I feel like the stereotype has trended binary recently: white dudes are either the “black pepper is too spicy” type, or they’re the chili heads who mainline reapers
As a white girl, I like medium peppers and can occasionally enjoy a habeñero sauce but I’ll feel it. The thing is it’s just unremarkable, so I rarely say it. Most white people in my life like how spicy I cook things. That said my mom actually did think black pepper was too spicy.
I like stuff that’s hot but not to the point I can’t taste anything in the food other than hotness. It’s supposed to be a condiment not take over the whole meal.
I think that unless folks can handle wildly intense things like reaper sauce, most people’s favorite level of spice is just beneath their tolerance. Like they would rather have a spicy meal they can handle than a single crazy spicy bite. It just turns out that people have different tolerances. For some people, that ideal level for them is just a little black pepper. For many people though, black pepper is hardly noticeable, or at least forgettable.
I feel like the stereotype has trended binary recently: white dudes are either the “black pepper is too spicy” type, or they’re the chili heads who mainline reapers
As a white girl, I like medium peppers and can occasionally enjoy a habeñero sauce but I’ll feel it. The thing is it’s just unremarkable, so I rarely say it. Most white people in my life like how spicy I cook things. That said my mom actually did think black pepper was too spicy.
I like stuff that’s hot but not to the point I can’t taste anything in the food other than hotness. It’s supposed to be a condiment not take over the whole meal.
I think that unless folks can handle wildly intense things like reaper sauce, most people’s favorite level of spice is just beneath their tolerance. Like they would rather have a spicy meal they can handle than a single crazy spicy bite. It just turns out that people have different tolerances. For some people, that ideal level for them is just a little black pepper. For many people though, black pepper is hardly noticeable, or at least forgettable.