The Surprising Reason We Eat Spicy Food 

Great video, Joe!

It's Okay To Be Smart using turmeric and chili peppers from the backyard and yeah I already subbed and noti’ed :)

nice vid bro i was wondering do you play any online game because if you have some time we can play together

Hey spice loving smart guy

Thanks for that food for thought ;)

Yis.

Human: Oh it hurts so good! ~propagates chilis all over the world~ Chili: Huh... sweet.

Becouse we are M on the inside

Yes because I’m Asian

@@CharDhue Best comment I've seen.

@Struffle monst cinnamon is little bit of spicy or should I say micro spicy

we’re all just masochists..

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Quite interesting. Thank you.

Spicy =/= hot .. Don't use the term 'spicy' when you mean 'hot'. I put a lot of spices in my spaghetti sauce (oregano, basil, etc), no hot chilli pepper of any kind. My sauce is really spicy, but has no hotness .. Get it? *Funny how some people counter-argue without even fact-checking first. "Spice (spicy)" is a very broad term, it's any part of any plant used to add flavor, including fine herbs .. and yeah, it includes chilies and peppers. Heck, cinnamon is a spice, which is a tree bark Personally, I prefer the term used in French, Spanish, Italian, etc: piquant (French), picante (Spanish), piccante (Italian), meaning "stingy", but has only one specific meaning when it's used to talk about food: This Carolina Reaper chili pepper is so -spicy-hot- STINGY.. No ambiguity Copy/pasted: spice (n.) c. 1200, "vegetable substance aromatic or pungent to the taste added to food or drink to enhance the flavor," also "a spice used as a medication or an alchemical ingredient," from Anglo-French spece, Old French espice (Modern French épice), from Late Latin species (plural) "spices, goods, wares," in classical Latin "kind, sort" (see species, which is a doublet). From c. 1300 as "an aromatic spice," also "spices as commodities;" from early 14c. as "a spice-bearing plant." Of odors or perfumes by 1560s. The figurative sense of "attractive or enjoyable variation" is from 13c.; that of "slight touch or trace of something" is recorded from 1530s. The meaning "specimen, sample" is from 1790. Early druggists recognized four "types" of spices: saffron, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg. [...]

Didn't stop us humans though

@@AshrafAnam And look how far we managed to spread its seeds. Mission accomplished.

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter lol

Cali AirmanB17 I noticed the same thing.

same

Unfortunately for many spicy equals more chilli. It's like chemistry, to get certain flavor you have to be specific, you can't just throw bunch of spices and assume it will taste good.

@@Rk76742 What? Tell that to me, i just add random spices and flavors to my food, in random quantities each time and which one i use is also random. That way it is more interesting, one day i have extra hot paella, the next i have sweet paella and the other i have umami paella. And yes i only eat paella, it has all the human body needs.

@@Rk76742 Nowadays I add pepper blends. Chili doesn't add anything but hotness. Peppercorns add flavor as well.

i came here looking for this

tacsmoker Arrakis

All hail our oily lord

tacsmoker The Fremen dwell in the caves of Arakeen

And also the economy of the spice trade (still salty from colonisation)

In my house we have like 40

@@NehaSharma-wh1lr LMAO

Species? Wow, I didn't know that each Indian house was like a mini-zoo.

@@arunramesh8133 lmao

@@arunramesh8133 he meant species of spices

😂

good old Vsauce

hey vsauce, micheal here..

Abnormal Potato hey what are the odds that’s my name 😂

Albe Van Hanoy its a ghost pepper

Me too

Ohh yup

Same lol

Am from pakistan but same.

OHHH YEAH

I'm not sure that I believe you. It sounds like you're using only anecdotal evidence. Is there any credible scientific studies that supports your 'heat and perspiration ' theory?

teemusid idk if ur joking so I won’t say anything

@@arrowsaurus7561 He is.

First reply lol

indeed

Lol

Not a fan fact 10 puns sacsaspholy made

Simon.

or can it?

