• glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I literally had some Karen demand mayo instead of aioli for her fries at my work once because “aioli is too spicy”.

    We don’t have mayo at my work because aioli is literally just mayo with garlic in it.

    Spicy garlic folks. Imagine eating her cooking.

    • Provastian_Jackson [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      lol nice. Like anybody over 60 has bizarre definitions of "spicy". Sometimes they are actually talking about "spices" but using the same word.

      You have to be half a mind reader to know when they mean spices and when they mean heat.

      • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I've heard people refer to capsaicin, horseradish, garlic, onions, and vinegar as "spicy." Sometimes I think they really just mean "making my tongue feel stuff"

      • lvysaur [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Technically peppers are piquant, not spicy. Spicy originally referred to spices in general.

    • Good_Username [they/them,e/em/eir]
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      4 years ago

      And here I thought the time someone on a British cooking show was making sriracha mayo and said something like "I have to be careful not to add too much sriracha, because it's really quite hot" was bad. Like, you're mixing it with mayo. No amount of sriracha is going to make your mayo too spicy. I've tried.

      But saying aioli is too spicy? That's orders of magnitude worse. That person must just hate flavor, it's the only explanation.

      • SerLava [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Once watched a 60 year old woman ask for no yellow mustard because it's "too spicy."

      • lvysaur [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Question, why do white folks say "seracha"? Also, why do they pronounce turmeric as "tooooomeric"

    • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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      4 years ago

      My old supervisor said Adobo was too spicy and I was very confused