted pretty good, I think it was the zing
> of the extra vinegar. Not so sure about mashed potatoes,
> though.

Just do it and stop agonizing over it. Then you'll know either
way.

--
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice,
you have chosen the side of the oppressor " --
Desmond Tutu

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 10:25:59 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> > My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>
> That was my first thought too.
>
> --
>
> sf


They would have gotten a better result of they had provided something that actually pairs with Tabasco Sauce, like chili or spanish rice.

"Christopher Helms" > wrote in message
...
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 10:25:59 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>> > My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on
>> > their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>>
>> That was my first thought too.
>>
>> --
>>
>> sf
>
>
> They would have gotten a better result of they had provided something that
> actually pairs with Tabasco Sauce, like chili or spanish rice.

Or even plain rice. I know someone who puts Siraccha sauce on that.

On 6/4/2015 9:58 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Christopher Helms" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 10:25:59 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>>
>>> > My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco
>>> on > their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>>>
>>> That was my first thought too.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> sf
>>
>>
>> They would have gotten a better result of they had provided something
>> that actually pairs with Tabasco Sauce, like chili or spanish rice.
>
> Or even plain rice. I know someone who puts Siraccha sauce on that.

That works!

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 07:22:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on
>> their mashed potatoes, anyway.
>
> That was my first thought too.

Me too! I only know of one person who might do that. A relative of my
mom's who had some problem to where he couldn't taste any food. He said if
he put enough Tabasco on there then the tingling sensation let him know that
it was in fact food. We had no Tabasco in the house so he said black pepper
would do. He put so much pepper on his meal, I thought he would choke. He
didn't/

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 10:22:05 AM UTC-4, wrote:
>
> Naomi Kritzer January 8, 2015 SciTech
>
> There's an article making the rounds about how men with higher testosterone levels prefer spicier foods.
>
> Big reveal: Higher testosterone correlated with a higher use of Tabasco, but not salt.
>
> Once they showed up, they were presented with 150g of mashed potatoes, 50 satchets of Tabasco sauce (the paper refers to these as "doses"), and 80 satchets of salt. They were also given an information sheets warning them of the risks of adding Tabasco, i.e., that one dose would be spicy while six doses might cause "temporary extinction of the sense of taste" and "vomiting."

So basically they just showed that guys with more testosterone will see the "dangers" of Tabasco as a challenge and use as much as they can stand just to prove how "tough" they are. Yes, testosterone causes men to do stupid stuff, now there's a news flash.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, VA

" wrote:
>
> So basically they just showed that guys with more testosterone will see the "dangers" of Tabasco as a challenge and use as much as they can stand just to prove how "tough" they are. Yes, testosterone causes men to do stupid stuff, now there's a news flash.

Us fellows in Virginia (you and I) don't need to destroy our taste
buds to prove our manhood. LOL! Squertz latched onto that article
though. heheh

On 6/6/2015 10:35 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Yeah, you guys in VA use chocolate and keep ferrets to prove your
> manhood!;-)
>
> -sw <ducking>
>> Omelet wrote:
>
>> He hates me 'cause I never slept with him...
>
> He hates himself because he is all he has to sleep with.
> I don't know, sometimes he used to seem normal, then he went petty
> through vindictive and now I just shun contact. I have enough crazies
> to deal with in my world without encouraging those who refuse to take
> their meds.

For the record, I never once even considered sleeping with you. And
you know that. You're the one who somehow got the idea that I was
going to move in with you - and you posted that to RFC just out of the
total blue.

After having met you twice at casual austin.food gatherings 2 or 3
years ago and not giving you any indication that there was any sort of
romantic interest in the least, you somehow twisted that into MY
MOVING IN WITH YOU?

That was just way too Psycho for me. I sat there at stared at the
screen for at least 15 minutes wondering, WTF? That was just way too
spooky. I've met weird, semi-psycho women before but you win, hands
down. Mapi of austin.general still holds the male title, but at least
he announced his psychosis right there lying on the floor of the bar
at B.D. Reilly's rather than romantically obsessing over me for 2
years.

