Either I have misjudged my capability of intaking hot food or it has actually gone down. I realized it today when I went to Buffalo Wild Wings (BW3) for lunch. I have always taken the pride of being an Indian and thus eat spicy food with relish.
Well, before going further, let me first give you a lil background. BW3 is a neat eating place where you get yummy chicken wings. Their specialty lies in the no. of sauces they offer that varies in 'hotness' from mild to blazin.
The last time I was there, I ordered the wings with 'Wild' sauce. After a bite I realized the mistake I made in ordering it...specially during lunch time. I barely managed to have a few. So this time, remembering my previous experience (I truly followed the age-old saying "learn from your mistakes") I ordered the wings with a milder 'Hot' sauce. But oh! I couldn't eat them either....it was soooo teekha! Yikes! My mouth was burning and my face became all red and hot and I was glowing (girls don't sweat...they glow!)
I have noticed that Indians who have been living here for a long time...used to eat spicy food but now tend to find Indian food spicy...though the same might taste bland for an FOB desi (Kaush/Ricky *wink*). Infact, Me and V too have been experiencing this lately. Like yesterday at the Chinese place, we selected the spiciest food in their menu and as usual asked the waiter to make them 'extra spicy'. When the food arrived, we could eat that only after mixing it with plain rice.
Has my taste buds too been mellowed down by the constant bland American food we eat? Is my Indianness reducing!!Thats an alarming thought! I loveee spicy food and wont be able to bear the fact that I might not be able to enjoy them!
Well, before going further, let me first give you a lil background. BW3 is a neat eating place where you get yummy chicken wings. Their specialty lies in the no. of sauces they offer that varies in 'hotness' from mild to blazin.
The last time I was there, I ordered the wings with 'Wild' sauce. After a bite I realized the mistake I made in ordering it...specially during lunch time. I barely managed to have a few. So this time, remembering my previous experience (I truly followed the age-old saying "learn from your mistakes") I ordered the wings with a milder 'Hot' sauce. But oh! I couldn't eat them either....it was soooo teekha! Yikes! My mouth was burning and my face became all red and hot and I was glowing (girls don't sweat...they glow!)
I have noticed that Indians who have been living here for a long time...used to eat spicy food but now tend to find Indian food spicy...though the same might taste bland for an FOB desi (Kaush/Ricky *wink*). Infact, Me and V too have been experiencing this lately. Like yesterday at the Chinese place, we selected the spiciest food in their menu and as usual asked the waiter to make them 'extra spicy'. When the food arrived, we could eat that only after mixing it with plain rice.
Has my taste buds too been mellowed down by the constant bland American food we eat? Is my Indianness reducing!!Thats an alarming thought! I loveee spicy food and wont be able to bear the fact that I might not be able to enjoy them!
17 comments:
Hey Colors,
You really hit where it "hurts" the most. I mean my tummy...he he. I always thought spicy food and me were the best of friends but...
Ok here's the scoop. In India we eat spicy food for a reason. Spicy food is good for "hot" weathers. That's why even the "mirchi" is more "karwahi" in India then here (if u noticed). Spice in India helps people to cope with extreme heatness and that's why most people can eat it.
Here too if you notice, Mexicans eat more spicy than Americans coz of hot weather down there.
Unfortunately we will also get accustomed to this and would not be able to eat that much spicy. Also, I am guessing your resturant wil be using mexican spices than desi and mexican spices are different from India and they don't generally suit very well to us.
I would love to eat "dhaba food" in India but don't know if I will be able too...You are right scary thought...BRRRRRRRR....
PS. Thanx for mentionng my name...:)
Ricky
http://seventeentomatoes.rediffblogs.com/
Hi Colors,Good to see U at my blog. Although food prepared at our home is not so spicy, when we go out, it has to be theekha. Once we asked for 'theekha', in Nagpur, and it was soooooo spicy. The only way to avoid realising the fire in the mouth was to continue eating. The minute we stopped, we were all hopping :) Here my theory about hot stuff..It is so that our pores remain open and sweating maintains the temperature of the body.A 'gujju' friend told me this :D
Ricky & Kaush..
we used to have teekha food in Sikkim to fight off the cold. Me and my mom enjoy biting on to a fresh green mirchi while eating food. But yes, I do realise we also used to smear chili paste on cucumbers slices during summer. Yumm...
