How do I train my spice fairy of a girlfriend??

[flyingjase]

My Mrs is a spice fairy. Don't get me wrong, I'm not fan of vindaloo but I quite like a decent level of hotness.

When she eats a packet of chili crisps she comments 'wow these have a got a real kick to them' when really they are like ready salted.

How can I train her up to get to love all things hot & spicy???

[Kinky]

I've removed all the responses to this thread, as it's not the purile P&P

[Pferdestarke]

Persistance my friend. I had the same problem with 'mine'. She's still a pain in the arse with food and will always have silly food prejudices due to how her Mum & Dad approached meal times.

Her 18 year old sister had a dry cheese sandwich on Christmas Day whilst everyone else had Chrsitmas dinner.

Meat is her biggest hate. She struggles with the texture and any sign of fat or bone and it's knife and fork down.

I once got in to bother for admitting serving her veal when I told her it was pork, and she didn't like the scallops either.

[flyingjase]

Kinky said:

I've removed all the responses to this thread, as it's not the purile P&P

In fairness I posted it in P&P and it was moved here by a mod

[bridgdav]

Cook something spicy - Curry, Thai etc...

Try
1. Start with a very mild sauce, almost tomato, cream
2. Let her put the spices in a bit at a time...
3. She'll let you know when its hot enough for her.
4. you can always add more after seperating her's out.

Or

1. Cook a curry with a medium spice.
2. Get her to taste it.
3. If its too spice / hot add Cream / Coconut Milk
4. demonstrate that it cools it down.

Making a Bombay Aloo is quite good - very mild curry with these, a bit of Garlic, Ginger, onions, tin of chopped toms and Garam Massala will spice them up a bit.

Make sure you have Plenty of Naan or indian breads etc, to help her cool down if it gets too much.
Don't use water.

I've had to try both to get mine to eat spicier food.. She's now into Chilli's, curries, Mexican stuff Fajita's etc.

It's like weening a baby off a bottle..!

[Urban_Ninja]

try getting her to try stuff from lame level of hottness like those chilli crips, think sweet chilli sensations to the a bit hotter, (pringles ones) to then getting her to try daves insanity sauce.

after I tryed a good swig of daves nothings seems as hot as it did before heh
(I do not recommend saying to her to try daves straight away, she will most probably throw up)

[Watch-Collector]

Stick a few sliced Habaneros up her Hagen Daaz and then move on....;-)!

Edited by Watch-Collector on Saturday 17th January 19:51

[escargot]

why would you bother? If she doesn't like it that's up to her.

[Big Al.]

flyingjase said:

Kinky said:

I've removed all the responses to this thread, as it's not the purile P&P

In fairness I posted it in P&P and it was moved here by a mod

And the reason? it's a food related question if I'm not mistaken.

[neilsfishing]

flyingjase said:

My Mrs is a spice fairy. Don't get me wrong, I'm not fan of vindaloo but I quite like a decent level of hotness.

When she eats a packet of chili crisps she comments 'wow these have a got a real kick to them' when really they are like ready salted.

How can I train her up to get to love all things hot & spicy???

add chilly to her toothpast

[prand]

Start with a Korma and work upwards. I've seen this work many times.

[Soovy]

My Mum (!) loves a Chicken Balti now!! She'd never eaten indian food until she was 65!!

[Piglet]

escargot said:

why would you bother? If she doesn't like it that's up to her.

Exactly...I don't understand the obsession that everyone has to eat the same food.

[turbo-ww]

OH is a confirmed veggie - Texture not issues - Creates some interesting meals - Pert veggie, part carnivore.

Pain in the 4rse in restaurants on account of her not eating mushrooms either.

(My fav meal - Steak and Chips.........)

[Don]

My wife has food foibles: No fish. No fat. No offal.

You can't change them: don't try.

It's like women who take on a "Project" man thinking they can change his ways. Impossible.

[bazking69]

prand said:

Start with a Korma and work upwards. I've seen this work many times.

Indeed. Perceptions seem to be the problem. Everyone who hasn't tried curry seems to think that everything is spicy, when the reality is any dish is only as spicy as the sum of the spices put into it.
My missus and my best mate used to be the people who sat there in an Indian restaurant and ate chicken and chips, petrified of trying something.
They are both now educated and avid curry eaters like myself.

[Steve Evil]

Quite impressed with my girlfriend, when I met her she was afraid of trying a madras, now she'll quite happily eat a Vindaloo.

She's a keeper.

Edited by Steve Evil on Monday 19th January 11:32

[Rude Girl]

Don said:

My wife has food foibles: No fish. No fat. No offal.

You can't change them: don't try.

It's like women who take on a "Project" man thinking they can change his ways. Impossible.

Couldn't agree more.

I'd say that if someone is old enough to earn a living and choose their own boyfriend/girlfriend, they should probably be allowed to choose what to eat too (with the proviso that you're not allowed to decide you don't like something until you've tried it)

[mechsympathy]

Rude Girl said:

with the proviso that you're not allowed to decide you don't like something until you've tried it

This is the important bit and they've got to give it a fair go. When I met my SWMBO she didn't eat red meat or any cheese other than mild cheddar. With a bit of encouragement and exposure she's happy to chow down on rare steak and blue cheese, but draws the line at offal (which did get a fair go) and snails (which didn't ).

[parapaul]

Steve Evil said:

Quite impressed with my girlfriend, when I met her she was afraid of trying a madras, now she'll quite happily eat a Vindaloo.

Brave girl! I have been a huge curry fan since I was a teenager, but I can't eat anything hotter than a rogan josh or bhuna. I've tried on several occasions, but I just don't enjoy food when it's too hot to taste. I don't care, I know my limitations, and as a result I enjoy my food.

If someone wanted to 'train' me to eat hotter food, quite frankly I'd tell them to fk off.