Needless to say, you need to come to terms with what happened and why
your mind works that way and stop making up excuses for your fixation
and disappointment before we become the next Yoli and Michael. I'd
prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.

And Jeremy, I was just tired of your decade of bullshit and visions of
grandeur about all these things you're "working on" or have not done
in the past. Even posting a call for meetings with imaginary people
about imaginary projects of yours at "the normal time and place", as
if you are somebody important with a life. I'm pretty sure you're
manic depressive mixed with habitual liar.

Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > Us fellows in Virginia (you and I) don't need to destroy our taste
> > buds to prove our manhood. LOL!
>
> Yeah, you guys in VA use chocolate and keep ferrets to prove your
> manhood! ;-)

- I don't get the chocolate reference. Please explain yourself.

- google to see how many guys admit to sleeping with a female
ferret every night (but NOT in *THAT* way, dammit~). I doubt I'm the
only one
but maybe I could be. heheh Note: Ferrets don't normally sleep
next to a human. This one is unique. It's annoying at times, but
I'm all she has here so I put up with it. She does keep me awake at
nights.

The ferret love is girlie stuff as is the sitting down to pee and
remember, I played two rolls since my daughter was in 2nd grade. Dad
and also Mr.Mom. I had to learn, then teach her all the girlie things
as she grew up. How to do makeup, how to curl hair (she used to
practice on me :-o ). Anyway, she's 36 now, married with children,
and I still get both a mother's day and father's day card from her
each year. :-D

Anyway, in Virginia....our manhood is not proved by hot peppers. It's
by the giant blue crabs that we catch he
http://i57.tinypic.com/rjjwco.jpg

On Sun, 07 Jun 2015 10:00:45 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> I played two rolls since my daughter was in 2nd grade. Dad
> and also Mr.Mom. I had to learn, then teach her all the girlie things
> as she grew up. How to do makeup, how to curl hair (she used to
> practice on me :-o ). Anyway, she's 36 now, married with children,
> and I still get both a mother's day and father's day card from her
> each year. :-D

That is SO sweet!

--

sf

On 6/7/2015 8:00 AM, Gary wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> Us fellows in Virginia (you and I) don't need to destroy our taste
>>> buds to prove our manhood. LOL!
>>
>> Yeah, you guys in VA use chocolate and keep ferrets to prove your
>> manhood! ;-)
>
> - I don't get the chocolate reference. Please explain yourself.
>
> - google to see how many guys admit to sleeping with a female
> ferret every night (but NOT in *THAT* way, dammit~). I doubt I'm the
> only one
> but maybe I could be. heheh Note: Ferrets don't normally sleep
> next to a human. This one is unique. It's annoying at times, but
> I'm all she has here so I put up with it. She does keep me awake at
> nights.
>
> The ferret love is girlie stuff as is the sitting down to pee and
> remember, I played two rolls since my daughter was in 2nd grade. Dad
> and also Mr.Mom. I had to learn, then teach her all the girlie things
> as she grew up. How to do makeup, how to curl hair (she used to
> practice on me :-o ). Anyway, she's 36 now, married with children,
> and I still get both a mother's day and father's day card from her
> each year. :-D

That's a very cool story, you sound like the prototypical Mr. Mom.


> Anyway, in Virginia....our manhood is not proved by hot peppers. It's
> by the giant blue crabs that we catch he
> http://i57.tinypic.com/rjjwco.jpg

Mmmm tasty!

I had NO idea they got that big.

