Spicy food

RobYourBuilder

Do you enjoy it?

Shenshen

Yes

Foxhound38

Love it! Not spicy to the extent that I can't taste anything else or anything, but I do like a good kick to my food. Good chicken madras with plenty of spice goes down a treat!

Egginacup

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Love it! Not spicy to the extent that I can't taste anything else or anything, but I do like a good kick to my food. Good chicken madras with plenty of spice goes down a treat!

Agreed. Hot and Sour soup is great too and good hot buffalo wings.

kylith

Nope. I'd love to like spicy food, but I can't really handle anything spicier than Monster Munch.

Just a little Samba

I'd be buggered if I didn't where I currently am.

I'd absolutely murder a plate of mashed spuds with some gravy though.

Duggy747

My toilet cries when it finds out I'm eating the spicy stuff again.

Menas

I love it. Spent a few weeks in india where I was eating curry at least twice a day. After 4 days my sweat was smelling of curry.
Took about a week for the smell of curry to leave me when I got home. But twas worth it.

Custardpi

Love it, used to not be able to handle it but have built up a tolerance the past few years for it. Once you can manage to get beyond the heat of a really spicy Thai/Indian dish there's a wonderful array of complex flavours that you open your taste buds to.

RobYourBuilder

What would your spiciest dish be, lads?

Aongus Von Bismarck

Yes. I tend to prefer the spicy dishes from SEA more so than the ones from India. While I'm a fan of a judicious use of spicing, I don't like where raw heat is used to cover up poor quality ingredients. So pouring hot sauce on the wings of chickens who never left the cage they were born in in an attempt to mask the lack of flavour within the meat doesn't appeal to me. Or the sight of fat 'largered up' men in ill-fitting rugby jerseys ordering the hottest curry on the menu of the local sauce and rice Indian. Why bother? They're impressing nobody.

The Peanut

Very much so. Big fan - literally - of food in general, but partial to spicy flavours. The increased availability of spices in Ireland over the last 20 years has greatly increased cooking options. I grew up on a diet of spuds, meat and veg, which I still love, but it's so easy to make very quick and tasty stir-fries by adding small amounts of spices to give it a kick.

Hoop66

I love spicy food. I regularly cook Indian & Pakistani dishes. My favourites are Iranian stews - Koresht-e-Fessenjan, a chicken or duck stew with walnut & pomegranate sauce is one of the best things I've ever eaten.

I'm just waiting to see how OP is going to link this to the destruction of our way of life.

Tilly

Love it! Wings, curries, anything spicy......

RobYourBuilder

Hoop66 wrote: »

I love spicy food. I regularly cook Indian & Pakistani dishes. My favourites are Iranian stews - Koresht-e-Fessenjan, a chicken or duck stew with walnut & pomegranate sauce is one of the best things I've ever eaten.

I'm just waiting to see how OP is going to link this to the destruction of our way of life.

You can cook up Iranian stews? Impressive.

RobYourBuilder

Tilly wrote: »

Love it! Wings, curries, anything spicy......

A darling after me own heart!

Custardpi

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

What would your spiciest dish be, lads?

I've had some chilli made with ghost chillis which was pretty fiery, really nice though. Working my way up to the hotter stuff in Indian cuisine so haven't had a Vindaloo yet, but probably will soon. Have had Madras plenty of times with no problems.

anncoates

Spicie and hotter the better but have had to limit it somewhat of late as stomach has been playing up.

anncoates

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

What would your spiciest dish be, lads?

Ask for a phal in your Indian. Too hot for me in fairness.

Hoop66

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

You can cook up Iranian stews? Impressive.

I can give the recipe for the Fessenjan if you like, it's a bit of a pain to make but so worth it.

Actually not that "hot", just uses cumin/coriander & a wee bit chilli.

The Peanut

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

What would your spiciest dish be, lads?

I made piri-piri chicken using a recipe I got from an Angolan recipe in Portugal and nearly died. I think the recipe involved 3 birds-eye chillies for the paste and I used 8; it was a handwritten recipe. Pain was unreal. Make it now properly; it's really delicious.

blue note

I absolutely love spicy food. Either the stuff that has a nice kick, or that's really hot, but still is full of flavour or that's crazy hot and you feel like a big man after eating.

