Does anyone else sometimes crave hot/spicy food?

Kissa · 02-12-2013, 03:06 AM

Today I will be eating chillies, hot sauce, pepper, ginger et al.

I sometimes seriously crave spicy food. I lived in the Far East and India for years and that may be part of it. Sometimes nothing will satisfy me like a hot curry, be it Indian, Thai, Malaysian or a Szechwan dish or a Chilli with extra chillies.

Popovers, or hot bonnets stuffed with cheese. Hot sauce added to everything, eggs, dips, vegetables.

I love hot food! Today is one of those days.

soon · 02-12-2013, 04:18 AM

I dont crave it cause I use it every day haha but my spicy might be different than yours. I put red pepper flakes in my broth , I also use cajun spice on my chicken and I like cayenne and red pepper flakes on my veggies.

Dottie · 02-12-2013, 04:21 AM

Tabasco or salsa on eggs

LadyKT · 02-12-2013, 05:51 AM

I don't 'crave' it per se, but I do enjoy it on certain things. One being breakfast potatoes with hot sauce

Chili with extra hot sauce

Siracha in chicken salad

The list goes on and on!

hot-in-texas · 02-12-2013, 05:52 AM

Kissa, I love hot food and I know what you mean by craving it. We have an Indian restaurant where I live that when I crave it, nothing else will do. My favorite kind of spice is the kind in Thai food. But I also adore Cajun, and Mexican.

KeirasMom · 02-12-2013, 06:05 AM

All. The. Time!

willbuyone · 02-12-2013, 06:42 AM

I love hot spicy foods. My favorite is Thai.

Yennie · 02-12-2013, 08:28 AM

Oh, all the time!!! When I lived in MN, I thought I was gonna die. This is a place where the natives tend to think ketchup is the answer to all sauce needs, and pepper (yes, pepper!) is too hot.

Kissa · 02-12-2013, 08:35 AM

The house is full of the scent of a vegetable curry. Basmati rice, spicy poppadoms, chilli pickle, lime pickle and garlic pickle as accompaniments and I will be in heaven.

So glad to know there are others out there.

adillenal · 02-12-2013, 08:44 AM

Never crave hot and/or spicy. But let's talk carrot cake

Kissa · 02-12-2013, 08:47 AM

Love you Adi!

But I never crave sweet things ... not that I don't eat them you understand...

LadyKT · 02-12-2013, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by adillenal

Never crave hot and/or spicy. But let's talk carrot cake

Yep, that's DEFINITELY me.

Now I'm giving up sugar (all of them, real and fake) for Lent. Oooooh help me......

Flutter · 02-12-2013, 09:04 AM

Ack, spicy stuff? nooooo!

I would be miserable in 5 seconds flat!

I'm doing good having regular ole chili WITHOUT the hot sauce.

Adi had to bring up the carrot cake, though. My mom always makes the best carrot cake...I'm gonna have to get her to make some soon now! Thanks Adi!

KeirasMom · 02-12-2013, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adillenal

Never crave hot and/or spicy. But let's talk carrot cake

Carrot cake is healthy right? It's a vegetable.

I'm with Cindy, in that I don't crave sweets as a rule, but I will eat them, and carrot cake is one of my faves!

I wonder how it would be with cayenne . . . .

Eieio · 02-12-2013, 09:15 AM

Dope never!
but I do have dreams of salt shakers.
Honestly the only food I ever crave is salty buttered popcorn!
What I do crave are, sounds, how weird is that?
I miss, or crave per say, people's laughter, their voices.
I crave bird sounds, gravel sounds that are made when walking, like at the lake or river.
Cat purrs, train in the distance, thunder!
I just CRAVE IT!
Now u got me started. Sm

e
I don't like load noises!
They do the total reverse to me.

Dottie · 02-12-2013, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by KeirasMom

Carrot cake is healthy right? It's a vegetable.

I'm with Cindy, in that I don't crave sweets as a rule, but I will eat them, and carrot cake is one of my faves!

I wonder how it would be with cayenne . . . .

