Re: [CH] hot foods and kids

Oatmeal Jack (oat@intrepid.net)
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:16:08 -0400

Scott,

Have you ever wondered why you can give a Habenaro to an Indian and they 
can eat it all and then tell you it aint that hot, they were eating hot 
peppers as kids :)

Oatmeal Jack


> >My 23 month old grand daughter *loves* chilies. And she does feel the
> >heat. It all started when she was 8 months old. In a restaurant I made a
> >dipping sauce for my fries of 1 packet of ketchup and about 1 tablespoon
> >of tabasco. She stuck her fry my dip and licked it. She made a little
> >gasp of amazement and then had some more! There was a bead of sweat on
> >her forehead and a beatific smile on her face.
>
>My parents never let me eat hot foods until I got older.  Something about
>the "heat" ruining my taste buds so that when I got older, nothing would
>taste good unless there was a lot of heat added.  I'm using this same
>thinking with my kids, anybody have any thoughts on giving hot food to kids?
>
>scott
>

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