"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 04:39:25 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 01:30:16 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:28:41 -0800, sf > wrote:
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>>>>>>On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 17:08:31 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:27:33 -0500, Doris Night
>>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>> >On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 20:00:33 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>> >>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> >>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:48:18 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>>> >>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>> >>>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> >>>>> I know, but most Americans don't like their food very spicey,
>>>>>>> >>>>> do
>>>>>>> >>>>> they?
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>Where did you get that idea from?
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> I thought white Americans would be like white English and
>>>>>>> >>> Australians.
>>>>>>> >>> Most of the ones I know look scared when I show them habanero
>>>>>>> >>> chillies
>>>>>>> >>> that I've grown.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>Hardly. Mexican food is commonly eaten here. Habaneras are not
>>>>>>> >>commonly
>>>>>>> >>eaten though. Jalapenos would be more common.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >Jalapeno peppers aren't exactly what I'd call spicy. I think
>>>>>>> >they're
>>>>>>> >rather wimpy. We grow little Thai bird peppers. They are hotter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, that's what I'd call spicy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think you should stop using euphemisms and call it what it is: HOT.
>>>>>>I would not be happy with a lot of bird pepper covering up the flavor
>>>>>>of my food, but I can take a lot of heat before I start to complain.
>>>>>
>>>>> What's the difference between spicy and hot? What do you add to create
>>>>> heat?
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>>>>I have attempted to eat Indian food that was spicy. It wasn't hot but
>>>>there
>>>>was so much spice in it that the powdery spices coated my tongue. It
>>>>was
>>>>unpleasant and I couldn't taste the potatoes.
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>>>>My dad once brought home a whole apple pie from a potluck at work. He
>>>>said
>>>>the woman made a second one but hardly any got eaten. Why? From the
>>>>taste
>>>>of it she had a little nutmeg accident. That wasn't hot either. Just
>>>>way
>>>>too much spice.
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>>> Ok, I know what you mean. When I said spicy, I meant hot.
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>>I would then say hot or spicy hot. To me, curry is spicy. It may or may
>>not be hot but it's not a flavor profile that I like.
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> Then I should rephrase:
> I know, but most Americans don't like their food very hot, do they?
>
> By the way, Merriam-Webster:
> "spicy: flavored with or containing strong spices and especially ones
> that cause a burning feeling in your mouth"

Americans have hot wings. And all of the men I know like those. Many women
do too. We also have chili. So I would say that your thinking is wrong.