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:00:22 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> > > Us fellows in Virginia (you and I) don't need to destroy our taste
> > > buds to prove our manhood. LOL!
> >
> > Yeah, you guys in VA use chocolate and keep ferrets to prove your
> > manhood! ;-)
>
> - I don't get the chocolate reference. Please explain yourself.
>
> - google to see how many guys admit to sleeping with a female
> ferret every night (but NOT in *THAT* way, dammit~). I doubt I'm the
> only one
> but maybe I could be. heheh Note: Ferrets don't normally sleep
> next to a human. This one is unique. It's annoying at times, but
> I'm all she has here so I put up with it. She does keep me awake at
> nights.
>
> The ferret love is girlie stuff as is the sitting down to pee and
> remember, I played two rolls since my daughter was in 2nd grade. Dad
> and also Mr.Mom. I had to learn, then teach her all the girlie things
> as she grew up. How to do makeup, how to curl hair (she used to
> practice on me :-o ). Anyway, she's 36 now, married with children,
> and I still get both a mother's day and father's day card from her
> each year. :-D
>
> Anyway, in Virginia....our manhood is not proved by hot peppers. It's
> by the giant blue crabs that we catch he
> http://i57.tinypic.com/rjjwco.jpg

So, you taught her to sit down to pee and how to put on makeup. Then you
also taught her how to catch the crabs?

--Bryan

On 6/7/2015 7:43 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:00:22 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>> Gary wrote:
>>>> Us fellows in Virginia (you and I) don't need to destroy our taste
>>>> buds to prove our manhood. LOL!
>>>
>>> Yeah, you guys in VA use chocolate and keep ferrets to prove your
>>> manhood! ;-)
>>
>> - I don't get the chocolate reference. Please explain yourself.
>>
>> - google to see how many guys admit to sleeping with a female
>> ferret every night (but NOT in *THAT* way, dammit~). I doubt I'm the
>> only one
>> but maybe I could be. heheh Note: Ferrets don't normally sleep
>> next to a human. This one is unique. It's annoying at times, but
>> I'm all she has here so I put up with it. She does keep me awake at
>> nights.
>>
>> The ferret love is girlie stuff as is the sitting down to pee and
>> remember, I played two rolls since my daughter was in 2nd grade. Dad
>> and also Mr.Mom. I had to learn, then teach her all the girlie things
>> as she grew up. How to do makeup, how to curl hair (she used to
>> practice on me :-o ). Anyway, she's 36 now, married with children,
>> and I still get both a mother's day and father's day card from her
>> each year. :-D
>>
>> Anyway, in Virginia....our manhood is not proved by hot peppers. It's
>> by the giant blue crabs that we catch he
>> http://i57.tinypic.com/rjjwco.jpg
>
> So, you taught her to sit down to pee and how to put on makeup. Then you
> also taught her how to catch the crabs?
>
> --Bryan
>


You're a genuinely nasty person.

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:00:22 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> > > Us fellows in Virginia (you and I) don't need to destroy our taste
> > > buds to prove our manhood. LOL!
> >
> > Yeah, you guys in VA use chocolate and keep ferrets to prove your
> > manhood! ;-)
>
> - I don't get the chocolate reference. Please explain yourself.
>
> - google to see how many guys admit to sleeping with a female
> ferret every night (but NOT in *THAT* way, dammit~). I doubt I'm the
> only one
> but maybe I could be. heheh Note: Ferrets don't normally sleep
> next to a human. This one is unique. It's annoying at times, but
> I'm all she has here so I put up with it. She does keep me awake at
> nights.
>
> The ferret love is girlie stuff as is the sitting down to pee and
> remember, I played two rolls since my daughter was in 2nd grade. Dad
> and also Mr.Mom. I had to learn, then teach her all the girlie things
> as she grew up. How to do makeup, how to curl hair (she used to
> practice on me :-o ). Anyway, she's 36 now, married with children,
> and I still get both a mother's day and father's day card from her
> each year. :-D
>
> Anyway, in Virginia....our manhood is not proved by hot peppers. It's
> by the giant blue crabs that we catch he
> http://i57.tinypic.com/rjjwco.jpg

So, you taught her to sit down to pee and how to put on makeup. Then you
also taught her how to catch the crabs?

You set that one up too well.

