Eating hot food triggers the pain receptors which causes the body to
release endorphines, its like getting a buzz without the injury one would
get from an accident. I think people who like extra hot food are just
addicted to their own endorphines. I like Daves Insanity sauce on fried
clams.....Oh no another addiction :-o
Frank
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:20:29 -0800 "Timpe, Jim" <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Dirk Wright mentioned...
>
> >This is another strange tradition in our society. I don't know
> where it
> came
> >from, actually, but in Mexico, India and other places, hot spices
> are used
> to
> >kill germs in the food, since the sanitation there is basically
> non-existant.
> >Here in America, hot spices are not needed for that purpose. I
> don't
> >understand why people think that eating food should be a painful
> experience.
> >It is not logical.
>
> Live long and prosper\\//
>
>
>
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