2007-10-13 03:40:34 · 13 answers · asked by Yellowstonedogs 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Spicy food has spices and herbs to bring out the flavors of foods. Hot, and I assume you don't mean hot to the touch, means it has a derivative of Capsicum or Cayenne in it.
We have 4 or 5 different taste buds on our tongues. Sweet things trigger the sweet buds, sour the sour buds, etc. Hot things trigger ALL of them!
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2007-10-14 12:30:32 · answer #1 · answered by Freesumpin 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The best way tork out the anwer to your question next time you cook food on the stove put a spoon in it and eat it straight away that's HOT. Then let the food cool down and sprinkle curry and hot chilli powder on it eat it and that's SPICY. Simple test now go try it.
2007-10-13 05:05:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
One way to look at it:
Hot food is temperature hot.
Spicy is the amount of spice you use.
The other way is:
Your temperature hot chili can be really spicy hot.
Also spicy doesn't always denote "hot &spicy", other spices like cumin,or even cinnamon when used in plentiful supplies can be spicy , but not really hot.
2007-10-13 03:49:50 · answer #3 · answered by Captain Mozar 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is a difference.
I suppose you mean HOT with no relation to the temperature.
A spicy dish can be hot if contain chili, or every other plant of the capiscum family. Chilies produce capsaicin, that it's the agent responsible of "hotness"
A spicy dish can be mild, if contains spices like cinnanom, nutmeg, pepper, chives, curry, saffron just to name few: these are commonly called spices, but they aren't HOT. (they do not burn your mouth).
2007-10-13 04:24:17 · answer #4 · answered by guido_961 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hot food will burn your mouth because its like just out of the oven hot, but the spicy is just hot due to the spices and just taste spicy but may not be hot out of the oven
2007-10-13 03:57:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
hot food requires no beer to put out the fire as it means the temperature. spicy food on the other hand no matter what temp it is served will taste hot and the spicier it is the more beer needed to extinguish the flavour!
2007-10-14 06:33:41 · answer #6 · answered by crunchymonkey 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hot food has a hot element to it... like Tabasco or Cayenne. Were as spicy food, is tasteful and has many different flavors...
spice=flavor
2007-10-13 03:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by Sunshine_Diva 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. Hot is the temp of the food (hot-cold) and spicy is the spice of it. (burns your mouth no matter the temp)
2007-10-13 03:43:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes any food well most can be cooked hot but with spicy food you have to addd spices to make it spicy
2007-10-13 03:43:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sure. If you've ever had a dish overloaded with one spice you see the difference. It doesn't hae to be a hot one.
2007-10-13 03:45:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