--Bryan

On 6/6/2015 10:47 AM, wrote:
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 10:22:05 AM UTC-4, wrote:
>>
>> Naomi Kritzer January 8, 2015 SciTech
>>
>> There's an article making the rounds about how men with higher testosterone levels prefer spicier foods.
>>
>> Big reveal: Higher testosterone correlated with a higher use of Tabasco, but not salt.
>>
>> Once they showed up, they were presented with 150g of mashed potatoes, 50 satchets of Tabasco sauce (the paper refers to these as "doses"), and 80 satchets of salt. They were also given an information sheets warning them of the risks of adding Tabasco, i.e., that one dose would be spicy while six doses might cause "temporary extinction of the sense of taste" and "vomiting."
>
> So basically they just showed that guys with more testosterone will see the "dangers" of Tabasco as a challenge and use as much as they can stand just to prove how "tough" they are. Yes, testosterone causes men to do stupid stuff, now there's a news flash.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, VA
>
I think beer + testosterone might have the same effect.

Jill

On 6/6/2015 10:33 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> And then see who uses how much of which
> condiments.
>
> -sw
>> Omelet wrote:
>
>> He hates me 'cause I never slept with him...
>
> He hates himself because he is all he has to sleep with.
> I don't know, sometimes he used to seem normal, then he went petty
> through vindictive and now I just shun contact. I have enough crazies
> to deal with in my world without encouraging those who refuse to take
> their meds.

For the record, I never once even considered sleeping with you. And
you know that. You're the one who somehow got the idea that I was
going to move in with you - and you posted that to RFC just out of the
total blue.

After having met you twice at casual austin.food gatherings 2 or 3
years ago and not giving you any indication that there was any sort of
romantic interest in the least, you somehow twisted that into MY
MOVING IN WITH YOU?

That was just way too Psycho for me. I sat there at stared at the
screen for at least 15 minutes wondering, WTF? That was just way too
spooky. I've met weird, semi-psycho women before but you win, hands
down. Mapi of austin.general still holds the male title, but at least
he announced his psychosis right there lying on the floor of the bar
at B.D. Reilly's rather than romantically obsessing over me for 2
years.

Needless to say, you need to come to terms with what happened and why
your mind works that way and stop making up excuses for your fixation
and disappointment before we become the next Yoli and Michael. I'd
prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.

And Jeremy, I was just tired of your decade of bullshit and visions of
grandeur about all these things you're "working on" or have not done
in the past. Even posting a call for meetings with imaginary people
about imaginary projects of yours at "the normal time and place", as
if you are somebody important with a life. I'm pretty sure you're
manic depressive mixed with habitual liar.

Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.

-sw

I like chili cheese fritos and put pickled jalapenos on whole wheat toast pizza. I put texas pete hot sauce on scrambled eggs and in armour chilli.

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 7:39:11 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> I like chili cheese fritos and put pickled jalapenos on whole wheat toast pizza. I put texas pete hot sauce on scrambled eggs and in armour chilli.

There's a local chain of a couple dozen restaurants, vaguely Greek.
They supply cayenne and garlic powder along with the salt and pepper
at the table. I sprinkle cayenne and garlic powder indiscriminately
over the salad and the faux-gyros. Only there, and nowhere else.

Sometimes cayenne on popcorn. Jalapenos (which I agree are not that
hot) sautéed into scrambled eggs.

I used to be a serious chili-head, but I've aged out of it somewhat.
Can't recall the last time I ordered "more than Indian hot" at a
local Indian restaurant whose heat levels (IIRC) we
mild
medium
hot
Indian hot
more than Indian hot

Cindy Hamilton

On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 04:57:28 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 7:39:11 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> > I like chili cheese fritos and put pickled jalapenos on whole wheat toast pizza. I put texas pete hot sauce on scrambled eggs and in armour chilli.
>
> There's a local chain of a couple dozen restaurants, vaguely Greek.
> They supply cayenne and garlic powder along with the salt and pepper
> at the table. I sprinkle cayenne and garlic powder indiscriminately
> over the salad and the faux-gyros. Only there, and nowhere else.
>
> Sometimes cayenne on popcorn. Jalapenos (which I agree are not that
> hot) sautéed into scrambled eggs.
>
> I used to be a serious chili-head, but I've aged out of it somewhat.
> Can't recall the last time I ordered "more than Indian hot" at a
> local Indian restaurant whose heat levels (IIRC) we
> mild
> medium
> hot
> Indian hot
> more than Indian hot
>
Maybe you're more into flavor than burn these days.


