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Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade In... by jschwartzi on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @06:01PM (#17770152)
When Midwesterners complain about how spicy something is, they're not talking about the pain from the capsaicin. They're referring to the unusual flavors from backing spices like cinnamon, coriander, cumin, turmeric, clove, cardamom, paprika, fenugreek, bay, et. al.. These are not "hot" spices, but people still have issues with them.
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Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade In... by mmanfrin on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @06:27PM (#17770292)
I'm sorry, this is contrary to every experience I've had. 'Spiciness' refers to heat, not to combination of spices.
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Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade In... by rishav_sharan on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:18AM (#17772104)
As an Indian, for me it refers to both. "Spiciness" may bring heat to the tongue (chillies) or may be easy on the tongue but hell in your stomach (Andhra spicy). the latter is less likely to be taken as "heat" but it is more of a combination of spices.
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Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade In... by liquidwax on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:59PM (#17770800)
It's a common misconception.
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Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade In... by hellogoodbyeeee on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @06:05PM (#17770177)
I don't know what Midwesterners you talk to, but everyone in my neck of the woods uses spicy to mean hot-spicy.
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Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade In... by zwkrt on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @06:21PM (#17770249)
You know I would think so, but I had a roommate who compplained when I cooked with red bell peppers. I would make Italian food with garlic and onions and he would leave the apartment. Some people--and Midwesterners stereotypically--truly have a flat palate.
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Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade In... by jschwartzi on Thursday August 16, 2018 @03:43PM (#17777866)
I think we need to get a map out if we're going to come to any kind of agreement on this.
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Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade In... by roguecoder on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:51PM (#17770742)
Right, but they are not going to be the target audience for this. There are plenty of Americans who aren't Midwesterners from Northern European meat-and-potatoes cultures, and Hungry Man already exists for the rest of them.
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