Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Anything Spicy!

Few of Georgia's food aversions have been as complex or dynamic as this one. One moment, a dish with only the slightest hit of a tingly, spicy undertone will be unpalatable. The next day, she might happily consume food that is unambiguously spicy and think nothing of it. Some have speculated that this is just a catch-all aversion to eliminate large swaths of food from her diet with no further explanation.

All of this leads to the likely conclusion that spiciness is quite relative in nature. Some restaurants are extremely dangerous in this context. Straits in San Francisco is a notorious over-spicer of dishes that are not listed on the menu as being spicy. The description might say it's a "sweet and tangy" dish, but then why the fuck is my mouth on fire?

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