--

sf

I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.

wrote:
>
> I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.

That's what I also use. Mild is too mild but some hot is a bit too
hot. Buying jarred salsa, medium is just the right amount of heat for
me. The super hot anything just burns out your taste buds and ruins
all the other taste.

G.

On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 05:14:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.

I don't understand why anyone would buy mild salsa. Might as well buy
(or make) heat free pico de gallo.

--

sf

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 05:14:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.
>
> I don't understand why anyone would buy mild salsa. Might as well buy
> (or make) heat free pico de gallo.
>
> --
>
> sf

I really only like mild, and I usually only buy Ortega Mild Salsa if I can
find it. I don't like hot at all, but do like the convenience of jarred
salsa for omelets etc.

Cheri

On 6/7/2015 10:13 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 05:14:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>>> I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.
>>
>> I don't understand why anyone would buy mild salsa. Might as well buy
>> (or make) heat free pico de gallo.
>>
>> --
>>
>> sf
>
> I really only like mild, and I usually only buy Ortega Mild Salsa if I
> can find it. I don't like hot at all, but do like the convenience of
> jarred salsa for omelets etc.
>
> Cheri


I think that some folks just like the taste with a lower heat setting.

We do this with enchilada sauce all the time for guests.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 05:14:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.
>
> I don't understand why anyone would buy mild salsa. Might as well buy
> (or make) heat free pico de gallo.

Why? They are two different things and have two different uses. I know
that some people dip things into salsa. I usually don't. I use it more as
an ingredient. I used to buy two. Mild and hot. I used mild for what
Angela and I ate and if I wanted a little more heat to mine, I added the
jalapeno sauce. Now that she liked spicier food, I use medium for all.
Husband likes hotter but he has a hot sauce assortment that he can use.

In this area there is no pico de gallo that tastes good. It all kind of
reminds me of Rotel. Not that Rotel is bad but it is cooked. And if I want
pico de gallo, I want that nice fresh taste. I have also never had it mild.
But I have had it a bit too hot for me.

On 6/7/2015 5:15 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 05:14:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>>> I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.
>>
>> I don't understand why anyone would buy mild salsa. Might as well buy
>> (or make) heat free pico de gallo.
>
> Why? They are two different things and have two different uses. I know
> that some people dip things into salsa. I usually don't. I use it more
> as an ingredient. I used to buy two. Mild and hot. I used mild for
> what Angela and I ate and if I wanted a little more heat to mine, I
> added the jalapeno sauce. Now that she liked spicier food, I use medium
> for all. Husband likes hotter but he has a hot sauce assortment that he
> can use.
>
> In this area there is no pico de gallo that tastes good. It all kind of
> reminds me of Rotel. Not that Rotel is bad but it is cooked. And if I
> want pico de gallo, I want that nice fresh taste. I have also never had
> it mild. But I have had it a bit too hot for me.


Have you tried the Reser brand?

https://www.resers.com/products/baja...de-gallo-salsa

On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 16:15:21 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 05:14:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
> >
> >> I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.
> >
> > I don't understand why anyone would buy mild salsa. Might as well buy
> > (or make) heat free pico de gallo.
>
> Why? They are two different things and have two different uses. I know
> that some people dip things into salsa. I usually don't. I use it more as
> an ingredient. I used to buy two. Mild and hot. I used mild for what
> Angela and I ate and if I wanted a little more heat to mine, I added the
> jalapeno sauce. Now that she liked spicier food, I use medium for all.
> Husband likes hotter but he has a hot sauce assortment that he can use.
>
> In this area there is no pico de gallo that tastes good. It all kind of
> reminds me of Rotel. Not that Rotel is bad but it is cooked. And if I want
> pico de gallo, I want that nice fresh taste. I have also never had it mild.
> But I have had it a bit too hot for me.

Me_me_me.