The only thing is my stomach can't handle it anymore. I'm in agony the next day after most spicy food.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Hoop66 wrote: »

My favourites are Iranian stews - Koresht-e-Fessenjan, a chicken or duck stew with walnut & pomegranate sauce is one of the best things I've ever eaten

That sounds incredible. Is it sweet or sour? I'd love to rustle it up at some stage, so if you have a good recipie then could you post the link?

Just a little Samba

anncoates wrote: »

Ask for a phal in your Indian. Too hot for me in fairness.

Tis an English Dish, not Indian though.

Hoop66

anncoates wrote: »

Ask for a phal in your Indian. Too hot for me in fairness.

Insanely hot. Some of the Sri Lankan curries I've had, even when asked to be not too spicy, were just too much.

anncoates

Just a little Samba wrote: »

Tis an English Dish, not Indian though.

He asked for the hottest, not the most geographically authentic unless I read the post wrong.

RobYourBuilder

My go to dish is a spicy korma. Or a nacha jalapeños overload. I've been in the left in the halfpenny place.

Custardpi

blue note wrote: »

I absolutely love spicy food. Either the stuff that has a nice kick, or that's really hot, but still is full of flavour or that's crazy hot and you feel like a big man after eating.

The only thing is my stomach can't handle it anymore. I'm in agony the next day after most spicy food.

Yeah, you do have to pay for it sometimes. I reckon a product like this could probably find a real life market.

Hoop66

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

That sounds incredible. Is it sweet or sour? I'd love to rustle it up at some stage, so if you have a good recipie then could you post the link?

Kind of sweet and sour. I will pm (or just post in here) the recipe once I get home. The measurements are a bit all over the place as my mother had it dictated it from friends of ours and I borrowed it from her, but it's nothing too tricky.

The hard stuff to track down is the pomegranate syrup and the sumac for the rice.

RobYourBuilder

Where would you lads go for a good curry? My shop is by the canal. Get beered up, then saunter in with with a group.

Lia_lia

Custardpi wrote: »

Love it, used to not be able to handle it but have built up a tolerance the past few years for it. Once you can manage to get beyond the heat of a really spicy Thai/Indian dish there's a wonderful array of complex flavours that you open your taste buds to.

Yes, same.

Just a little Samba

Hoop66 wrote: »

Kind of sweet and sour. I will pm (or just post in here) the recipe once I get home. The measurements are a bit all over the place as my mother had it dictated it from friends of ours and I borrowed it from her, but it's nothing too tricky.

The hard stuff to track down is the pomegranate syrup and the sumac for the rice.

You can get Sumac in tesco these days (madness I know) in the "tesco ingredients" section, it's like €4 for a small 50g pot though.

Asian Market on Dury street do pomegranate molasses for the dubs in the audience.

Love it, as some examples I put fresh habenaros in my bolognese when I make it, eat Jalapeños from the jar like some people eat olives, put Jalapeños in my omelettes and in sandwiches all the time and dont get me started on Tobasco habenaro sauce . I reckon I eat chilli's in some form or other 5 out of the 7 days of the week.

Just a little Samba

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

Where would you lads go for a good curry? My shop is by the canal. Get beered up, then saunter in with with a group.

Namaste in Smithfield is ok as far as British/Irish Indian restaurants go.
I'm not a fan of North Indian and Pakistani food though and that's about all you get in British/Irish Indian restaurants.

If anyone knows of an Indian restaurant in Ireland that does South Indian food, specifically Tamilian and Keralite, you get one free internets for sharing with the class.

paulbok

I can just about handle a vindaloo, but would rarely get one. Happiest at a level below that.
Ok with Carribean jerk, I don't get the same stomach burn from habenero chillies than I do from birds eye for some reason (and I know there is supposed to be a big difference Scoville-wise).
After something extremely hot, my stomach will burn for a few hours, but I've never suffered the next day on the pot.
I've tried Nandos hottest XXX sauce ( I think in the black bottle) and while it's nice an hot, it tastes disgusting.
Properly blended hot sauce, like a good vindaloo, still tastes good despite the burning and sweats. Thats why you keep eating it even though your body might be asking you to think again.

I will generally put chillies & spices in most dishes, usually after cooking though as the missus hasn't a high tolerance.

RobYourBuilder

Just a little Samba wrote: »

Namaste in Smithfield is ok as far as British/Irish Indian restaurants go.
I'm not a fan of North Indian and Pakistani food though and that's about all you get in British/Irish Indian restaurants.

