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hypnox posted...

There was an interesting culture and food documentary I watched that noted the reason why white people generally don't have heavily spiced dishes is due to the quality of food that was historically available to them. Which sadly does seem the case, The cultures with spicy food generally are the ones that were late on the refrigeration access, if they have it yet at all. So it makes sense that they would bury the... lets say, lack of freshness in taste, with a lot of spicy seasonings. Plus, white people who were poor couldn't afford spices back in the day, so that probably added to it as well.

bro we straight up invaded the entire world for spices like 500 years ago.

Kinda joking lol

its similar to lactose intolerance. people whose ancestors had access to refrigeration (or colder climates that made it easier to store milk) awhile back generally can tolerate lactose because their ancestors based their diets around dairy products (for the most part).

fascinating stuff tbh