What's in your garden?

[cletus1]

Except you don't say anything about the people who have good taste buds and don't NEED to mask the taste of their food with hot peppers and such.

Think about what Mexicans eat..dull corn, tortillas.. a bunch of bland stuff that has no taste, no wonder they have to add something hot and the more they add the more they need

Peppers give food a robust and unique flavor

GOOD food ALREADY has a robust unique flavor, what about the children who can't eat anything with out ketchup or ranch on it?

Most adults have Adventuresome appetites

By that you mean they smother perfectly good food with Garlic or hot sauce??? or smother a good steak with A-1 or Worcester sauce, or the order a pizza with everything in the world on it but still have to stick it in ranch sauce??? YUK. that's not adventuresome in my book at all.

Spicy is one thing a little is OK although I'm sick to death of Garlic that I used to like and onions are going the same way.

To me spicy food is third world food Cajun... equals too hot to stand

Oh yeah, most food as is, tastes good? Not unless it is fruit. Try some meat, fish or veggies with nothing on it. I can appreciate the delicate natural flavors of foods and I certainly agree that food can be "covered" with condiments. Like you said, kids have that down with Ketchup and adults with steak sauce. I like my steak only with salt and a little pepper. But, I like my Jambalaya with andouille sausage and so much spice that I need the rice to mix with it with to temper the heat. I love Cajun food and I believe that the person that invented craw fish Etouffee is a prophet. Spice is meant to enhance the flavors of food not cover it.