Sure! Vegetable, milk, eggs, grains- everything healthy

hot-in-texas · 02-12-2013, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by KeirasMom

I wonder how it would be with cayenne . . . .

mmm, that IS a thought...

Flutter · 02-12-2013, 09:46 AM

Carrot cake, yes, healthy!!

Ei, you crack me up! Those are some lovely sounds! I want to hear the waves of the lake (or ocean!) right now. i'm sick of winter!

LadyKT · 02-12-2013, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Dottie

Sure! Vegetable, milk, eggs, grains- everything healthy

That reminds me of the Bill Cosby bit - "It's got eggs, wheat & milk - NUTRITION!".

Dad is great, he gives us the chocolate cake!

Librarygirl · 02-12-2013, 09:52 AM

Ehhh, spicy food can sometimes be a problem the next day.

I don't crave it, but I like it! Texas Pete hot sauce is my favorite brand...very flavorful compared to Tabasco. Try some hot sauce on grits with butter.

piratejenny · 02-12-2013, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Yennie

Oh, all the time!!! When I lived in MN, I thought I was gonna die. This is a place where the natives tend to think ketchup is the answer to all sauce needs, and pepper (yes, pepper!) is too hot.

Hahaha!!!
We (Texan Mexicans) felt that way when we lived in Costa Rica. The traditional food there is NOT spicy! If you put 1/8tsp cayenne in a big pot of stew, everybody would probably cry and complain that it was too picante! The closest thing to a hot sauce that I can remember was these bottles of pickled peppers with a TINY hole in the lid...wild people would shake a couple drops of the vinegar onto their food, but rarely would anyone put any actual chiles into anything! ¡Diós guarde! (God forbid!)

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Originally Posted by adillenal

But let's talk carrot cake.

You know how carrot cake recipes usually call for vegetable oil? Well, one time I decided to make it with butter instead. And I thought, I'd better melt the butter so it doesn't mess up the recipe. And I was cooking lunch for 30 people, and kinda forgot about the butter for a little bit.

And it almost burned. But guess what--that brown butter made the best carrot cake EVAR!!! So, umm, if you usually use oil, try that sometime.

Luv2Eat · 02-12-2013, 10:04 AM

Oh, I love spicy food! Rogan Josh, Vindaloo

A well made salsa is also good, homemade is best with plenty of serrano peppers, or thai hots if I can get my hands on them, with a healthy ratio of raw onion.

Carrot Cake

Gosh, I love it all. . . .

EIEIO, love the sound of laughter, especially baby laughter.
The light ocean waves rock me to sleep.

Luv2Eat · 02-12-2013, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by piratejenny

Hahaha!!!
We (Texan Mexicans) felt that way when we lived in Costa Rica. The traditional food there is NOT spicy! If you put 1/8tsp cayenne in a big pot of stew, everybody would probably cry and complain that it was too picante! The closest thing to a hot sauce that I can remember was these bottles of pickled peppers with a TINY hole in the lid...wild people would shake a couple drops of the vinegar onto their food, but rarely would anyone put any actual chiles into anything! ¡Diós guarde! (God forbid!)

You know how carrot cake recipes usually call for vegetable oil? Well, one time I decided to make it with butter instead. And I thought, I'd better melt the butter so it doesn't mess up the recipe. And I was cooking lunch for 30 people, and kinda forgot about the butter for a little bit.

And it almost burned. But guess what--that brown butter made the best carrot cake EVAR!!! So, umm, if you usually use oil, try that sometime.

That carrot cake 'accident' sounds delish!!

Your Costa Rica experience reminds me of a time I was invited to a potluck. My friend had some Vietnamese friends over. I made a chicken dish and added a bit too much dried pepper flakes. It was really hot, like searing (also a Texan here, peppers are another food group :-) Anyway, I apologized for the dish being so hot. It was the first dish to go, the Vietnamese loved it!!