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sf

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 16:15:21 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 05:14:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>> >
>> >> I do use medium salsa on tacos tho.
>> >
>> > I don't understand why anyone would buy mild salsa. Might as well buy
>> > (or make) heat free pico de gallo.
>>
>> Why? They are two different things and have two different uses. I know
>> that some people dip things into salsa. I usually don't. I use it more
>> as
>> an ingredient. I used to buy two. Mild and hot. I used mild for what
>> Angela and I ate and if I wanted a little more heat to mine, I added the
>> jalapeno sauce. Now that she liked spicier food, I use medium for all.
>> Husband likes hotter but he has a hot sauce assortment that he can use.
>>
>> In this area there is no pico de gallo that tastes good. It all kind of
>> reminds me of Rotel. Not that Rotel is bad but it is cooked. And if I
>> want
>> pico de gallo, I want that nice fresh taste. I have also never had it
>> mild.
>> But I have had it a bit too hot for me.
>
> Me_me_me.

What do you think you're doing? Seems everyone here can have an opinion but
me.

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 10:22:05 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> From January.
>
> http://bitterempire.com/manly-men-ea...-science-fact/
>
>
> Manly Men Eat Spicy Food. It's Just Science Fact
>
> Naomi Kritzer January 8, 2015 SciTech
>
> There's an article making the rounds about how men with higher testosterone levels prefer spicier foods. The study was done in France. Men were tested for testosterone levels, then handed a plate of mashed potatoes and as many little packets of Tabasco sauce they wanted to add to flavor it, along with salt packets. Providing the Tabasco and salt in packets made it easy to determine how much was used as researchers could just count the open packets.
>
> Big reveal: Higher testosterone correlated with a higher use of Tabasco, but not salt.
>
> The thing about the full study was the way they recruited the men: they told them they'd be doing a food-tasting session that had been organized by a food research company, to do a sensory analysis of food that was going to be developed commercially in the future. The men were instructed to abstain from food or drink (other than water) for three hours beforehand, to ensure that they'd be reasonably hungry. Once they showed up, they were presented with 150g of mashed potatoes, 50 satchets of Tabasco sauce (the paper refers to these as "doses"), and 80 satchets of salt. They were also given an information sheets warning them of the risks of adding Tabasco, i.e., that one dose would be spicy while six doses might cause "temporary extinction of the sense of taste" and "vomiting."
>
> So. Imagine. You're a man between the ages of 18 and 45 and you've been recruited, you thought, for a food research study. You show up expecting to be served something like papaya-flavored yogurt or maybe a quinoa-based breakfast cereal or peppermint frosting. Instead, they hand you a plate with 150g of mashed potatoes on it. Along with fifty satchets of Tabasco sauce. And a chart telling you that six satchets might make you vomit. Delicious!
>
> What I want to know -- and of course the study doesn't tell me -- is how these people reacted, and how the research assistants kept a straight face. Potatoes? Really? You're testing mashed potatoes? (My husband, on hearing this study, wanted to know who puts Tabasco on their mashed potatoes, anyway. "People who aren't being provided butter or gravy?" I said.)
>
> Not included in the study results: if you're a man from Grenoble, France, even if you have high testosterone, you are likely to be generous and accommodating to scientific researchers. Either that, or they made some reasonably high-quality mashed potatoes behind the scenes in that lab. This was France; I suppose that part may have been just a given.
>
> (end)
>
>
>
> Lenona.







I prefer Taco Bell jarred med salsa but Chi Chi brand is ok.

wrote:
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> I prefer Taco Bell jarred med salsa but Chi Chi brand is ok.

I rarely use salsa but when I do, any of the commercial brands taste
about the same to me. I shop salsa by price when I want some.
G.

On Sun, 07 Jun 2015 13:09:14 -0400, Gary > wrote:

wrote:
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>> I prefer Taco Bell jarred med salsa but Chi Chi brand is ok.
>
>I rarely use salsa but when I do, any of the commercial brands taste
>about the same to me. I shop salsa by price when I want some.

I've never taken to salsa myself, never caught onto what is so great
about it, really. Maybe I haven't had a decent salsa, that's quite
possible.