Squall's work Christmas party was at an Indian restaurant and thus I got to say to the waitress "When I ask this question, please assume my spice tolerance is exactly what you'd expect from someone who looks like me... how spicy is this dish?"

I know I"m a spice wuss because they made me a mild version and I still felt it had kick

Because I grew up in a culture where black pepper is spicy

lol

god i feel this deep in my soul.

"yeah no i'm super white about spice, sorry."

"I am the white girl they warned you about"

But at least I acknowledge my lack of spice tolerance is a me problem, not a flaw in their cooking

I was really hoping there'd be something I could handle that wasn't butter chicken because I don't like tomatos

I TRY to find her stuff thats tomato-based but seasoned enough that it should block a full blast of taste and she STILL tastes it

Oh dear

mood tho

I went to the Malaysian restaurant in town on Friday and ordered the peanut sauce (listed as one pepper level on a scale of 0-3, I'd had it before and think it's great) but it was extra spicy that day and the guy working in the kitchen came over as I was struggling and slid me a curry sauce (0 pepper lol)

lol oh no

Yeah, I can be bad with spice too. It actually comes from both the Irish and Hispanic sides of my family

My Hispanic grandmother never liked spicy food, so my dad grew up not eating anything particularly spicy

And as for my mom....she really doesn't like much in the way of herbs either, and I think it's because her mother doesn't have a sense of smell, so a lot of those herbs and spices were lost on her

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA