What makes spicy stuff spicy? What is in hot peppers that does this and is it an acid or what?
2007-02-25 08:31:05 · 5 answers · asked by B(ee)riggs 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Mother Nature decided to create a pepper to be the spirit of mans excitement. She gave the these phallus shaped spices the energy of mars taste but also balanced with Venus.
Do you ask a fish how it swims. They were made to do so.
yeah they are quite acidic. Capsaicin all around in their cells.
2007-02-25 08:50:24 · answer #1 · answered by Dane Aqua 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the capsaicin in chiles that makes stuff spicy. im not sure if the spiciness in wasabi is the same...
2007-02-25 16:36:00 · answer #2 · answered by M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i guess every spice has its owen oil inside of it,which appears with heat,thats wht gives the falvor.
2007-02-25 16:36:30 · answer #3 · answered by dalia 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
capsacin oil its in the ribs and seeds
2007-02-25 17:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the seeds in a hot pepper.....
2007-02-25 16:41:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