Try eating enough spice to corrode your stomach lining, and you'll see that that isn't the case.

navin xy That's like saying we don't eat lava because it can't eat us.

but lava does eat us...

In Soviet Russia, food eat YOU.

True

Trueeee

People of Telangana and Andhrapradhesh eat the most spiciest foods

@@sathwikreddymuthyala5192 Well, I'm from Telangana 😊

@@NavaneethChowhan ,I am from Rangareddy district, u?

almostideal nah I love puns

Those puns hurt

I can't believe he waited to use them that whole thyme.

yeah....he was really peppering us with them for a minute there

that joke was very funny and oregano'l

Fingernail Clipper shite

Get out!!

watch the video to know the surprising effect of why do you like spiced up days

Fingernail Clipper lollollollollollollol

Fingernail Clipper Things are really 'heating' up here.

well at 11th delivered pun ... :-D

I'm sure ghost peppers think that cayennes are ugly.... They are way hotter.

Schrader haha yes

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It's Okay To Be Smart thanks

the pepper seems to have a southern accent, you sure its not a carolina reaper ?

Kye Talks imma try the tuna melt with garlic

me with onion

That's not really a fact and more of an opinion

I will eat just garlic by itself.

Garlic makes ya hornier

It's masochism, probably.

Perunavallankumous nah i like my food with a bit of kick thats why i spice my food

The mouth and lips burning sensation is the best part! Different spices burn different parts. For example, personally I LOVE red pepper because it tingles the mouth, where as I don't like wasabi because it burns the back of my throat, or jalapenos because it burns my stomach. I was hoping he'd explain a bit more about why some people's spice tolerance is better than others. I'm pretty sure you can build a tolerance for spicy foods as well.

Azizul Adnan The pain we feel on our tongue and lips while eating spicy food tells the body to pump more blood into these, which then leads to a richer taste. I also asked myself the question why we eat spicy / hot food, because "spicy" is no taste, but a feel of pain what made me curious. After eating very, very spicy food (Thailand) and getting a bite of the sweetest apple of my life I realized it was the "better taste" caused by the the higher blood flow in my tongue. Pretty amazing, you should try it yourself.

For the same reason as to why pain tolerance or the tolerance towards other people's differing opinion varies quite drastically, because humans are individuals. Especially their brains ,where sensory input is processed vary significantly. Varying levels of neuron firing and receptors are likely to do the rest.

Sir he only said Indian curry...

I agree with thr chinese man

@@zeaks6425 that's why he said "at least"

I agree with the Chinese dude Fun fact: I’m indian

Get Nae Nae'd ik

And I love that he did the cheesy glowing blue eyes from the '80s version, too. :)

"Spice must flow" - House Ordos

I actually watched it a few days ago... Yeah, I wanted to read the books first but couldn't find them in English in my country...

Fear is the mind killer

indeed

You beat me to it.

Dune... my favorite game when I was a teen.

I did! I'm reading Frank Herbert's masterpieces rn, almost done with the first book and I'm waiting for Messiah to arrive at the bookstore huehue

@@EbonyPope Game? Dude, it's a book series

@@amadysseus Yes but I was referencing the strategy game it's based on which I played when I was a teen.

yeah lmao, cause boiled cabbage and meat is gross without anything else

@Ranajit Roy SELF PROMOTION!!!

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This is the comment I’ve been looking for lol. I’m also from nz.

Poor NZ. If it makes you feel any better we love you way over here in Canuckland

Long Island isn't either. Welcome to the netherworld.

Being from Australia I can tell you the reason is, that not all of 'our' islands appear on every map ...... ;)

@@Frombie_01 there's a difference between a smaller island and an entire country.

Thx for 5 likes... yeah, my joy

It's not wrong though - some theories do point to that. Also spices (as in hot food that makes you sweat, not herbs in general) increase the cardiovascular activity, so you are less sleepy from the heat.

Someone had to do the obvious joke

Only a handful of ghost chillies can make me sweat...