Another happy accident

Truffles · 02-12-2013, 10:13 AM

I crave hot sauce sporadically, I know what u mean. I work at a restaurant, and once in a while I will get some French fries for the sole purpose of dousing them in our home Made buffalo sauce! Delish.

I have chili garlic paste in the fridge to add to miracle noodle dishes when necessary.

adillenal · 02-12-2013, 10:33 AM

Well we have carrot cake today. Our 85 year old custodian makes everyone a birthday cake of their choosing and the birthday girl today chose carrot cake and let me add it is delicious. Lots of carrots and pecans so it has a few healthy aspects. I am happy.

hot-in-texas · 02-12-2013, 10:40 AM

After reading this thread, I see carrot cake and pad Thai in my very near future

Kissa · 02-12-2013, 03:34 PM

My vegetable curry was a great success!

Luv2Eat · 02-12-2013, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adillenal

Well we have carrot cake today. Our 85 year old custodian makes everyone a birthday cake of their choosing and the birthday girl today chose carrot cake and let me add it is delicious. Lots of carrots and pecans so it has a few healthy aspects. I am happy.

What a sweetheart! I

this custodian!

adillenal · 02-12-2013, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Luv2Eat

What a sweetheart! I

this custodian!

We love her too. We don't care if she ever cleans anything as long as she brings cake.

Yennie · 02-12-2013, 05:03 PM

Oh yeah! I made a pot of stew for dinner with the left over dripping from last night's roast, bone broth, more potatoes and celery. After tasting it I decided it was too bland so I dumped in a bunch of srirachi sauce. Enjoying a bowl right now, realizing I may have over-done it a bit to feed this to my kidlet but hubby & I love spicy!
In MN, I ordered all my Thai food 5 stars. Because otherwise it was not spicy enough. And there was a restaruant there that sold buffalo wings and had, like, 15-20 sauce choices. My absolute favorite was the mango habinero, which was 2nd from the hottest on their scale. I once tried their hottest but it just didn't have good flavor to it.

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02-12-2013, 04:18 AM	#2
soon Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 2,251 Gallery: soon Stats: restart 07 WOE: whatever works	I dont crave it cause I use it every day haha but my spicy might be different than yours. I put red pepper flakes in my broth , I also use cajun spice on my chicken and I like cayenne and red pepper flakes on my veggies.

02-12-2013, 04:21 AM	#3
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 68,555 Gallery: Dottie WOE: JUDDD calorie cycling plan	Tabasco or salsa on eggs

02-12-2013, 05:51 AM	#4
LadyKT Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Central NJ Posts: 2,067 Gallery: LadyKT Stats: 159/150/125 - 5'3" WOE: Whatever gets me to goal... Start Date: January 2013	I don't 'crave' it per se, but I do enjoy it on certain things. One being breakfast potatoes with hot sauce Chili with extra hot sauce Siracha in chicken salad The list goes on and on!

02-12-2013, 05:52 AM	#5
hot-in-texas Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,689 Gallery: hot-in-texas Stats: 190/155/135;43 yrs, 5'51/4 WOE: Atkins 12/18/12 lost 10lbs Start Date: then JUDDD 1/11/13	Kissa, I love hot food and I know what you mean by craving it. We have an Indian restaurant where I live that when I crave it, nothing else will do. My favorite kind of spice is the kind in Thai food. But I also adore Cajun, and Mexican.

02-12-2013, 06:05 AM	#6
KeirasMom Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 7,322 Gallery: KeirasMom Stats: 277.6/155-159/165, 5'9", 40 y.o., Hypothyroid WOE: In Place of a Roadmap Start Date: Maintenance 1/23/13	All. The. Time!

02-12-2013, 06:42 AM	#7
willbuyone Junior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Gallery: willbuyone	I love hot spicy foods. My favorite is Thai.

02-12-2013, 08:28 AM	#8
Yennie Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: PNW Posts: 1,006 Gallery: Yennie Stats: 5'2" 34yo 199/sig/130 ~*~ 5# until no longer obese WOE: A.I. 1/1-1/20; JUDDD 1/21/13, Potatoes as needed Start Date: 2013 is the year of the weight loss!	Oh, all the time!!! When I lived in MN, I thought I was gonna die. This is a place where the natives tend to think ketchup is the answer to all sauce needs, and pepper (yes, pepper!) is too hot.