Vidhya, thats an interesting theory :-)...you reminded me of Kohlapuri chicken...used to be soo hot ..u could almost feel the smoke coming out of the ears!!
Never heard of "smear chili paste on cucumbers slices "...:(
Ricky
http://seventeentomatoes.rediffblogs.com/
Ricky...we basically used to make chilli chutney with green chillies, jeera and salt and have chilled cucumbers with it on a sunny summery day :)
Hi Colors,
Sorry for being a bit late...yes, there was some work, plus those two lengthy posts of mine took a bit of a time (actually three, the second part will be up tonite-IST)
Read thru this one...shudder to think if I lose my palate and taste for spicy food...more than just teekha...i luv the more 'masaledaar' stuff, that tingles in the mouth...... though, as Vidya also pointed out, we also hv very less spicy food (primarily coz the doctor advised that after dad's bypass surgery) ... but baahar jaao, toh it has to be ekdum teekha and chatpatta... Hope u regain ur 'original taste buds' again...keep having them ;) it will come back ...
@RICKY ... hmmmmm... luv dhaba food...and i m sure i will be able to hv it any time ... hey BTW, do try out chilli-over-cucumber...its a great hot-n-cool combo... (even with 'kakdi' ... which tum USA waale toh ab tak bhool bhi chuke hoge, kya?:))
OK! for this one I had like really big views specially pani puri and chat and all other spicy things that I could digest back in india....but I prefer to write it to you in an email because if I write that stuff here then these guys will loose their appetite for 'thela' food in India. So if you still think I can write my views here let me know and I will write them as comment in your next blog.(this was so lame...I know!)
Hi DJ, nice to see you back again..yeah, i realised u've been keeping busy seeing the spurge of your posts :)
Yea..i too hope i get my 'taste' back...and hope that it hasnt totally gone!!
Hey Rash...hehe I know how deeply you (and me too) feel regarding the subject of food...specially chat n stuff. remember u used to take me to that bhelpuri stall? Why dont u write me an email...i love reading long mails :)
Hey Colors,
The cucumber thing looks really yummy. Unfortunately, I don't have a mixer, so can't really make any chutneys. *sigh*
@DJ: I remember kakdi a lot, but yea have'nt eaten it for 4 years. Kakdi with namak-kaali-mirch...yummy.
@Rashmi: We wanna hear your comments on food too...:(
@Colors: I love food too. I am from Delhi yaar, we even have a 24 hr FM channel in Delhi that just gives reviews of resturant. We live to eat not eat to live....he he.
Ricky...
http://seventeentomatoes.rediffblogs.com/
Ricky...24hr FM on restaurants?? wow..now thats something new for me! wat a great idea!
well it depends on what causes it to be hot too. when its black peppers i can eat it very hot,but if its green chillies its not the same. and same for red chillies :)
That Blazin' sauce at BW3 kept my tastebuds from falling prey to lettuce-and-mayo blandness while I was in Ohio. God bless the good folks at BW3. BTW, there's this sauce at Quaker State called Atomic Fireball. If you want your spicebuds rekindled, I recommend it strongly. It's fairly useful when you have a cold as well, or have been out in the winter far too long.
Hi Gaya...yes..black pepper burns the throat while red and green burns the tongue. Love the flavor of black pepper on tea and soups specially when I have sore throat.
Hey Sumant..thanks for the visit :)
Yes, God Bless BW3! Oooh! I am yet to try their 'Blazin' sauce. Maybe someday i will!! Quaker State? Dunno if we have that around here...Will surely check out the Atomic Fireball sauce when i get a chance.
Hi Roshni...I was doing fine until u mentioned bhel-puri, dahi vada and ragda pattice. Ummm....now I gotto go to 'Chaat House' and have some of those...slurrrppp! ;-)
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