I just came down here to make sure this was the top comment

I dont get it

Underated? Its the basic spice in most western cooking along with salt ("technically a seasoning not a spice." I know)

Probably the most basic comment I've ever read. Black Pepper? Underrated? You mean the most used pepper in the Western cooking?

Guys, just because black pepper is used a lot doesn't mean people value it for what it is. Also, there are different kinds of black pepper, but that aside...

Thats the whitest comment I've read in a while. No. Please god no.

You don't know the meaning of the word underrated it seems It's the spice at one time cost more than gold.

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

I like curry but real Indian curry would definitely be too spicy

I hope to! Sorry for butchering the pronunciation

The Norwegians use HansEn, the Swedes use HansOn. Fårikål is nice.

Fårikål is delicious. And, one of the only foods i know of that taste even better when it's a day old, rather than fresh.

Yes Fårikål is best on the third day. Oh and it should be made with *whole* pepper which you then need to pick out while eating.

Bjorn P. Munch Yes! The third day is it best 🤤

You might be thinking of Americanized mexican food (TexMex) if you think its low quality or cooking skill. Authentic Mexican food is all about fresh ingredients and good taste.

天吉Mark worst pickup line even for me an asian

Guess you didn't Pepper a good pun

Unholy_Warrior 2066 Don't be a bone in boneless chicken

天吉Mark Nice Psy reference

No need to announce your departure...this isn't an airport

But, I’m about to get Jalapeño brain!” Had to make you resubscribe!

I love cumin, it's my favorite spice.

Don’t let the door hit ya backside.

It's coo-mino anyway. Koomeeno.

Pretty sure it doesn't matter, from what I've tried of Indian food it's all full of spices.

@@jared_bowden it's like saying all American food tastes the same or all Asian food taste the same , they use common spices but taste and texture is completely different

@@clearercarton "It's all full of spices" ≠ "it all tastes the same", I even avoided the phrasing, "oh, all Indian food is spicy" for exactly this reason. I'm not here to argue semantics though - I find it interesting how food tastes very different depending on the food you're used to eating, which seems obvious at first, but our taste buds aren't dramatically changing and we all need the same basic nutrients, so why should that be?

I know, I'm part Indonesian and they actually DO know how to cook! I learned quite some from my Indonesian grandmother (only 1/4 Indo here, sadly) but I can't cook that for my housemates because they'll freaking burn.

@@theramendutchman let them eat spicy food for a week and they will get addicted

Here in India we use incense sticks made out of lemon grass to kill mosquitoes.

Oh Boy! This spice sure makes the DOG we just ate--that we tortured and beat to death so its meat would be more tender--absolutely delicious! We're absolutely gourmet chefs here in Indonesia!!

Yes. Atleast in the Indian subcontinent black pepper was used predominantly before chillies came from the Americas

but isn't the ghost pepper native to northeast india?

@@dhichicpop2531 India was likely able to acquire Szechuan peppercorns, which is significantly spicier than black pepper.

​@@eeshaan1426sort of. The Ghost Pepper as we know it today has its origins in Northeast India but it came about from a hybrid of two chili peppers from the Americas. It's a hybrid of a habanero and another chili pepper species that had spread across East Asia. Every single chili pepper comes from the Americas. They were spread globally by the Spanish and the Portuguese through their global trade and colonies and then local varieties developed across the world. The Ghost Pepper is one of those local varieties, hence its correct to say its origins are from India but the peppers that it came from aren't native to India.

Girlcatlove1524 All time everyday.

Eating some ramen that is about 40 sriracha

I spiced the hell out of my Raman.

Girlcatlove1524 me... daily Everytime everywhere....

White ppl be like: “I’m chewing some gum which is pretty spicy”

He's referring to Frank Herbert's Dune books, a sci-fi classic series.