If anyone knows of an Indian restaurant in Ireland that does South Indian food, specifically Tamilian and Keralite, you get one free internets for sharing with the class.

Sounds like a decent gaff. I'm living out in clondalkin. We had an unbelievable take out/restaurant. But it turned out the main lad was earning just fifty cent per hour. Disgusting. He was the owners cousin.

Hoop66

Just a little Samba wrote: »

Namaste in Smithfield is ok as far as British/Irish Indian restaurants go.
I'm not a fan of North Indian and Pakistani food though and that's about all you get in British/Irish Indian restaurants.

If anyone knows of an Indian restaurant in Ireland that does South Indian food, specifically Tamilian and Keralite, you get one free internets for sharing with the class.

Rasam in Glasthule does all sorts of dishes. Not really a "curry house", more of a restaurant that does a number of regional specialities from all around India. I had a Goan pork dish there that was delicious.

RobertKK

I love spicy food.

I do get chicken breast fillets, sprinkle them with a bit of hot chilli powder, cayenne pepper, cumin, coriander and garam masala. Then I roast in oven for 25 minutes at 180C.
It is very hot more so to the cayenne pepper, usually serve it with some potato with a bit of butter and broccoli. These counteract with the spiciness of the chicken and I do love the flavours and the contrast of hot spicy chicken with the calm flavours of the potato and broccoli.

Another thing I like is to cook baby potatoes, carrots and broccoli together, then pour in hot curry sauce. They are a match made in heaven.

Irishcrx

Love spicy food , the more tears coming out of my eyes during the meal the better. Other half is complete opposite though she can't handle any kind of spice, even very very mild and she won't eat it so have to try and balance it.

Luckily for me I now have a partner in crime , my son has started to show tolerance and affection for the hotter thing's in life!...

TommyOM

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

Sounds like a decent gaff. I'm living out in clondalkin. We had an unbelievable take out/restaurant. But it turned out the main lad was earning just fifty cent per hour. Disgusting. He was the owners cousin.

Here we go........

Only a matter time before the true purpose of the thread came to the fore.

Wobbly_Legs

Yes I love spicy food, However my significant other is a picky eater so never get to go for a good Indian or Thai He wont eat anything spicier than SWEET chili sauce
This has actually given me a great idea for a prank.. anybody have any habanero tabasco? *tehehehe*
Good job he doesnt know my boards name :P

This will have lots of husbands worried tonight! Double check yer burgers

RobYourBuilder

TommyOM wrote: »

Here we go........

Only a matter time before the true purpose of the thread came to the fore.

What?

chakotha

Spicy, definitely but super hot, no.

I've tried to up the to heat in curries but it's just unenjoyable eating the thing.

Zippie84

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

Do you enjoy it?

Yes

corkchick88

I'm not a fan of spicy food... I just cannot taste anything when I eat it. But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't try it.

Grayson

I don't mind the taste but I just feel ill if i eat spicy food. So the answer is no.

Custardpi

corkchick88 wrote: »

I'm not a fan of spicy food... I just cannot taste anything when I eat it. But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't try it.

It's something you have to get used to. A lot of the flavours from chillis, curry etc can be a bit of a shock to the system at first but once your taste buds adjust you'll be able to appreciate them more. Takes time but worth it.

SlipperyPeople

Absolutely addicted to spicy food the hotter the better.

I pretty much will eat something hot for at least one meal a day.

Not sure if thats bad for me or not.

Love franks and habenero tobasco.

Add habeneros to most things I cook like chilis, curry, stir frys, chicken wings.

Little ass burrito I've found have had one the only hot salsas that I found really hot.

RobYourBuilder

corkchick88 wrote: »

I'm not a fan of spicy food... I just cannot taste anything when I eat it. But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't try it.

A cucumber salad as a side?

corkchick88

Custardpi wrote: »

It's something you have to get used to. A lot of the flavours from chillis, curry etc can be a bit of a shock to the system at first but once your taste buds adjust you'll be able to appreciate them more. Takes time but worth it.

Thanks for that.. Will have to keep trying so. A friend of mine loves spicy food - can't get enough of it so I must be missing out on something!

Iranoutofideas

Try http://www.greensaffron.com spices

Their Korma, Madras, Tikka, Vadagam and Rogan Josh are unreal.