Recuperating: spice

[redbird]

I decided to chance a moderately spicy dinner tonight, so we had a Chinese restaurant deliver orange-flavored beef (and a dumpling appetizer).

I think I mentioned here that, since the surgery, spicy food hurt my mouth: specifically, the capsicum spiciness was a problem, though ginger, garlic, black pepper, and horseradish were all okay. For better or worse, I was noticing this on the first bite. A few weeks ago, cattitude got wontons in hot oil, and I tasted a bit, thus confirming that it was still a problem.

Tonight, I tasted a bit of the beef, and it was fine, so we shared the dumplings. (Had it been a problem, I'd have had all of them, and then probably eaten fruit and white rice.) I ate a reasonable amount of the beef (and bits of orange peel), and white rice. After a while, I got to a point where the spicy was moving toward unpleasantly sharp, so I stopped, and had a little more rice. I may have milk and cookies before bed.

I'm going to be a bit cautious for a while, I think, but it's good to have my repertoire back, as an eater and (though less so) a cook. I think there's a shrimp curry in my, cattitude, and julian_tiger's near future.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Hooray for spicy food, for regaining your tolerance thereof, and for you. :)