It's also very likely social, cultural and economic reasons made Koreans adopt chili peppers much more than say, the Japanese did. There is never one single explanation that applies to every single case, but as you hinted, poverty could be one reason. Could look at the historically richer Japan as an explanation, or compare different regions of China. More mountainous regions where agriculture was more difficult, incorporated a lot more chilies in their regional cuisines than the cuisines in the flat, agricultural parts of China did. Perhaps because *any* vegetable is valuable when you don't have as many crop choices, even if the vegetable stings when you eat it. So it's easier to take a liking to it, because capsaicin does cause pleasure at the same time as physical pain.

Either way it made me want to try it. Looks good

I would like to add that it is highly seasonal, mostly eaten around harvest time in September, and its position as “national dish” is purely symbolic. For most people, it is much like the famous monument that they only ever go to when friends from out of town are visiting. It is also famous for smelling really, really bad during preparation. And while I wouldn't call it spicy, it is definitely not as bland as Joe makes it out to be, as it is usually seasoned with caraway and / or juniper.

I’m Jamaican and I felt a bit disappointed because it actually looked good lol

I watched it as an Indian and felt bad seeing that myself

Also loved the reference

I must agree

Bucket_head Yes, Norwegians dont eat spicy food. Almost every time any Norwegian here in Oslo tries Indian/Pakistani food, they almost die by how spicy the food is 😂😂😂

The Central and Northern Europeans, along with Polynesians and those living on the British Isles seem to be the only Old World people groups on the planet that didn't incorporate chili pepper spice that packs heat into their daily diet, following their discovery in the New World. Every other old world humans, from Africa to the Middle East, India, East Asia and Southeast Asia, all went crazy for the chili pepper. Europeans were so against the heat of the peppers that they developed Capsicums/Bell Peppers, a variety of chili with pretty much no heat, to enjoy their peppers. Its only fairly recently where chili peppers are becoming sort of the norm in daily cuisines of those living in the British Isles.

Miguel Angel Rangel Perhaps there was little else to eat, so making the painful food palatable was important.

Probably him and his cave buddies sitting around the fire drinking cave beer, and one of them had some jalapenos and dared someone to eat one, not to be outdone at the next cave beer party someone brought some habaneros and said if you put this in your mouth and chew it 50 times I'll give you a shiny rock

Years ago, the family garden featured ornamental as well as "Spice" Pepper plants. I noticed that birds would eat these as readily as ripe fruits and ready-to-harvest vegetables. It did them no harm, since they were apparently quite healthy. Hunter-gatherers observed such plant and animal reactions and sampled such, to find out if it was edible. Or, to use a Darwinian reference, "monkey see, monkey do.":;)

Just like all other cultivated food plants, Jalapenos are a result of selective breeding and didn't exist when cavemen were still a thing. I'm not familiar with cultivation history of chilies and peppers, but jalapenos were bred to pack the heat they pack. Our ancestors were a pretty daring bunch about the things they ingested; not so much about food, but about getting high. Eating a stone-age jalapeno and figuring "this is too hot to eat as is, but it would spice up other foods" is nowhere near as far-fetched as "a mouthful of that mushroom will kill me, so let me try whether a tiny bit will give me hallucinations"

Alejandro Bello but only 1 single planet has it. That's strange.

Spices are important to all people

Well, only one planet having it really isn't that strange unless someone managed to figure out what the spice was, how it was being produced, and then figured out how to transfer it somewhere else. That's not always easy - the British were obsessed with tea and not very nice, and got fed up with china... So they stole some plants, and tried to grow their own. Turns out that's not so easy. Sure, you can grow tea in a lot of places, but most of it will taste awful. To get tea that actually tastes nice you have to have the right kind of soil and the right kind of climate. The growing conditions matter. As a result, when they stole tea from china, they went looking for a place to grow it, and decided India was somewhere it might work... Wine, coffee and chocolate has similar considerations - you can't just take it from where it came from and grow it anywhere, you need very specific conditions, and the details have a big impact on the result. So... Do we know where the spice comes from? Well, from what I recall, it's basically worm poop. So... Well, if you feel like trying to raise 150 metre long giant worms that can swallow a truck whole and burrow deep into the ground at high speed, be my guest... XD But... I don't fancy your chances...

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