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Opisek@lemmy.world âš8â© âšmonthsâ© agoI realize Iâm a special case, but my nose is essentially non-functionalâI donât smell food. While my sense of taste is more sensitive than your average person, I suspect I still miss out on some kinds of flavour. I believe my impairment is why I am drawn towards strong tastes like cheeses or, indeed, extremely spicy food. Theyâre the âonlyâ flavours that I really experience strongly.
Ha! Never thought of that!
Iâm very sensitive with smells, while my wife isnât.
Although I do like spicy food, I still want to be able to taste anything else than hot pain.
My wife though enjoys chilli chips, where I couldnât even stomach one of them.
Cases like yours are unfortunate and I understand and respect those. Iâm a fan of spice myself. Just not to the point it hurts me. I put spice in food to enhance flavours, not to cover it with a dose of pain.
If you can find it, try portuguese goat cheese or Azores cheese, long cure. Very flavourful but incredibly intense.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
my dad says this same thing but like, capsaicin isnât flavourful, it just hurts?
you can get peppers with loads of flavour and very little capsaicin
Opisek@lemmy.world âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Itâs about the experience for me. Iâm not sure how to explain it because itâs all subjective. Spice doesnât really hurt me because I have a high tolerance, but it makes me feel⊠something? Perhaps itâs just like when other people eat a bit of wasabi?