02-12-2013, 08:35 AM	#9
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	The house is full of the scent of a vegetable curry. Basmati rice, spicy poppadoms, chilli pickle, lime pickle and garlic pickle as accompaniments and I will be in heaven. So glad to know there are others out there.

02-12-2013, 08:44 AM	#10
adillenal Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 7,105 Gallery: adillenal	Never crave hot and/or spicy. But let's talk carrot cake

02-12-2013, 08:47 AM	#11
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Love you Adi! But I never crave sweet things ... not that I don't eat them you understand...

02-12-2013, 09:04 AM	#13
Flutter Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,426 Gallery: Flutter Stats: 190/144/135 5'4" 43yo WOE: SB/JUDDD Start Date: SB 2/05; JUDDD 11/12	Ack, spicy stuff? nooooo! I would be miserable in 5 seconds flat! I'm doing good having regular ole chili WITHOUT the hot sauce. Adi had to bring up the carrot cake, though. My mom always makes the best carrot cake...I'm gonna have to get her to make some soon now! Thanks Adi!

02-12-2013, 09:15 AM	#15
Eieio Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: SW Mo. Posts: 707 Gallery: Eieio Stats: 155/140/130 (130) WOE: Atkin, JUDDD Start Date: Dec-10	Dope never! but I do have dreams of salt shakers. Honestly the only food I ever crave is salty buttered popcorn! What I do crave are, sounds, how weird is that? I miss, or crave per say, people's laughter, their voices. I crave bird sounds, gravel sounds that are made when walking, like at the lake or river. Cat purrs, train in the distance, thunder! I just CRAVE IT! Now u got me started. Sm e I don't like load noises! They do the total reverse to me.

02-12-2013, 09:46 AM	#18
Flutter Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,426 Gallery: Flutter Stats: 190/144/135 5'4" 43yo WOE: SB/JUDDD Start Date: SB 2/05; JUDDD 11/12	Carrot cake, yes, healthy!! Ei, you crack me up! Those are some lovely sounds! I want to hear the waves of the lake (or ocean!) right now. i'm sick of winter!

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02-12-2013, 10:04 AM	#22
Luv2Eat Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 628 Gallery: Luv2Eat WOE: JUDDD dd 200 ud 1200 Start Date: Aug 2012	Oh, I love spicy food! Rogan Josh, Vindaloo A well made salsa is also good, homemade is best with plenty of serrano peppers, or thai hots if I can get my hands on them, with a healthy ratio of raw onion. Carrot Cake Gosh, I love it all. . . . EIEIO, love the sound of laughter, especially baby laughter. The light ocean waves rock me to sleep.

02-12-2013, 10:13 AM	#24
Truffles Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mid-West, WI Posts: 1,159 Gallery: Truffles Stats: 142/128.7/128 JUDDD WOE: LC&JUDDD Start Date: 3/11 LC - 1/12 LC/JUDDD	I crave hot sauce sporadically, I know what u mean. I work at a restaurant, and once in a while I will get some French fries for the sole purpose of dousing them in our home Made buffalo sauce! Delish. I have chili garlic paste in the fridge to add to miracle noodle dishes when necessary.

02-12-2013, 10:33 AM	#25
adillenal Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 7,105 Gallery: adillenal	Well we have carrot cake today. Our 85 year old custodian makes everyone a birthday cake of their choosing and the birthday girl today chose carrot cake and let me add it is delicious. Lots of carrots and pecans so it has a few healthy aspects. I am happy.

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hot-in-texas Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,689 Gallery: hot-in-texas Stats: 190/155/135;43 yrs, 5'51/4 WOE: Atkins 12/18/12 lost 10lbs Start Date: then JUDDD 1/11/13	After reading this thread, I see carrot cake and pad Thai in my very near future

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Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	My vegetable curry was a great success!