spicy foods
Capsaicin-laden dishes
Spicy foods are dishes containing ingredients that produce a burning or tingling sensation, typically from chili peppers, black pepper, ginger, or similar pungent seasonings.
The heat comes from compounds like capsaicin that trigger pain receptors on the tongue.
Tolerance varies widely—what's mild to one person may be unbearable to another: I can't handle spicy foods.
- hotHaving much warmth
- chiliCapsicum pod or stew
- peppersSeasons or bombards repeatedly
- red pepper flakesDried, crushed hot capsicum
- jalapeñoMild-to-medium Mexican pepper
habanero · ghost pepper · Carolina Reaper · sriracha · curry · salsa · burning · tongue · sweat · ring of fire · capsaicin · fiery · Thai · Mexican · wasabi · heat · hot sauce · kick
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- thermogenesisthermogenesis, body heat, brown fat, metabolism, metabolic rate