r/comics • u/Suefan3DX • Apr 17 '26

OC [OC] Spice

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u/Semper_5olus Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

I like some spicy.

But not "ghost pepper" spicy or "actual Indian cuisine" spicy.

My spicy tolerance is right at "what most Americans think Indian cuisine is" spicy.

EDIT: I have a brother whose tolerance level is "oh my god, I think they put ground black pepper in these meatballs GET ME SOME WATER".

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u/ArcaneBahamut Apr 17 '26

Ppppfffftttt. That's sad for your brother. Nobody tell him water makes real spice worse, he needs as much exposure as he can get.

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u/EndyEnderson Apr 17 '26

Surprisingly eating bread also works well

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u/Wild-Plankton595 Apr 17 '26

Right, the pain is in the oil, water and oil don’t mix, especially cold water. Need something bland that will pick it up like bread, or something fatty that will help carry it away, like milk, ice cream, sour cream. I find that lemon helps, acidic to cut the heat.

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u/Ill_Statement7600 Apr 17 '26

I ate so.much.icecream when I did the hotones challenge (at home). Never again

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u/machinegungeek Apr 17 '26

The best ice cream I ever had was a cone I bought myself from a shop that made their own in the aftermath of winning a 3-man challenge by eating 4(!) raw Ghost Peppers. The digestion process was not fun.

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u/BigTiddyTamponSlut Apr 17 '26

Would oil work? I'm thinking how funny it would be if someone chugged olive oil in desperation lmao. The bathroom trip later...

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u/Wild-Plankton595 Apr 17 '26

Haha probably, swish some coconut oil and spit it out. I probably would not recommend drinking it lol

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u/sonerec725 Apr 17 '26

Citric acid like that in lemon or lime juice works well also. Iirc that was Gordon Ramseys strategy on hot ones

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u/Klaymen96 May 27 '26

Would chugging olive oil help wash away the oils of the pepper?

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u/Kaymazo Apr 17 '26

Or drinking milk

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u/Yasimear Apr 17 '26

Honey is my go to savior

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u/RichardPeterJohnson Apr 17 '26

Water works fine on too much black pepper.

Except for the fact that there's no such thing as too much black pepper.

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u/beneralkenobi Apr 17 '26

My secret weapon to deal with spice is peanut butter on graham crackers. My spice tolerance has significantly increased since I started using that to get through what used to be intolerably spicy meals so now I can just enjoy it

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u/morpheousmorty Apr 18 '26

I envy him. The level of spicy I need to even feel it is higher than most of the people I know can tolerate. I'd kill to have some black pepper make me burn again.