What Makes Thai Food So Hot?
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currysimple 1 year, 2 months ago said:
What Makes Thai Food So hot?
What is it about Thai food that makes it so universally appealing? For many, it's the combination of sweet, sour, and salty flavors. For others, it's the coconut milk or the lemongrass. But perhaps the common denominator in Thai cuisine - perhaps its most essential and appealing ingredient - is the red hot chilli pepper.
When we bite into a hot chilli pepper (whether on its own, or drowned in coconut milk or hidden in rice), we feel a sensation of heat but also of pain. The human mouth, in fact, has an abundance of nerve endings, while the esophagus has very few. This is why, if you eat a "too-hot" chilli, the pain will subside as the pepper makes its way down your esophagus. Your mouth, however, may hold onto the sensation of pain long after you took that fatal bite.
If eating chillies is sometimes painful, why should we risk it? The answer is simple: because chillies add zest to what may be considered bland foods, and perhaps more importantly, because chillies are good for you. Yes, chilli peppers are loaded with nutrients. While eating green chillies can give you your minimum daily requirement of vitamin C, a single red chilli provides more vitamin A than a carrot!